Programming Problems!

[iloveicelollies]

I need help. Using AS2, does anyone know how to aim and fire with a weapon such as a gun. Also, I have the aiming part settled, however when the gun is aiming to the right it is the right way round, but when the gun is aiming to the left it is upside down...

This is the code I used on the gun; and yes, it is going to be a madness game:
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
myRadians = Math.atan2(_root._ymouse-this._y, _root._xmouse-this._x);
myDegrees = Math.round((myRadians*180/Math.PI));
_root.yChange = Math.round(_root._ymouse-this._y);
_root.xChange = Math.round(_root._xmouse-this._x);
_root.yMove = Math.round(_root.yChange/20);
_root.xMove = Math.round(_root.xChange/20);
this._rotation = myDegrees+90;
}

And for the firing of the gun, I need it so that it fires when I click the mouse...most appritiative if you could help me.

[Treerung]

To fix the gun being upside down you should implement _yscale into your code.

[iloveicelollies]

At 11/4/09 02:07 PM, Treerung wrote: To fix the gun being upside down you should implement _yscale into your code.

How though? Please could you fix the AS2 script for me, then I would know what you are on about...

[hdxmike]

If the gun rotation is within a range of degrees on the left/right _xscale *= -1 and vice versa

[iloveicelollies]

At 11/4/09 02:30 PM, hdxmike wrote: If the gun rotation is within a range of degrees on the left/right _xscale *= -1 and vice versa

What?

[Kart-Man]

At 11/4/09 02:50 PM, iloveicelollies wrote:

At 11/4/09 02:30 PM, hdxmike wrote: If the gun rotation is within a range of degrees on the left/right _xscale *= -1 and vice versa

What?

Create a variable that stores the movie clip's _xscale, then have the movie clip's _xscale equal the negative of your variable (simulating flipping).

var scale:Number = _xscale;
if (_rotation > 180) {
_xscale = -scale;
}else{
 _xscale = scale;
}

Something like that, anyway.