How do you change where a bullet is fired from a sprite?

[TheBuilder]

Normally when you set a regular section sprite as a custom weapon sprite, the weapon's bullet fires from the center of the sprite, but for sprites made to be weapons, the bullet fires from the end, or wherever it's supposed to.

In other words, how do you change where a bullet is fired from a custom sprite?

[Anna]

Normally when you set a regular section sprite as a custom weapon sprite, the weapon's bullet fires from the center of the sprite, but for sprites made to be weapons, the bullet fires from the end, or wherever it's supposed to.

In other words, how do you change where a bullet is fired from a custom sprite?

Err... you can't. It's just a matter of setting up the sprite so that it looks right when the weapon fires, and so it's centered in such a way that it rotates properly. There's no way to actually select a point that the projectile will come out of.

[TheBuilder]

Then how in the blazes do weapons fire out of the ends of their default sprites?

Oh well, I figured that would be the case.

Thanks.

[Anna]

Then how in the blazes do weapons fire out of the ends of their default sprites?

Because the default sprites are CODED INTO THE GAME.

Custom weapon sprites, obviously, aren't.

[TheBuilder]

True, and yet, there are many custom weapon sprites that are actually made in a way that they line up with the firing point.

Try explaining that one lolz.

[Arcalane]

True, and yet, there are many custom weapon sprites that are actually made in a way that they line up with the firing point.

Try explaining that one lolz.

It's pretty simple. The way the game handles it is it spawns the shot at the center of the sprite, and then places it "forward" (towards the barrel-end of the gun) by a # of pixels equal to the bullet's speed.

This often (but not always) coincides with the end of the barrel. When it doesn't, you get bullets appearing out of thin air ahead of the barrel, or appearing in the barrel.

[TheBuilder]

Interesting, didn't know about the speed thing.

Thanks though, this has been rather helpful.