Argthtjtr

i m pretty sure i changed it to follow the rules so i m asking again.
The problem is that i want to shoot a bullet thats initial direction will follow the where the mouse INITIALLY was compared to location of character on mouseclick. but my code now on mouseclick will draw another bullet, but all bullets drawn will travel in a direction following an angle respective to current character location on mouseclick(which is NOT what i want)

this is an example of what it looks like

int bulletTotal = 5;

float bulletX = new float [bulletTotal];

float bulletY = new float [bulletTotal];

int shots;

float bulletSpeed;

float  angle = new float [bulletTotal];

int charaStartX, charaStartY;

int charaWid, charaHght;

int sx, sy;

boolean isUp, isDown, isLeft, isRight;



void setup()

{

  size(1500,900);

  charaStartX = width/2;

  charaStartY = height/2;

  charaWid = charaHght = 75;

  sx = sy = 4;

  for(int j =0; j < bulletTotal; j++)

  {

    bulletX[j] = charaStartX;

    bulletY[j] = charaStartY;

  }

  bulletSpeed = 5;

  isUp = false;

  isDown = false;

  isLeft = false;

  isRight = false;

}



void draw()

{

  ellipse(charaStartX, charaStartY, charaWid, charaHght);

  for(int j = 0; j < bulletTotal; j++)

  {

    rect(bulletX[j], bulletY[j], 25, 25);

    movement();

    bulletX[j] += bulletSpeed * cos(angle[j]);

    bulletY[j] += bulletSpeed * sin(angle[j]);

  }

}



void movement()

{

  if(isUp == true)

  {

    charaStartY = charaStartY - sy;

  }else if(isDown == true)

  {

    charaStartY = charaStartY + sy;

  }

  if(isLeft == true)

  {

    charaStartX = charaStartX - sx;

  }else if (isRight == true)

  {

    charaStartX = charaStartX + sx;

  }

}



void mousePressed()

{

  if (shots<bulletTotal)

  {

    bulletX[shots] = charaStartX;

    bulletY[shots] = charaStartY;

    shots = shots+1;

  }

  for(int j=0; j<bulletTotal; j++)

  {

    angle[j] = atan2(mouseY - charaStartY, mouseX - charaStartX);

  }

}

void keyPressed()

{

  if(key == 'w'||key == 'W')

  {

    isUp = true;

  }

  if(key == 's'||key == 'S')

  {

    isDown = true;

  }

  if(key == 'a'||key == 'A')

  {

    isLeft = true;

  }

  if(key =='d'||key == 'D')

  {

    isRight = true;

  }



}



void keyReleased()

{

   if(key == 'w'||key == 'W')

  {

    isUp = false;

  }

  if(key == 's'||key == 'S')

  {

    isDown = false;

  }

  if(key == 'a'||key == 'A')

  {

    isLeft = false;

  }

  if(key =='d'||key == 'D')

  {

    isRight = false;

  }

}

The problem in your code is

for(int j=0; j<bulletTotal; j++)

{

  angle[j] = atan2(mouseY - charaStartY, mouseX - charaStartX);

}

When you press the mouse, it sets the angle for all bullets. You only want to set it for the bullet you just created. You need to delete the part above and use:

if (shots<bulletTotal)

{

  bulletX[shots] = charaStartX;

  bulletY[shots] = charaStartY;

  angle[shots] = atan2(mouseY - charaStartY, mouseX - charaStartX);

  shots = shots+1;

}