Problem With Enemy Bullets Attacking The Player Pygame

I am trying to make my enemy bullets attack the player but it only attack its x and y how could I make it curve instead of zigzagging VIDEO the bullets only attack the y axis and it wont curve or go to the player only attacks 2 positions

this goes on my main loop and appends projectiles

         for shootss in shootsright:

if shootss.x < 500 and shootss.x > 0:

if enemyshoots1.x < playerman.x:

shootss.x +=  5
else:
shootss.x -= 5
else:
shootsright.pop(shootsright.index(shootss))
if shootss.y < 500 and shootss.y >0:
if enemyshoots1.y < playerman.y:
shootss.y += 5
else:
shootss.y -= 5
else:
shootsright.pop(shootsright.index(shootss))

if len(shootsright) < 2:
shootsright.append(Bools(round(enemyshoots1.x+enemyshoots1.width-107),round(enemyshoots1.y + enemyshoots1.height-50),(0,0,0)))
# projectile class for each of the bullets



my enemy bullets class

    # enemys bullets
class Bools(object):
def __init__(self, x, y,color):
self.x = x
self.y = y
self.hitbox  = self.ksud.get_rect()
self.rect  = self.ksud.get_rect()
self.rect.topleft = (self.x,self.y)
self.speed = 10
self.color = color
self.hitbox = (self.x + 57, self.y + 33, 29, 52) # NEW
def draw(self, window):
self.rect.topleft = (self.x,self.y)
player_rect = self.ksud.get_rect(center = self.rect.center)
player_rect.centerx += 0 # 10 is just an example
player_rect.centery += 0 # 15 is just an example
window.blit(self.ksud, player_rect)
self.hitbox = (self.x + 97, self.y + 33, 10, 10) # NEW
window.blit(self.ksud,self.rect)



I have something similar for the player where ever I click it appends bullets how could I change it to append bullets at the player without the click?

                # this is for the bullets
if len(bullets) < 2:
shootsound.play()

start_x, start_y = playerman.x+playerman.width//2, playerman.y + playerman.height-54
mouse_x, mouse_y = event.pos

dir_x, dir_y = mouse_x - start_x, mouse_y - start_y
distance = math.sqrt(dir_x**2 + dir_y**2)
if distance > 0:
new_bullet = projectile(start_x, start_y, dir_x/distance, dir_y/distance, (0,0,0))
bullets.append(new_bullet)
# this is displaying the bullets for the player
for bullet in bullets[:]:
bullet.move()
if bullet.x < 0 or bullet.x > 900 or bullet.y < 0 or bullet.y > 900:
bullets.pop(bullets.index(bullet))



            if enemyshoots1.x < playerman.x:
shootss.x +=  5
else:
shootss.x -= 5

if enemyshoots1.y < playerman.y:
shootss.y += 5
else:
shootss.y -= 5


If you want the bullet to move straight towards the player, you need to employ some trigonometry. Unfortunately, I have never used PyGame, and its been quite some time since I used python, so the best I can give you is some C#-looking psuedocode. You will want something like this:

//define bullet speed
float bulletSpeed = 5.0f;

//the number of degrees or radians between your bullet spawn and player
//this is possible using the screen or world coordinates of your
//sprites and some built in functions to calculate the angle
float angle = angle from player.x / player.y and bulletSpawn.x/bulletSpawn.y;

//again, use built in functions to calculate these values:
float xMagnitude = cosine of angle;
float yMagnitude = sine of angle;

//update the bullet
shootss.x += xMagnitude * bulletSpeed;
shootss.y += yMagnitude * bulletSpeed;


Of course, it would be much better to cache the x and y magnitudes as a member variable in the bullet instance so that you aren't calculating these values for every bullet every frame.

EDIT:

Try something like this.

# enemys bullets
class Bools(object):
def __init__(self, x, y,color, xspeed, yspeed):
self.x = x
self.y = y
self.xspeed = xspeed
self.yspeed = yspeed
self.hitbox  = self.ksud.get_rect()
self.rect  = self.ksud.get_rect()
self.rect.topleft = (self.x,self.y)
self.speed = 10
self.color = color
self.hitbox = (self.x + 57, self.y + 33, 29, 52) # NEW
def draw(self, window):
self.rect.topleft = (self.x,self.y)
player_rect = self.ksud.get_rect(center = self.rect.center)
player_rect.centerx += 0 # 10 is just an example
player_rect.centery += 0 # 15 is just an example
window.blit(self.ksud, player_rect)
self.hitbox = (self.x + 97, self.y + 33, 10, 10) # NEW
window.blit(self.ksud,self.rect)


and

    for shootss in shootsright:
shootss.x += shootss.xspeed
shootss.y += shootss.yspeed
if shootss.x > 500 or shootss.x < 0 or shootss.y > 500 or shootss.y < 0:
shootsright.pop(shootsright.index(shootss))

if len(shootsright) < 2:
start_x = round(enemyshoots1.x+enemyshoots1.width-107
start_y = round(enemyshoots1.y + enemyshoots1.height-50)
target_x = playerman.x+playerman.width//2
target_y = playerman.y+playerman.width//2
dir_x, dir_y = target_x - start_x, target_y - start_y
distance = math.sqrt(dir_x**2 + dir_y**2)
if distance > 0:
shootsright.append(Bools(start_x,start_y,(0,0,0),dir_x, dir_y))
`

EDIT:

The last part of code makes the bullets fly to fast. A solution for this problem was found here

• I have something similar for my player where ever I click with my mouse bullets append but how can I change it for the enemy so it attacks the player? script – Habib Ismail Jun 16 at 2:55
• This script does not include any input handling or event listening. Look at this line: new_bullet = projectile(start_x, start_y, dir_x/distance, dir_y/distance, (0,0,0)). If you can find the projectile class, im willing to bet that the constructor (init in python, i believe) includes an example of how to get the x and y magnitudes from start and target positions. You need to add something similar to your bools class. – sirreldar Jun 16 at 14:46
• See edit to answer – sirreldar Jun 16 at 15:21
• the bullets dont seem to appear on the screen even though I draw it am I doing something wrong? in my main loop heres is my full code if you want to check it out script I changed the name of the bullet class to Boolss and I didnt forget about the appending the Boolss as well – Habib Ismail Jun 16 at 18:19