Combo system based on collision

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1

I have the following code. What it is supposed to do is print the identifier of each collider, and if the Array that contains the colliders of the 2 last seconds equals to a predefined combo array, print something else. It doesn’t work. It prints EACH collider as expected, but never the combo. Here is my code.

var COMBO:Array;
static var MoveLeftHandCombo:Array=["A","B"];
static var MoveRightHandCombo:Array=["C","D"];

public var startime:float=0;
public var endtime:float=2;
private var thistime:float=0;

function Awake()
{
	thistime=startime;
	GEST_A=GameObject.Find("GEST_A");
	GEST_B=GameObject.Find("GEST_B");
	GEST_C=GameObject.Find("GEST_C");
	GEST_D=GameObject.Find("GEST_D");

function Update()
{
	if (thistime<endtime)
	{
		thistime+=Time.deltaTime;
	
	}
	else
	{
		COMBO=[];
	}
	if (COMBO==MoveLeftHandCombo)
	{
		Debug.Log("MoveLeftHandCombo");
	}
	else if (COMBO==MoveRightHandCombo)
	{
		Debug.Log("MoveRightHandCombo");
	}
}

function OnTriggerEnter(coll:Collider)
{
    if (coll.gameObject==GEST_A)
    {
    	COMBO.push("A");
    	Debug.Log(COMBO);
    }
    if (coll.gameObject==GEST_B)
    {
    	COMBO.push("B");
    	Debug.Log(COMBO);
    }
	if (coll.gameObject==GEST_C)
    {
    	COMBO.push("C");
    	Debug.Log(COMBO);
    }
    if (coll.gameObject==GEST_D)
    {
    	COMBO.push("D");
    	Debug.Log(COMBO);
    }


}
2

Didn’t know COMBO= worked :S Doesn’t look like it would!

Also, im not even sure comparing two identical arrays like : if(array1 == array2) would even work. Because i don’t think it checks the content ( i could be wrong here ).

Try debugging and remove timer.

I would also suggest switching from arrays to a string

//Maybe store this in an string[] builtin array ???
var SuperRightHandCombo : string = "abcd";
var NotSoGreatKickToTheFaceCombo : string = "bcbc";

//and then simply

var currentCombo : string;
if (coll.gameObject==GEST_A)
{
    currentCombo += "a" // Or b, c, d, e, f ,g ,w
}

EDIT:
TESTED Array comparison

var array1 : Array = [4,4,4,4];
var array2 : Array = [4,4,4,4];
function Start () {
if(array1 == array2)
	print("They are alike!");
else
	print("Not alike");
}

And it does NOT work.

EDIT 2: Regarding time and combo checking

Instead of declaring a time a combo needs to be executes within. Instead declare a time for which each input (a , b or c … etc) has to be within oneanother.

import System.Collections.Generic;

class CombatInput {
   var atTime : float;
   var move : string;
}

var combatInput : List.< CombatInput > = new List.< CombatInput >();
var comboSpeed : float = 0.5;

var superAwesomeSpinAttack : string = "abcd";

if (coll.gameObject==GEST_A)
{
    // Maybe make a function out of this these if statements so you dont have to type em over and over again for each input check
    if(combatInput.Count != 0){ // checks if list is empty
       // Checks the LATEST variable in your LIST and sees if it was more than comboSpeed (in time) ago.
       if(combatInput[combatInput.Count].atTime + comboSpeed < Time.time){
           combatInput.Clear();
       }
    }
    combatInput.Add(CombatInput(Time.time, "a");
    if(combatInput.Count == 4){
        var currentCombo : string = "";
        for(var i : int; i < combatInput.Count; i++){
           currentCombo += combatInput*.move;*

}
if(currentCombo == superAwesomeSpinAttack){
// Do combo move somehow
}
}

}