create bullet towards the mouse

[Zehper48]

Hey Everybody, I would like my actor to create a bullet in the direction the mouse is pointing But i dont want the bullet to keep following the mouse. Like when i click left mouse button my actor creates the bullet going to the mouse.
If somebody could give me a code or help or something it would be greatly apreciated thanks

[DilloDude]

Just use

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angle = direction(xscreen, yscreen, xmouse, ymouse);

on bullet's create actor.
If you have a rotation animation and you want the bullet to point in the right direction, also add

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animpos = (angle / 360) * nframes;

for the standard animation starting pointing to the right, and rotating counter-clock-wise.

[Zehper48]

how do i make it wear if i click anywere on the screen my guy creates the bullet. i dont have a rotation animation its just a ball. i want the ball to go to wear the mouse was at a velocity of 10. i think im not doing something with the code that you gave me

[DilloDude]

First, you need an actor to catch mouse clicks. Either use a filled region or an actor that follows the mouse using the FollowMouse function. If it follows the mouse, it's a good idea to make it a largish circle or something. Then set visibility state to DONT_DRAW_ONLY, and you can change the cursor if you like. Now, you have two options: right-click on the sensor actor, say add new activation event, set it to mousebuttondown->left mouse button, and select your player as the receiving actor, or ad a mousebutton down script editor event with

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sendActivationEvent("Player");

Now on your player actor, add a new event, Activation Event, from your mouse sensor, and use a CreateActor to create a bullet. On the bullet's create actor event, say

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directional_velocity = 10;//adjust value to your preference
angle = direction(xscreen, yscreen, xmouse, ymouse);

[Zehper48]

When i did that my bullet was just created from were i clicked not from my guy

[DilloDude]

You need to have the guy receive the activation event and create the bullet, rather than have the actor that receives the mousebuttondown event create it.

[pixelpoop]

for an example look at the abuse demo. you'll have to sort through a bunch of other code to see what you are aiming for though.

[Zehper48]

Thanks DilloDude i got it working now!
your very good at explaining

[Oman]

whenever i do this the bullet simpley goes slightly up and slightly over
like it goes toward the 10# on a clock