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_Randall_ Registered 13/11/2008 Points 5	17th November, 2008 at 12:50:19 - Okay, so I’ve been making click games casually for a decent four years now and have only just discovered this community. I feel like a bit of a tool for even posting this, because I’ve seen a handful of articles and forums on the topic... but something that I have never been able to figure out is 360 degree shooting. Can anyone please help me out with a basic tutorial on how to make a weapon shoot in the direction of a mouse controlled crosshair? Open source examples would be greatly appreciated… especially seeing as every other tutorial example I find has either a broken link, is completely useless, or needs a PhD in advanced mathematics to understand haha. Any help would be greatly appreciated (Oh, and im running MMF 1.5 if that’s relevant) "This is you're life - and its ending one minute at a time"
Cecilectomy noPE Registered 19/03/2005 Points 305	17th November, 2008 at 13:35:18 - 360 degree bullet widget for mmf2 http://create-games.com/download.asp?id=7414 articles (some with source code) http://www.create-games.com/article.asp?id=1925 http://www.create-games.com/article.asp?id=1221 http://www.create-games.com/article.asp?id=1322 assuming you're actually 18 as your profile says, you should have at least some knowledge of basic trig. thats pretty much all it is. n/a
NeoMonkey Finnish Army Fire Commander Registered 01/12/2006 Points 243	17th November, 2008 at 19:46:01 - First make crosshair then place hotspot into center. Now lets say you have your player or weapon. Now you have to place the crosshair into some distance. You can do this by setting the x-coord. with this formula: Sin(AngleOfPlayer+90)*Distance+PlayerPosX And Y-coord: Cos(AngleOfPlayer+90) Now you have to put hotspot of the player/gun into point, where the the bullet is going to start, and then just shoot object at direction of crosshair. I have proven new mathematic formula to be true... 2D > 3D
AndyUK Mascot Maniac Registered 01/08/2002 Points 14586	17th November, 2008 at 20:37:27 - Originally Posted by _Randall_ I feel like a bit of a tool for even posting this. Which one? I feel like a Hammer for responding. .
Cecilectomy noPE Registered 19/03/2005 Points 305	17th November, 2008 at 22:49:38 - Originally Posted by NeoMonkey First make crosshair then place hotspot into center. Now lets say you have your player or weapon. Now you have to place the crosshair into some distance. You can do this by setting the x-coord. with this formula: Sin(AngleOfPlayer+90)Distance+PlayerPosX And Y-coord: Cos(AngleOfPlayer+90) Now you have to put hotspot of the player/gun into point, where the the bullet is going to start, and then just shoot object at direction of crosshair. any time you use "shoot object in direction of.." it only uses the built in 32 directions. you have to use more math to actually make the bullet use 360degrees. the bullet widget is the best thing to use if you already have mmf2. just use the wdget and all the work is already done for you. the math is in the bullets behavior. Edited by the Author.* n/a
_Randall_ Registered 13/11/2008 Points 5	18th November, 2008 at 08:57:25 - Thanks guys, much appreciated = I know some basic trig, but failing 11th grade maths is stunting my understanding a bit haha. I think ill just upgrade to MMF 2 and use the widget. Im due for an update anyhow. "This is you're life - and its ending one minute at a time"
alastair john jack BANNED Registered 01/10/2004 Points 294	18th November, 2008 at 11:59:58 - Yeah MMF2 is quite nice! lol

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