In my platformer, I can only shoot left & right, but not up & down
Take a look at the “gun” object in starblast
Another option could be to use the mouse to aim:
- Create a target object
- Have the target object follow the mouse
- Point the bullet emitter object at the target
@grazer that doesn’t really work in scrolling games
or have an attached rifle that rotates when you press a button and you can shoot the direction it’s facing
@jngthree It is possible now to offset by the scroll view amount when scrolling. Here’s an example of a mouse aim in a scrolling game: http://flowlab.io/game/view/534215
Check out the behaviors of the “pointer” object.
I did that once but it didnt work all the way for some reason… huh
I guess its because my game doesnt use autoscroll
It should work for auto or manual scrolling now - I fixed it recently.
I for some reason like manual scrolling, it allows you to fully take advantage of viewpoints