add force in a set direction

[varomix]

Hi guys

I need your help

I have a 2d character that need to shoot and object in a direction set by the user, there's an arrow that the user moves around the character, once the player hits space I want the object to shoot at the direction the arrow is pointing by adding some force to it.

hope that's clear

thanks for the help

[varomix]

What I ended up doing is adding a script and calculating the direction by hand

was actually trying to stay script free but now that I did it I want to do it more

Still, it would be awesome to have more low level actions to calculate this stuff, or I can roll my own right

thanks

[Lane]

It's not always more efficient to force something in playmaker when scripting it would be easier. If you know how to do both then you'll be able to use them together to really breeze through things.

I don't know enough scripting to write my own when it would be better, but Jean made a nifty action that may help you.

http://hutonggames.com/playmakerforum/index.php?topic=4066.0

For quickly throwing down some math its really great, but it is a really great tool.

[jeanfabre]

Hi,

 You don't really need runtime interpreter to achieve this. PlayMaker and its set of action can do that already actually.I have made an working example attached to this post.

basically, you take the mouse position, you convert it into world coordinates, BUT you have to set the right z value ( which is the distance from the camera, so in your case, I assume the gameObject that looks at the mouse is at 0,0,0, so I only need to get the camera z distance and invert it)

then, I have a world position to look at.

If you have questions, let me know.

 Bye,

 Jean