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# Mover
Mover is one of the most commonly used entity components, and can be made to do all kinds of things. It allows an object to move in a straight line, in any direction on any axis, and at any speed.
The distance, speed and direction of a Mover object can be tested at any time during create mode by pressing the play button on the top right of the object's component menu ▶️
* **End position** - dictates where you want your object to end its journey.
* Measured by meters.
* Hover over the x/y/z axis letters to reveal arrows to set distance and direction, or simply type directly numbers into the value box.
* Depending on the placement and rotation of the object, this can take some trial and error, but once you know which way you're pointed, it's easy!
* By default, the X axis value is set to 1.
* **Speed** - dictates how fast or slow the object will move.
* Measured by meters per second
* i.e. an object with a 10m end position will take 10 seconds to reach it at speed 1, and only 5 seconds at speed 2.
* **Auto-start** - dictates whether or not the object begins its journey from the start of the game.
* "Yes" means the object will automatically be moving.
* "No" means the object requires a linking event to trigger its movement.
* **Yo-yo** - dictates where or not the object will move back and forth between its start and end position.
* "Yes" means the object will automatically travel back and forth once its journey is complete in either direction.
* "No" means the object will only travel once in one direction, and stop at its end position, unless told otherwise by a linking event.
* **Start position (%)** - dictates at what point in the object's journey it begins moving.
* 0% means it will move exactly from its current position in the world to its end position
* 50% means its current position in the world is now half-way between where the set journey starts and ends.
### Common uses
* [Elevator](/component-tutorials/components-a-closer-look/entity-components/mover/elevators.md)
* Bridges and platforms (seen above)
* Push traps - spikes coming out of the ground, battering rams, etc.
* Secret doors/moving walls - push a button, and the wall descends into the ground!
* Decoration and ambience - cars, animals, rain, etc.
 
