I'm having trouble getting the enemy to shoot the player

[likeaboss11123]

I have a script set up so the enemies follow the player when they get close enough I can't figure out a code I can setup in the follow script to make the enemy fire at the player without them spraying just a line of bullets while the player is close

 

[Perseus]

An easy way would be to use a "cooldown" timer, so that a new bullet instance is created only after a specified number of steps have passed since the last instance was created.

if (timer > 0) {
   timer -= 1;
}
else {
   if (point_distance(x, y, obj_player.x, obj_player.y) <= 100) {
      // Create a bullet instance
     timer = 30; // Allow creation of a new instance after 30 steps
   }
}

 

[likeaboss11123]

An easy way would be to use a "cooldown" timer, so that a new bullet instance is created only after a specified number of steps have passed since the last instance was created.

if (timer > 0) {
   timer -= 1;
}
else {
   if (point_distance(x, y, obj_player.x, obj_player.y) <= 100) {
      // Create a bullet instance
     timer = 30; // Allow creation of a new instance after 30 steps
   }
}

Thank you I'll try this