Platformer shooting glitch help

[tyevans]

I'm making a platformer game and i'm having difficulty with the shooting mechanic. The laser that is shot will shoot downward or something sometimes when standing still and when jumping and coming down the the bullets will go in random directions downward in the direction i'm looking in. Here's a sample of the game that shows this problem:
unnamed game.zip

Any help would be appreciated!

[tyevans]

Oh yeah, controls are:
Up: Up Arrow
Crouch: Down Arrow
Left/Right: Left/Right Arrows
Shoot: Space Bar

[ZycroNeXuS]

This is something I've noticed too, and I'm preeeeetty sure it isn't a glitch, but likely a side effect of using the platform movement. So far as I can recall in my limited time here, nobody has found a solution for this, but I do know that if you make your own custom platform movement or use the Platform Movement Object extension, it will behave as expected. Otherwise, you'll be stuck with this. It's very annoying, I know.

[oruga]

I cannot test your game right now, but seems like your problem is because you are shooting in the direction of the active object, and that direction changes when jumping (up when jumping up, down when falling).

remove the "shoot in the direction of active" event, create a variable that holds the value of the left or right direction when that key is pressed, and then just shoot in that direction instead.

[ZycroNeXuS]

That's a way better idea than mine. Why have I never thought of that?

[tyevans]

I cannot test your game right now, but seems like your problem is because you are shooting in the direction of the active object, and that direction changes when jumping (up when jumping up, down when falling).

remove the "shoot in the direction of active" event, create a variable that holds the value of the left or right direction when that key is pressed, and then just shoot in that direction instead.

I can't fix this for the life of me. Can I send you the .mfa file for you to have a look at?