getSpriteSize()

Purpose

Find the size of a sprite

Description

Find the size of a sprite at the current scale factor. If the sprite was created from a tiled image then the tile size is returned at the current scale factor

Syntax

size = getSpriteSize( sprite )

Arguments

sprite handle of the sprite

size vector containing the width and height of the image (or tile) at the current scale factor { x, y }

Example

image = loadImage( "Untied Games/Player ships", false )
ship = createSprite()
setSpriteImage( ship, image )
setSpriteAnimation( ship, 0, 0, 0 )
setSpriteLocation( ship, { gWidth() / 2, gHeight() / 2 } )
setSpriteScale( ship, { 5, 5 } )

loop
    clear()
    size = getSpriteSize( ship )
    printAt( 0, 0, "Sprite Width: " + size.x )
    printAt( 0, 1, "Sprite Height: " + size.y )
    drawSprites()
    update()
repeat

Associated Commands