diff --git a/MerchantRPGCSE2102/src/controller/RPGame.java b/MerchantRPGCSE2102/src/controller/RPGame.java
index 7894242..e8b9867 100644
--- a/MerchantRPGCSE2102/src/controller/RPGame.java
+++ b/MerchantRPGCSE2102/src/controller/RPGame.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public class RPGame {
 	private ArrayList<String> playerInventoryList = new ArrayList<String>();	// the player's inventory list
 	private Player _player;
 	private Merchant _merchant1, _merchant2, _merchant3;
-	private boolean _movement;
+	public boolean _movement;
 	private int _currentDay;
 	private int _transactionLimit;
 
diff --git a/MerchantRPGCSE2102/src/view/MapUI.java b/MerchantRPGCSE2102/src/view/MapUI.java
index bb04f55..f422ac5 100644
--- a/MerchantRPGCSE2102/src/view/MapUI.java
+++ b/MerchantRPGCSE2102/src/view/MapUI.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ public class MapUI extends JPanel {
 	public RPGame game;
 	private PlayerSprite player;	
 	private ArrayList<MerchantSprite> merchants = new ArrayList<MerchantSprite>();
+	private boolean _tranState=game._movement;
 
 
 	public MapUI(Map map,RPGame Game) {
@@ -100,11 +101,22 @@ public void addMerchantSprite(int row, int col) {
 	public void createPlayerSprite(int row, int col) {
 		player = new PlayerSprite(this, row, col);
 	}
+	
+	public void changeState(){
+		
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Moves the PlayerSprite as well as the Map's instance of Player
 	 */
 	public void move() {
+		//check transaction
+		if (_tranState=false){
+			
+		}
+		else{
+			
+		
 		player.move();
 
 		// Every 30 pixels, the player will move to a new Vertex
@@ -128,6 +140,7 @@ public void move() {
 			map.movePlayer("south");
 			player.setChangeInY(1);
 		}
+		}
 	}
 	
 	public Map getMap() {