Parameters

Sprite

Type: (Default Namespace)SpriteBase
Sprite instance to test

Return Value

Type: Boolean
True if the sprite is active, false otherwise.

The main differences between an active sprite and an inactive sprite are than only active sprites are drawn when they are in the visible part of the map, and only active sprites' rules are processed. Using IsSpriteActive is a good way to determine if a sprite is currently valid for use because inactive sprites should not have any functions running on them except to activate them. Most functions will trigger an error message in debug mode if they find that they are operating on an inactive sprite.

See StopSprite(SpriteBase) for an example of IsSpriteActive.