Spawn bullet at barrel of gun

Question

I'm making a top-down shooter and the player's gun is offset from the coordinates of the object. I'm using GameMaker:Studio, so the x and y coords are the center of the object. The offset of the image is set here:

bullet_offset_x = 30;
bullet_offset_y = 28;

And here is the code for shooting the gun:

var xpos = x + (bullet_offset_x * cos(degtorad(direction))) - (bullet_offset_y * sin(degtorad(direction)));
var ypos = y + (bullet_offset_x * sin(degtorad(direction))) + (bullet_offset_y * cos(degtorad(direction)));

var flash = instance_create(xpos, ypos, obj_flash);

with (flash){
    direction = other.direction;
    image_angle = other.direction;
}

I'm using the following formula for placing the muzzle flash:

x' = xcos(angle) - ysin(angle)

y' = xsin(angle) + ycos(angle)

Therefore:

xpos = x + x' and ypos = x + y'

However, when I run the code, the muzzle flash is correctly positioned when the angle is 0/360, but is off otherwise. Am I calculating this wrong?

IMAGES:

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Sorry, my brain checked out after I finished that much. I'm about to add pictures — terpak
0,0 the center of the character and 30,28 would be the end of the gun barrel, correct? — Jacob Lambert
Yes, the sprite faces right at 0 degres by default and from that position, it is 30,28. Technically 30,-28 but y increases downwards — terpak

Dmi7ry Dmi7ry · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-11T06:03:02

You need to use lengthdir_x and lengthdir_y functions, like:

var xpos = x + lengthdir_x(offset_distance, offset_angle + image_angle); // or direction
var ypos = y + lengthdir_y(offset_distance, offset_angle + image_angle);

var flash = instance_create(xpos, ypos, obj_flash);

flash.direction = direction;
flash.image_angle = direction;

little example here

To calculate the values to be substituted into the formula, you can use this program. Originally it was made in Russian, but I have translated it into English. My English is terrible, but I hope you will be able to understand it.

upd: Example with offsets:

var delta_x = 60;
var delta_y = -70;
var angle = point_direction(0, 0, delta_x, delta_y);
var distance = point_distance(0, 0, delta_x, delta_y);

var xpos = x + lengthdir_x(distance, image_angle + angle);
var ypos = y + lengthdir_y(distance, image_angle + angle);
var obj = instance_create(xpos, ypos, obj_flash);
obj.image_angle = image_angle;

Spawn bullet at barrel of gun

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