How to make player shoot where my mouse is pointing

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Im making top down 2d shooter , Im stuck on trying to make player shoot where mouse is pointing , I dont want the player to rotate but just instantiate object in direction where my mouse is and that object to go in that direction

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Answer by EDevJogos · Aug 05, 2016 at 01:22 PM

You can get a direction vector by subtracting, the desired poisition from yours and then normalize it:

 if(/*Shooting condition is true*/)
 {
     Vector3 direction = (Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition) - transform.position).normalized;
     yourBullet.GetComponent<Rigidbody2D> ().AddForce (direction * /*the desired speed*/);
 }

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CrazyLule · Aug 05, 2016 at 03:55 PM 0

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Yea but where do I instantiate the bullet ? from what I udnerstant this just gets my position but where is the bullet created ?

Mokomaki CrazyLule · Oct 06, 2019 at 12:55 PM 0

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You can have a spawn position set to your gun or anything and after that use the nice piece of code above to send it to the direction of your mouse. Hope you get what you need :)

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