[MX] difficulties with direction of fire in game

1

I’m working on an asteroids type game and i’m on the shooting aspect of the game. i was wondering how i would get the bullets to fly in the same direction as the ship when it was fired but not to turn when the ship turns… what i’ve got so far is:

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
//THE BULLET DIRECTION!!!

movement_x = Math.cos(spcShp._rotation)*10;
movement_y = Math.sin(spcShp._rotation)*10;
this._x += movement_x;
this._y += movement_y;

}

for some reason the bullet just goes in a horrizontal direction…

can someone plz help solve this problem…

thanks.

if you need to see what i mean, here’s the file…

2

I didn’t have a look at the fla, but there’s a scope problem (and a typo):it should be

_root.spcShp._rotation
3

uhh… i tried the code you gave me and it sort of worked… well, the bullets don’t move horizontally anymore but they respond to the key presses that control the ship… also, they don’t go in the proper direction… i’m a little confused :q: maybe you can take a look at the file, i’d really apreciate it

thanks

-mike