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   WJUK
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   Alright here's what I would do:

   Find the position of the mouse and the gun. Then find out distance horizontally and vertically from the gun to the mouse.

   Use trigonometry to find the angle (tan theta = opp/adj therefore: theta = inverse tan(opp/adj)). Work out what velocity you want to give it, so that could be, say, 5. Take that as the hypotenuse.

   So you can work out the x,y velocity by doing: 5 sin angle and 5 cos angle (angle is what you worked out before). Then just apply that amount every second or so.

   I'm a bit hazy on my VB (especially since I learnt VB6) so I'm not even sure this is possible or not.

   
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   thanks, i think it is possible, i was trying to do something similar to that before, but i think i typed in the wrong word and thought that the method of doing didn't work. i am going to try it again.

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   WJUK
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   Alright, tell us it it works.

   
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   Orange
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   ok, i think i am going to add a few other things to the game first and then work on that part. i think that i want the game to have more then one player and that would mean i couldn't use the mouse for everyone so i might not even do that.

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   WJUK
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   I'm interested in the development on the game so be sure to show us a build of it soon.

   It's also a good idea to think of using another programming language to make games.

   
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   Orange
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   this game is really just a fun project for me to work on over winter break, it is not going to be very good or anything like that. it's just something for me to work on.

   as for switching languages: i know that VB is not really the best language for this kind of thing, but i think that it is a good place for me to make my first projects. If you think about it, most programmers now a-days started out using programming languages that were not very advanced, and they turned out ok. i think that because VB doesn't have all of the premade functions and methods that other languages have it forces me to make them my self and in the proses learn more about coding. it might not be good for making programs but i think it's good at making programmers.

   also i know a little C# and C++ (and am learning more off both) so i am not limiting my self for ever.

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   WJUK
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   Oh ok, so you're basically just testing your limits? I know the feeling.

   True true, just look how I turned out.
   If you're using the IDE (which I'm guessing you are), VB is really easy to use. Especially for making windows forms and windows. But for most anything else, it tends to be limited and usually falls flat on it's face. I found that out the hard way while trying to do many things.
   I suppose you could be using something worse to make games like... prologue, MATLAB or *shudder* FORTRAN. Or even ASM or Machine code (that would be extremely impressive though).

   And learning two languages simultaneously is quite difficult. So you may want to pick one and stick with it. Personally I'd probably go for C++ but it's up to you (Python is a popular choice for another language, really easy to learn).

   Anyway, good luck on this project! Any other queries: feel free to ask me.

   
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   i don't have to learn C++ or C#, i am doing it because i want to and thus i have no time by which i need to know them. this means that i can take my time learning them, so it's not so hard to learn them at the same time. also they are very similar so it's not that confusing.

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   WJUK
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   Alright, whatever floats your boat.

   If you want to learn something difficult, you should try Haskell. I've got my head in a twist with it, especially since I'm learning OpenGL at the same time. It's crazy.

   
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