Platform problem every time

[DAH]

Hi guys! im having so much trouble making a platform game.....basically i want to tell the guy to SHOOT an object when i press space bar, anyway that works fine!...if i turn to left and shoot PERFECT, if i turn to the right and shoot PERFECT again!

however if i jump in the air and then LAND, what happens next when i press shoot is weird! shoots a bullet downwards toward the floor????......so in other words i always have to tap the direction im facing before trying to fire (after jumping) can anybody help? ive tried all sorts of clever tricks to sort this out but it just wont have it!

im using the ZEB main guy from the GF1 (i imported him into 2) .....i have figured out that just before landing on the ground, the animation is playing "FALLING" and what must be happening is its automatically setting the direction to DOWN....can anybody help?

[Popcorn]

That's because you tell it to shoot in the direction the character is facing, and after a jump he is facing down. If you want more control, you have to put some more information into the events. If you only want it to shoot left and right, you could detect which direction key that was pressed last. You can use a flag to set direction to either right or left.

* upon pressing right
- guy: set flag 0 to On

* upon pressing left
- guy: set flag 0 to Off

* upon pressing shoot key
+ guy: flag 0 is on
- shoot right

* upon pressing shoot key
+ guy: flag 0 is off
- shoot left

[DAH]

I have just tried what you said and it worked PERFECTLY, thank you very much for the help!!!!! i guess i should really try to understand flags more, and what they can do

thanks again

happy holidays

[Jacob]

Flags and Alterable Values are some of the most powerful features of MMF.