Destroy a GameObject and Spawn another (Javascript)

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1

Heya Unity Answers! This script is driving me crazy. I want the game to spawn one character at the start, wait 3 seconds, destroy that character and replace it with another. Then wait 3 seconds again, destroy, spawn, wait, destroy, spawn… you get the idea.
No matter how much I play with the code however, something is always wrong. Right now the first time it works, the character gets deleted and then a new one spawns… aaaaand then new characters just spawn after 3 seconds without the old ones being deleted. What should I do?

 #pragma strict

var AllCharacters : Character[];

static var activeChar : boolean;

var charSpawned = false;

var timeChar = 3.0f;

function Start () {

activeChar = false;
}

function Update () {

if(activeChar == false && charSpawned == false) {
	var randChar = Random.Range(0, AllCharacters.Length);
	Debug.Log (randChar);
	activeChar = true;
	}
	
if(activeChar == true && charSpawned == false) {
	var x : int;
	x = randChar;
	Instantiate(AllCharacters[x].character, transform.position, transform.rotation);
	charSpawned = true;
	timeChar = 3.0f;

}

if(charSpawned == true) {
timeChar -= Time.deltaTime;
		if(timeChar < 0f)
		{
			Destroy (GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag("Character"));
			charSpawned = false;
			activeChar = false;
		}
		
}

}

Thanks in advance!

2

All I needed to do was change Update to FixedUpdate…

._.

Well at least it’s been resolved

3

Why not put a script on the object that destroys itself after 3 seconds.

Start()
{
    Destroy (gameObject, 3);
}

Not too hot on JS so untested but in theory it should work, or put it in awake or reference each game object when instantiating like newCharacter = instantiate… and then the next line Destroy (newCharacter, 3);