I've finally gotten this laser thing to work for my Space Shooter, and so far I've come across a slight problem. I've gotten the laser to position itself at the starting position correctly and move vertically perfectly. Anyway,whenever I hit the space-bar(which is the controls for shooting), it shoots the bullet/laser out, but I have to wait until the bullet clears to shoot another one.

What I want it to do is keep producing bullets until the user releases their hand on the space-bar... here's the code I have so far:

    if(spacebar)
    // this bool variable is set to true once the user presses the space bar
    {
 
    int frame2 = 0;
 

    if(once2 == 0)
    {
        projectilex2 = x + 19;
        projectiley2 = y + -35;
        //Positions the bullet at the nose of the ship
    }

    if(frame2 == 3)
    {
        frame2 = 0;
 
    }

    apply_surface(projectilex2,projectiley2,ShootStuff,screen,&lazers[0]);
 

    frame2 ++;
    projectiley2--;
 

    once2++;
    if(once2 == 250)
    {
        once2 = 0;
    spacebar = false;
    }
 //This will eventually get better. My shoot function is horrible lol :/
}

Does anyone have any ideas as to how I can accomplish this without having to wait for the bullet to clear before I can shoot another one :( ?

I've finally gotten this laser thing to work for my Space Shooter, and so far I've come across a slight problem. I've gotten the laser to position itself at the starting position correctly and move vertically perfectly. Anyway, whenever I hit the space-bar  (which is the controls for shooting), it shoots the bullet/laser out, but I have to wait until the bullet clears to shoot another one.

What I want it to do is keep producing bullets until the user releases their hand on the space-bar... here's the code I have so far:

if(spacebar)
// this bool variable is set to true once the user presses the space bar
{
    int frame2 = 0;

    if(once2 == 0)
    {
        projectilex2 = x + 19;
        projectiley2 = y + -35;
        //Positions the bullet at the nose of the ship
    }

    if(frame2 == 3)
    {
        frame2 = 0;
    }

    apply_surface(projectilex2, projectiley2, ShootStuff, screen, &lazers[0]);

    frame2 ++;
    projectiley2--;

    once2++;
    if(once2 == 250)
    {
        once2 = 0;
        spacebar = false;
    }
 //This will eventually get better. My shoot function is horrible lol :/
}

Does anyone have any ideas as to how I can accomplish this without having to wait for the bullet to clear before I can shoot another one :( ?