setSpriteScale()

Purpose

Scale a sprite

Description

Scale a sprite up or down in the horizontal and vertical axis

Syntax

setSpriteScale( sprite, scale )

setSpriteScale( sprite, { xScale, yScale } )

sprite.xscale = xScale; sprite.yscale = yScale

Arguments

sprite handle of the created sprite

scale amount to scale the sprite in the horizontal and vertical axes { x, y }

xScale amount to scale the sprite in the horizontal axis

yScale amount to scale the sprite in the vertical axis

Example

image = loadImage( "Untied Games/Enemy small top C", false )
ship = createSprite()
setSpriteImage( ship, image )
lastpos = { gWidth() / 2, gHeight() / 2 }
setSpriteLocation( ship, lastpos )
setSpriteScale(ship, { 5, 5 } )

loop
    clear()
    c = controls( 0 )
    printAt( 0, 0, "Use left joystick to resize sprite" )
    setSpriteScale( ship, { 10 * abs( c.lx ) + 5, 10 * abs( c.ly ) + 5 } )
    updateSprites()
    drawSprites()
    update()
repeat

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