How can I measure an angle from one x,y to another x,y? (And send a bullet that direction?)

findmattgames

I want a bullet to shoot towards my touch point from an x,y of 160,160.

I have my variables set up to store what each x and y is on touch. I can do that. I know where I spawn the bullet at 160,160. Now I need the bullet to travel at the angle from 160,160 to TouchX,TouchY.

Now I can to a move to with direction, but that stops at the destination. I need something that gets the bullet to travel infinitely at the measured angle. Thoughts?

findmattgames

With the regular MOVE action, I set the direction to
vectorToAngle(( game.BulletX -160),( game.BulletY -160))
and that works perfectly.

However with each new bullet that spawns it takes the new direction. Any idea how to keep each bullet on its original path?

Is there a badge for answering our own questions? I'd delete it but this may help others.

Socks

@findmattgames said:
With the regular MOVE action, I set the direction to
vectorToAngle(( game.BulletX -160),( game.BulletY -160))
and that works perfectly.

However with each new bullet that spawns it takes the new direction. Any idea how to keep each bullet on its original path?

Transfer the values of touch x and touch y to two local (self) attributes - and use these for the bullet's direction.

findmattgames

Ah, yes. Thank you!