Spawning projectile in relative direction of player

MarvinHawkins

Hello,

I apologize if this has been answered elsewhere: But I am trying to create a mega man style shooter/platformer. The bullet spawns properly if the player is facing left. However, if the player is facing right, the bullets still spawn from the left. They also travel in the left direction. My question:

How do I spawn bullets and ensure that they are moving in the direction that the player is facing?

MarvinHawkins

Just to clarify: I have watched all videos related to spawning objects/actors. No matter which behavior I try (Move, Change Velocity, or Accelerate) The 'bullet' actor always seems to spawn in the positive direction (right) So if the player is turned to the left the 'bullet' will continue to spawn and move in the right direction. What am I doing wrong?

MarvinHawkins

anyone? Even a link would be super helpful. Sorry to seem needy, but I'm new, and at a bit of a loss. Its a nice tool, but I'm just lost.

pjnolen

Create a copy of your bullet, and reverse direction it moves. And make a rule to spawn that one when player is facing that direction.

DrGlickert

You'll want to spawn the bullet based on player rotation.

I have a cannon in my game that fires in different directions. On the spawn behavior I have is set to spawn
Direction: -self.rotation
Position: X: 72 Y: 0
Relative to Actor
Relative to Actor

My actor is about 140 wide, so 72 puts it just in front of the actor when it fires.

Give that a try.