Couple of things I need help on...

devon_terry

So I'm having trouble with the program I'm working on. I want it to show a top and bottom line, which it does, and a triangle along the bottom line that would be considered the gun. Then with a left click, a bullet is shot out of the top of the triangle, and it goes up but stops at the top line, which I want, but, I don't want it to continuously keep shooting when I only click it once. It's like it's on repeat. Also, I don't want the bullet to disappear when my mouse moves. How would I do this? And then when you click the right mouse button, a pac man sort of image appears from the top line and ends at the bottom. It's also doing the same as the bullet where it repeats and disappears when I move my mouse and I need help fixing that. And then with the pac man image, I have inserted two images, one where it's a closed yellow circle and one where it's slightly open, how can I alternate between the two while it's moving along the y-axis so it looks like it's "chomping"? Sorry this is a lot of questions but I could really use some help! Thank you so much! Here is what I currently have:

 */

   // import images

   PImage close, open1;

   // define global variables

   int bulletX;
   int bulletY = 430;
   float pacX = random(30,470);
   float pacY = random(30,30);
   boolean bulletShown = false;
   boolean pacShown = false;
   boolean pacOpen;

void setup() {

  size(500,500); // Set the size of the window
  PFont font = loadFont ("agency-20.vlw"); // Load font
  textFont (font); // Configure font
  color(255); // Set font color to white
  close = loadImage("close.png");
  open1 = loadImage("open1.jpg");

} // end setup  


void draw() {

  background(0); // Erase background with black
  stroke(255); // Set line color to white
  line(30,450,470,450); // Draw bottom line
  line(30,30,470,30); // Draw top line
  fill(255); // Set text to white
  text("Left mouseClick = Bullet & Right mouseClick = PacMan Invader",70,480); // Insert text "Left mouseClick = Bullet & Right mouseClick = PacMan Invader"
  gun();
  bullet();
  pac();
} // end draw

void gun() {
  // gun follows wherever mouse is using mouseX
  if (mouseX < 30) {
    mouseX = 30;
  }

  if (mouseX > 450) {
    mouseX = 450;
  }

  triangle(mouseX,450, mouseX + 10,430, mouseX + 20,450); // Draw gun at mouseX
} // end gun

void bullet() {

  if (mouseButton == LEFT) {
    bulletShown = true;
    ellipse(mouseX + 10,bulletY,5,5);
    bulletY -= 5;
    if (bulletY <= 30) {
      bulletShown = false;
      bulletY = 430;
    }
  }
  if (bulletY == pacY) {
    bulletShown = false;
    pacShown = false;
  }
} // end bullet

void pac() {  

  if (mouseButton == RIGHT) {
    pacShown = true;
    image(open1,pacX,pacY);
    image(close,pacX,pacY);
    pacY +=5;
    if (pacY >= 400) {
      pacShown = false;
      pacY = 30;
    }
  }  
} // end pac  

devon_terry

edited

kfrajer

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Kf

koogs

I don't want it to continuously keep shooting when I only click it once

Then add a condition that checks whether a bullet already exists somewhere around line 57. Perhaps using bulletShown.

That block looks wrong, generally. The bullet moving, being drawn and the check for it to disappear when it reaches the top of the screen shouldn't be conditional on the mouse button. Same with the pac code.