# Shooter problems, help!
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/shooter-problems-help/204120
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [October 17, 2006, 8:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/shooter-problems-help/204120 "2006-10-17T08:48:30Z")
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### Author:  [@Gorefest](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Gorefest)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2006, 8:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/shooter-problems-help/204120/1 "2006-10-17T08:48:30Z")
Hey guys, i’ve got an annoying little problem. I am trying to make a game where you can walk with a MC and rotate the arm with a gun and shoot. The rotating works fine outside of a MC but when I place it inside a MC it’s screwed up!:S Can anyone help me?
Actions from the gun:
onClipEvent (mouseMove) {
Xd =\_root.\_xmouse-\_x; //Get \_x distance from gun to mouse
Yd =\_root.\_ymouse-\_y; //Get \_y distance from gun to mouse
radAngle = Math.atan2(Yd, Xd); //Use atan2 to calculate the angle from gun to mouse
\_rotation = int((radAngle_360 / (2_Math.PI))+90); //Use PI to calculate and set gun rotation
updateAfterEvent();
}
Actions from the bullet:
onClipEvent(load){
spd=20; //bullet speed
\_x=\_root.gun.\_x; //Move to gun \_x
\_y=\_root.gun.\_y; //Move to gun \_y
\_rotation= \_root.gun.\_rotation; //Point in same direction as gun
}
onClipEvent(enterFrame){
if(\_name == “bullet”){
\_x = -1000; //Move the original bullet MC offstage
}else{
//Run this movement code on all dupes
if (\_rotation\>180) {
\_y += (spd_Math.cos( Math.PI/180_\_rotation));
\_x -= (spd_Math.sin( Math.PI/180_\_rotation));
} else {
\_y -= (spd_Math.cos (Math.PI/180_\_rotation));
\_x += (spd_Math.sin( Math.PI/180_\_rotation));
}
}
if(\_x\>Stage.width || \_x\<0 || \_y\<0 || \_y\>Stage.height){
//If off-stage, delete the dupe to save CPU
this.removeMovieClip();
}
}
Actions on the first frame of the maintimeline:
var bc=1000; //bulletcount
\_root.onMouseDown=function(){
bc++;
if(bc\>1100){ bc=1000; } //Reset bulletcount
duplicateMovieClip(“bullet”, “b”+bc, bc); //Create dupe bullet
}
WHAT AM I DOING WRONG? AND HOW CAN I FIX THIS?!:puzzled:
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### Author:  [@Zaxza](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Zaxza)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2006, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/shooter-problems-help/204120/2 "2006-10-24T19:26:35Z")
This is Denvishes code from new grounds…
Many people had the same problem. I made a different code based on the \_ymouse possition. So it only rotates to a 45 degree and a vertical angle. I’m having problems when i invert the characters \_xscale the bullets change direction. Any tips on stopping this?