Bullets stop firing

jennith1357531

https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/188488935/

This project is a remix, btw.
So, here's the problem. There's a complete separate sprite for firing bullets called aim. About 45 seconds into playing the game the bullets stop firing. I've tried removing some things but still nothing. The project I remixed had the problem too. Unless there is a limit to the bullets I can fire?
I'd appreciate your guys help

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mstone326

Scratch has a clone limit of 301. So presumably you're reaching that limit. What sprites are you making clones of? Be sure to delete clones when they are no longer needed.

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jennith1357531

I am deleting the clones. Every time the bullet touches the edge of the screen or the boss, I have it set to delete the clone.
The weapon and the bullets are separate sprites, the bullet sprite is called “Aim”.

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mstone326

Aim doesn't have bullets as a costume. Is it the user bullets, clockwork_assault, that stop working?

If it is the sprite called clockwork_assault then look at this remix. Fixed the loop for the bullet to repeat until touching edge, then within that repeat check for touching the various parts of the enemy, then deleted them accordingly. See if this helps. (I also disabled all collision that can end your characters game so we can test the bullets)

https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/188640111/

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jennith1357531

Sorry, I meant Clockwork Assault.
For some reason, it still stops firing after 45-60 seconds?
As I said earlier, it was doing that in the project I remixed.

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mstone326

Really? I just held shoot down for like 5 minutes and it didn't Let me look again. THat loop is a bit of a mess, I didn't really want to recode it but I'll give it a good look right now.

Ok, it is more like 2 minutes on my CHromebook. I see, give me a sec

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jennith1357531

Welp, thanks for helping me with this
I don't really make games with the shooting mechanic so

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jennith1357531

I might experiment with some of the scripts related to the shooting, and see if i can find the source of the glitch

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mstone326

I think right laser and left laser are causing part of the issue.

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jennith1357531

I just found the bug.
The actual sprite for the weapon (not the bullets) was acting like the bullet sprite, making clones. But these clones were hidden, making them do nothing, and they didn't have any set for collision, and they built up, and then probably reached the max clone limit.
Welp, thanks for helping!

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mstone326

Good find. I had created a bullet counter and could get it to 200 then it would stop which tells me that something else was creating clones too. Was just reporting back. Good work.

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jennith1357531

Thanks for helping!

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nolan-that-nice-guy

I need help to where my gun stops firing when the variable gets to zero. I dont want to have to mute it and hide it tho i just want it to stop shooting

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nolan-that-nice-guy wrote:
I need help to where my gun stops firing when the variable gets to zero. I dont want to have to mute it and hide it tho i just want it to stop shooting

Hi! This topic is rather old - when you ask for help on an old thread, people often will only respond to the original post because they don't notice yours. if you need help, you're much better off creating a new thread. Be sure to explain the problem you're having! If you have a question about a post that was made here, you can always include a link to it in your new topic. Thanks!

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