firing one bullet per press

[frookan]

alright i have a slight problem, im just testing some stuff, and everytime the space key is pressed i want one bullet to come out, however righty now you can just hold down space and it keeps firing...heres the code i used :
on (keyPress "<Space>") {
i = i+1;
duplicateMovieClip(_root.bullet, "bullet"+i, i);
}
any suggestions on how to fix this?

[bodyvisual]

try throwing a stop(); after the duplicateMovieClip just for ****s and giggles.

:p:

[frookan]

same result...or another way to do it would be to add a timer between shots?

[bodyvisual]

instead of using duplicateMovieClip you coulse use attachMovie. the syntax is just like that, but...

on (keyPress "<Space>") {
i = i+1;
_root.attachMovie("bullet", "bullet"+i, i);
}

in the library, right click on bullet and choose linkage, and make the reference name bullet, and choose export in 1st frame, and for actionscript (the default boxes taht are checked).

:p:

[Jeff Wheeler]

or you could do onRelease?

[bodyvisual]

i don't think that you can do onRelease for keyboard buttons...

:p:

[Jeff Wheeler]

really?

oh well :P

[bodyvisual]

:lol:

:p:

[frookan]

to my knowledge you cant do on release for like the space bar

[dal platinum]

if (Key.isDown(Key.SPACE)) {
if (!_root.firing) {
i ++;
duplicateMovieClip(_root.bullet, "bullet"+i, i);
_root.firing = true;
}
} else {
_root.firing = false;
}


do that instead. this will only fire if '_root.firing' is false. As soon as it fires, it sets this flag, and won't fire again until _root.firing is set back to false, which will happen when the space bar is released.

I recently fixed this exact problem in my game.

also, i++ is short for i+=1 which is short for i=i+1 ;)

[bodyvisual]

ah.. there you go.


also, i++ is short for i+=1 which is short for i=i+1

i know, i just copied his code...............

:p:

[frookan]

perfect, thanks you guys!