A very random issue...

[sumgai]

I'm trying to get a character to shoot a bullet at the position that I click. What I tried was to make a "target" object that is mouse controlled, and when the user clicks, it shoots a bullet at the location of the target. Problem is, when I assign it to a mouse click, it seems to just not register the click at all. It will fire if I assign the key to a keyboard key, but not with any mouse button.

I'm assuming it has something to do with the mouse controlled object, I just don't know what.

Any ideas?

[Jaffob]

Using a mouse controlled movement disables the standard click conditions. Instead, you need to use the Player Object's "read joystick state" condition and check for Fire 1 being pressed.

[sumgai]

Using a mouse controlled movement disables the standard click conditions. Instead, you need to use the Player Object's "read joystick state" condition and check for Fire 1 being pressed.

Hah, that did it. Thanks!

[Jacob]

An alternative is to avoid the Mouse movement and use the Set X Position to xmouse and Set Y Position to ymouse actions. This will give you more control without disabling the mouse controls.

[sumgai]

Haha thanks man. That makes things way easier. It actually solved another problem too. I appreciate it!

[Jacob]

No problem. A system like this lets you play with the formula a bit.

The min(x,y) function returns the smaller of two numbers, while max(x,y) returns the greater. If you set the position to max(32,xmouse) the object will move to whichever is larger, which stops it from moving left of 32. Coupling this with min() gives you min(Left Boundary,max(xmouse, Right Boundary)) where the boundaries are pixel values. You can combine this with an easing formula (my preference being (9*X+XMouse)/10.0 ) and get a smooth movement.

The final formula, then, would be:
Always:
Set X Position of Active to: (9*X("Active")+min(Left Boundary,max(xmouse, Right Boundary)))/10.0 )
Set Y Position of Active to: (9*Y("Active")+min(Top Boundary,max(ymouse, Bottom Boundary)))/10.0 )

or, to dynamically change the boundaries when the frame moves,

Always:
Set X Position of Active to: (9*X("Active")+min(X Left Frame,max(xmouse, X Right Frame)))/10.0 )
Set Y Position of Active to: (9*Y("Active")+min(Y Top Frame,max(ymouse, Y Bottom Frame)))/10.0 )