Needing help with launching objects, third object being fired from another object facing left does not have an angle applied to it

What angles are set on the object's movement? Is it selecting an unexpected angle maybe?

you should use bouncy ball instead of launch an object

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the first two act properly but the third does not get set to the correct angle.

You say it isn't set to the correct angle, but what angles does the third object actually get in this situation?

You could try launching that object on the next frame and see if that helps (just a random idea not really an "answer").

can you post the mfa please?

Ah okay, this makes more sense suddenly to me after seeing it in action for some reason.

The problem is essentially a scoping issue, I think. I was able to fix it by creating a clone of the Friend Attack object named Friend Attack 2 and modifying the actions for the third shot to use that object:

* FRIEND animation Laugh is playing
+ Current frame of FRIEND = 3
+ FRIEND: BulletToggle is off
+ FRIEND is facing a direction ...............
+ Only one action when event loops
	FRIEND : Launch Blue Friend Attack toward ............ at speed 40
	 Blue Friend Attack : Set angle to Dir( "Blue Friend Attack" ) * 11.25 (Quality = 0)
	FRIEND : Launch Friend Attack toward ............ at speed 40
	 Friend Attack : Set angle to Dir( "Friend Attack" ) * 11.25 (Quality = 0)
	FRIEND : Launch Friend Attack 2 toward .............. at speed 40
	 Friend Attack 2 : Set angle to Dir( "Friend Attack 2" ) * 11.25 (Quality = 0)
	 the timer : Fire event "BulletToggleFriend" after 00''-15

(To keep collision detection simplified you'll want to apply a Qualifier to the shots so they all can be tested against at once, so that duplicate Friend Attack object won't be too much of an issue with other parts of the Eventing.)

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I see, do you know why the original error happens in the first place? The event works just fine when the Friend is facing the right, but it only acts up when the Friend (or any object) is facing to the left.

If I'm not mistaken, the issue is just less obvious on the right side because the shot graphics are oriented that way.

You can see here that the center and bottom shots are aligned to each other:

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I can't believe I didn't notice that, but thanks for pointing it out. Is it because the same event is firing two of the same projectile? Is the second "set angle" check just not working or is it applying it to the first of the two fired objects?

Yes, I believe it's because the same event is firing two of the same projectile. Aside from having a clone of the same object, you should also be able to fix it by splitting it into two separate events, one to fire the top & center and one to fire the bottom. This should ensure the scoping is correct for the second one.

I don't think the 3rd angle rotation set action is applying to the first launched object, because the first / top one remains oriented correctly (if it were setting it should be oriented downwards instead of upwards).

So, I'm guessing it's technically a bug of some kind in the set angle action, but as I can't see how the internals are implemented of course, can't be 100% sure. It could be something else or could even be as-intended for some other subtle reason. It's possible that, if this is the case, splitting the event in any way won't work but that would be... surprising to me, I would think that'd have been encountered before.

Yves could chime in maybe?

to solve your problem just put the 2 lines "set angle to dir" in an "always" command instead of their actual places