Trying to make a character that can shoot bombs

[moriori7]

Godot Version

Godot 4.3

Question

I am struggling to make the bombs I am shooting to go where I click, also the bomb is teleporting not moving,

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[wchc]

Add @onready to your direction variable declaration
@onready var direction = global_position.direction_to(get_global_mouse_position())

What do you mean it’s teleporting?
It should be rather smoothly going in the direction of the mouse pointer. Maybe try adjusting the “1000” value to match your desired look.

[gertkeno]

A base-type variable like Vector3 is copied. so when you form the equation global_position.direction_to(mouse_position), it runs once, and copies that value to the variable. Like writing down a number, direction will never change.

By putting this equation inside _physics_process it will update every frame.

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How are you spawning the bombs? May it be that they aren’t “teleporting” but are always spawned at 0,0?

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[moriori7]

oh sorry didn’t know that, I will do that in the future

[moriori7]

I think its because I need to make the projectile as a CharacterBody2d node and add the move_and_slide thing

[moriori7]

yeah I think that fixes it

[wchc]

Using move_and_slide() function on CharacterBody2D instead of directly changing the position of Area2D is indeed a good idea that I can only recommend. This will ensure the bullet actually moves along the velocity vector and report all collisions on the way.