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Hi. I have been creating a game and have 1 more thing to fix before completion. My game is a side scroller and i am having a little trouble with shooting bullets.

I have got the bullet to come out when runnign right but when i turn around and move the other direction it still goes right. I have tried a few methods of fixing this problem and have read some techniques from the forum. The only problem is they all include variables and i really dont know how to use them and what they really are. Would disabling and enabling the bullets at different times help, if so how would i insert this?

Some help would be amazing and if possible a walk through of any methods to solve this problem. Thanks for any help

Fl3tch

In your player's Draw Actor, Script Editor
Click on Variables.
Click on Add.
Type in bulletdirection
Click on Add.
Close that little dialoge box.
Copy paste this:

if (x<xprevious)bulletdirection=0;
if (x>xprevious)bulletdirection=1;
//this changes bulletdirection to a 1 or 0 depending on
//which way the player is moving

Click on Add, Click on Immidiate


Now in your bullet's Create Actor, Script Editor
Copy paste in this:
if (bulletdirection==0){xvelocity=5}else{xvelocity=-5}
//this sets the bullet into motion
//adjust the 5 to the speed you want
//you may have to switch the 5 with -5 if the \
//bullets come out the wrong direction

Click on Add, Click on Immidiate


I haven't tested this but it should work

a variable is like a place holder for information. the thing that it is holding can change and so the information it holds is variable.

examples using variables called x and y and fdsa:

x=rand(40);
//this makes x equal to a random number between 0 and 39.

y=40-20;
//this makes y equal to 20.

if (x==y){xvelocity=5; fdsa=1;}
// this test to see if x is equal to y
// if it is true then it sets the xvelocity to 5 and sets fdsa to equal 1;

Note:
-an actor(or local) variable is only changed for the actor it is on
-a global variable is shared by every actor
-an Integer is a whole number
-a Real variable is can hold decimal places like 3.1234