Code a shotgun?

Hi,

I tried creating an enemy last week that would fire a burst of projectiles, each of which would have its angle deviated slightly. It didn't work. How do you do it? I tried spawning multiple bullets in the same event and modifying the angle of each, but that didn't seem to do it. Thanks!

something like this?

bullet on created set angle : bullet.angle+random(-5,5)

Exactly.

Here's a capx:

http://www.doomsday-machine.com/stuff/shotgun_blast.capx

Touch/Click anywhere to trigger a blast to the left.

You could try this, if you want to have more control:

<img src="http://666kb.com/i/cihmto2saxov0tc2b.png" border="0" />

More random means more randomly distributed over the spread. 0 means equal distribution over the angles, 1 means completely random over the spread angle.

Of course you can also load instance variables instead of using local variables for spread, randomness and projectiles (not for a though).

You could try this, if you want to have more control:

More random means more randomly distributed over the spread. 0 means equal distribution over the angles, 1 means completely random over the spread angle.

Of course you can also load instance variables instead of using local variables for spread, randomness and projectiles (not for a though).mindfaQ2013-10-18 16:40:47

This is great! I'm going to implement this.