Rotating Actor by Touch
rwg0691
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Hi there, I've got a simple idea for a mechanic that I can't make work. In the game I'm designing, the player controls a ship at the center of the screen which fires on enemies spawned from the sides. What I want is for the player to touch a place on the screen with their mouse, and for the ship to rotate quickly toward that point. Firing is handled by a seperate button entirely (Spacebar). I should add that the player also doesn't "move," but only rotates.
My question is. how can I accomplish something like this? It feels like it should be simple but I've tried a number of different behaviors and just can't get it to work.
PS: I've looked up this problem on the forums but all the discussions were quite old, and the demos/resources people offered had expired, and I couldn't quite find what I needed on youtube.
PSS: Just to re-iterate, I want to make a central, circular player-character in a fixed position rotate towards the angle that the player clicks on the screen.
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@rwg0691, here is one way to do it. I've put some explanations in the behavior titles. If you have any questions let me know.
Thank you so much, I'll try it out and write you!