Destroying bullets after a certain amount of time

Questions & Answers
1

Hi,

I’ve been working on a shooting mechanic and the firing and everything is working fine. However, i don’t know how to make it so that the bullets destroy after a certain amount of time. I’ve tried various methods but none seem to work. I want it so that I can still fire bullets after it has already destroyed some of the already fired ones. Any idea on how I might do that?

#pragma strict

var bullet : Rigidbody;
var bulletSpeed : int = 1;

function Start () {

}

function Update () {

if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0))
{
	//Debug.Log ("Left click detected");
	bullet = Instantiate (bullet, this.transform.position, Quaternion.identity);
	bullet.AddRelativeForce(Camera.main.transform.forward * bulletSpeed);
}

}

2

There are many ways. The simplest way is probably with GameObject.Destroy(), the 2nd parameter is a time delay before it destroys the object.

 Destroy(bullet, 5f);    // Destroy bullet object after 5 seconds

Not sure what you mean by “still fire bullets after it has already destroyed some of the already fired ones”. If you’re using a pooling system or a bullet manager class, you can make a coroutine to tell the bullet to reset. Something like:

IEnumerator DeactivateBullet(float delay) {
	yield return new WaitForSeconds(delay);
	// TODO: Tell the bullet manager or pooling system to reset this bullet
}