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[Cocytus79]

 Hey guys, I have kinda a dumb Game Maker question.

As you may or may not know,I just finished my first game. All well and good, but to achieve my character animating I just made a ton of objects of the character moving in each direction because I didn't realize there was a "change sprite" drag n' drop option.

So I realized i could just change sprites for each direction instead of having different objects for each direction. AWESOME ! Problem is, how do I get my character to shoot in the direction he is facing without having different "objects" for each direction.

I'm sorry to bother you fellows with dumb GM questions, but this has been gnawing on my mind all day and none of the tutorials I consult seem to approach this specific question in terms I quite understand.

[oahda]

When you shoot, do something like:

Code:

bullet = instance_create(0,0,nameOfYourBulletObject);
bullet.direction = direction;

This will set the direction of the bullet to that of your character (if you are using GM's built in direction variable for the character's direction).

Also, this is posted in the wrong section.

[Cocytus79]

Ah, thanks for the help.

Also, my apologies about being in the wrong forum.   Sadly, it will not let me delete post in this sub-forum.