2D Character shooting issues

JamaicanDave

Came across a few possible issues related to ranged attacks. May not all be bugs but have combined together.

I've got a top down 2D game using real time combat. It's set up with the Orthogonal camera at 90o and characters have Two Dimensional On to prevent rotation.

First issue - possibly not a bug as such but with rotation locked the player character can't shoot a bow and have an arrow projectile fire at the target, it will always fire the arrow 'down' (forward). I assume this is because projectiles must always fire directly forward and the character usually rotates on the spot to face the target?

Second issue - related to the above I found that hostile NPCs equipped with a bow do rotate to face the player even though they flagged as 2D and shouldn't rotate:

Third issue - when ranged attacks cause zero damage the 'miss' pop up and sound don't occur.

Fourth issue - when a ranged weapon uses an item as it's ammo type the attack no longer seems to use the weapons stats. I was trying to ref my bows minimum damage but it only worked when no ammo was specified. Maybe it tries to get the information from the ammo item but there's no relevant properties in the item to define.

JamaicanDave

Does the issue occur in the editor or during gameplay?
In game

If it's a gameplay issue, please specify which movement system and camera type you're using (free movement vs. grid movement, third-person vs. first-person) or N/A if not applicable:
Grid movement, top down view (orthogonal camera, 90degrees, no rotation), 2 Dimension characters On

Briefly describe the issue you're experiencing:
Hostile NPCs equipped with ranged weapons rotate to face the player when attacking (see screenshots above) when they shouldn't. Player character does not rotate when using ranged weapon.

Are there any errors in the in-game debug console or external console window?
No

Provide a download link to the bare bones project (strongly recommended if it's an in-game issue, since this helps significantly when attempting to reproduce it; the report will also be given more priority in this case):
Sorry no download currently available.

JamaicanDave

Does the issue occur in the editor or during gameplay?
In game

Briefly describe the issue you're experiencing:
Ranged attacks in real time combat do not display 'Miss' or play the miss sound effect when zero damage is caused. Affects both player and NPC attacks. Melee attacks do display Miss and play sound.

Are there any errors in the in-game debug console or external console window?
No

JamaicanDave

Does the issue occur in the editor or during gameplay?
In game

Briefly describe the issue you're experiencing:
When a ranged weapon (real time combat) uses an item as it's ammo type the attack no longer seems to use the weapons stats. I was trying to ref my ranged weapon items minimum damage in the damage_logic (value 5) but it only worked when no ammo was specified. When using ammo item minimum damage was returning 0.

Are there any errors in the in-game debug console or external console window?
No

Provide the steps necessary to reproduce the issue:
Equip hostile NPC with ranged weapon (using vox editor character properties default equipment) and allow to attack player. Combat is real time. Weapon uses ammunition item (ammo given in game using console give_item command). Equip player with ranged weapon and repeat. Set damage_logic $damage to weapons minimum damage value (in this case 5 for weapon) and if minimum damage equals zero $damage set to 1.. With infinite ammo in game damage is 5. Set weapon item ammo and attacks deal 1 damage.