1

I want to make my lights blink. I have a game object called Main Lights. I was thinking that a possible way to make the effect would be to destroy and then instantiate Main Lights on update, but I'm not really great with code, and I feel like there must be an easier or simpler way to create the effect. Any suggestions would be helpful. Thanks!

2

Indeed, repeated destroying and instantiating is not a great idea since it uses resources unnecessarily.

var timer = 1.0;

function Start () {
    while (true) {
    	yield WaitForSeconds(timer);
    	light.enabled = !light.enabled;
    }
}
3

if you destroy and instantiate a gameObject, you destroy allot of resources. you can change the range property of a light or enable/disable it in shor intervals to make the effect. you should not do it in Update because it will become framerate dependent. you should use a coroutine.

vat waitingTime=0.05; //20 times a second
var normalRange=3; //normal range of light
var flRange=0.5; //flickering range
function Start()
{
while (true)
{
if (light.range == normalRange) light.range = flRange; else light.range = normalRange;
yield WaitForSeconds(waitingTime);
}
}

you can turn on or off enabled property too. i'll show that in C#

public float waitingTime=0.05;
IEnumerator Start ()
{
while (true)
{
light.enabled = !(light.enabled); //toggle on/off the enabled property
yield return new WaitForSeconds(waitingTime);
}
}

i did not test any of these values and you should edit them to get best timer values.

5

You may use this script :slight_smile:

using UnityEngine;
    using System.Collections;
    
    public class PoliceLight : MonoBehaviour {
    
    	public Light RedLight;
    	public Light BlueLight;
    	public int Number = 1;
    	// Use this for initialization
    	void Start () 
    	{
    		Number = 1;
    		BlueLight.light.intensity = 0;
    		RedLight.light.intensity = 0;
    	}
    	
    	// Update is called once per frame
    	void Update () 
    	{
    		if (Number == 1)
    		{
    			BlueLight.light.intensity = 0;
    			RedLight.light.intensity = 1.5f;
    			StartCoroutine(waitforred());
    		}
    		if (Number == 2)
    		{
    			RedLight.light.intensity = 0;
    			BlueLight.light.intensity = 1.5f;
    			StartCoroutine(waitforblue());
    		}
    	}
    	IEnumerator waitforred()
    	{
    		yield return new WaitForSeconds (0.2f);
    		Number = 2;
    	}
    	IEnumerator waitforblue()
    	{
    		yield return new WaitForSeconds (0.2f);
    		Number = 1;
    	}
    }
4

You can also just have two textures - one texture lighter than the other and then swap textures with a timer. This works well for things such as blinking warning lights that do not need to cast light.