spawn projectiles at firing pt marker instead of character centroid

project/scenes/characters/player.tscn

@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ texture = ExtResource("1_ts0vk")
 [node name="FiringPoint" type="Marker2D" parent="PlayerCollisionPoly"]
 unique_name_in_owner = true
 position = Vector2(23.5, 9.50009)
+rotation = 1.5708

project/scenes/levels/level1.tscn

@@ -1,16 +1,11 @@
-[gd_scene load_steps=3 format=3 uid="uid://c8tur70b73kih"]
+[gd_scene load_steps=2 format=3 uid="uid://c8tur70b73kih"]
 
 [ext_resource type="Texture2D" uid="uid://b76tyx7byavoa" path="res://assets/art/prototype_textures/dark/texture_03.png" id="1_g3701"]
 
-[sub_resource type="WorldBoundaryShape2D" id="WorldBoundaryShape2D_prw1o"]
-
 [node name="Level1" type="Level"]
 
 [node name="BackgroundTexture" type="Sprite2D" parent="."]
 z_index = -10
 scale = Vector2(3, 3)
 texture = ExtResource("1_g3701")
 metadata/_edit_lock_ = true
-
-[node name="CollisionShape2D" type="CollisionShape2D" parent="BackgroundTexture"]
-shape = SubResource("WorldBoundaryShape2D_prw1o")

src/nodes/character.cpp

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include <godot_cpp/classes/input.hpp>
+#include <godot_cpp/classes/marker2d.hpp>
 #include <godot_cpp/classes/rectangle_shape2d.hpp>
 #include <godot_cpp/classes/ref.hpp>
 #include <godot_cpp/classes/resource_loader.hpp>
@@ -38,6 +39,9 @@ namespace rl::inline node
         this->add_child(m_camera);
         this->add_child(m_player_controller);
 
+        m_firing_point = gdcast<godot::Marker2D>(this->find_child("FiringPoint", true, false));
+        runtime_assert(m_firing_point != nullptr);
+
         signal<event::player_move>::connect<PlayerController>(m_player_controller) <=>
             [this]() mutable {
                 return slot(this, on_player_movement);
@@ -82,7 +86,7 @@ namespace rl::inline node
     void Character::on_player_shoot()
     {
         // TODO: fix this
-        this->emit_signal(event::spawn_projectile, this);
+        this->emit_signal(event::spawn_projectile, m_firing_point);
     }
 
     [[property]]

src/nodes/character.hpp

@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
 #include <godot_cpp/classes/collision_shape2d.hpp>
 #include <godot_cpp/classes/sprite2d.hpp>
 
+namespace godot
+{
+    class Marker2D;
+}
+
 namespace rl::inline node
 {
     class Character : public godot::CharacterBody2D
@@ -53,5 +58,7 @@ namespace rl::inline node
         Camera* m_camera{ memnew(Camera) };
         // handles all input related player controls
         PlayerController* m_player_controller{ memnew(PlayerController) };
+        // marker identifying location where to spwwn projectiles
+        godot::Marker2D* m_firing_point{ nullptr };
     };
 }

src/nodes/level.cpp

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "util/input.hpp"
 #include "util/io.hpp"
 
+#include <godot_cpp/classes/marker2d.hpp>
 #include <godot_cpp/variant/callable.hpp>
 #include <godot_cpp/variant/vector2.hpp>
 
@@ -74,13 +75,13 @@ namespace rl::inline node
         if (projectile != nullptr)
         {
             projectile->set_position(node->get_global_position());
-            projectile->set_rotation(node->get_rotation() - godot::Math::deg_to_rad(45.0));
+            projectile->set_rotation(node->get_global_rotation() - godot::Math::deg_to_rad(45.0));
 
-            Character* character{ gdcast<Character>(node) };
-            if (character != nullptr)
+            godot::Marker2D* firing_pt{ gdcast<godot::Marker2D>(node) };
+            if (firing_pt != nullptr)
             {
                 projectile->set_velocity(
-                    godot::Vector2(0, -1).rotated(character->get_global_rotation()));
+                    godot::Vector2(0, -1).rotated(firing_pt->get_global_rotation()));
             }
 
             this->add_child(projectile);