I am adding some layers to my game. One will be that you will collect powerups to enable a “homing missile weapon”. When fired the missile is supposed to go to the nearest dragon. A couple of issues, the first is that I want the missile to flu to the target point first, but sometimes it will fly sideways, the second is that sometimes there is a delay between the button press and the missile launch. Am I on the right track with the homing code? I have been looking at lots of examples.

Game link: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/94310026/

Press Z to launch the missile.

To make it point the right way you should rotate the image in the sprite editor so that it points to the right.

Thanks for that tip. Now it is flying straight but not homing. Out of curiosity why does rotating it make a difference? Is it because I used the

block?

MrR0g3rs wrote:

Thanks for that tip. Now it is flying straight but not homing. Out of curiosity why does rotating it make a difference? Is it because I used the

block?

Yes. When you use a MOVE block, it moves the sprite in its DIRECTION. If you don't draw the sprite facing right, then how it looks and how it moves will not match.

If you want to make it home in on a target, and not fly straight, start by making sure you have this setup:

And not this:

CapeMan1008 wrote:

If you want to make it home in on a target, and not fly straight, start by making sure you have this setup:

And not this:

This post is 4 years old.

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malikfunderburk wrote:

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Do not spam, dear spammer. Thanks.

The best thing taht you can do, is have the missile save to a list, all of the distances to all dragons, and pick the dragon that is closest, from there, just setv the program to point towards that dragon and move # of steps.

The best thing taht you can do, is have the missile save to a list, all of the distances to all dragons, and pick the dragon that is closest, from there, just setv the program to point towards that dragon and move # of steps. OH! and make it in the editor face RIGHT!

wosdcs wrote:

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ScratchCatHELLO wrote:

CapeMan1008 wrote:

If you want to make it home in on a target, and not fly straight, start by making sure you have this setup:

And not this:

This post is 4 years old.

I'm sorry, I never check the dates on these things.

Thanks to everyone for offering your help, but this thread is pretty old - I don't think it's relevant anymore. When you respond to a topic, please make sure it's recent and the original poster still needs an answer. And if someone does necropost, please report it so that we can close the topic. Otherwise it just keeps happening. Thanks!