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hey i need help i have created a script but it does not work as i wanted it to. ihave an pointlight on the tip of my gun with an animation it goes from invisible to visible and than invisible. its for simulating the light of the gun firing when i getbutton("Fire1") im firing and i see the light flikkers thats good but then when i getbuttonUp ("Fire1") it disapears thats what i want but now it comes i want it to when i ("Fire1") again that its flikkering again.

can somebody please get this done for me becouse i can`t. dont know whats wrong Again.sorry for that.

function Update()

{

if( Input.GetButton( "Fire1" ) ) { gameObject.active = true; animation.Play("new gun fire light"); } if( Input.GetButton( "Fire1" ) ) { gameObject.active = false; animation.Play("new gun fire light"); } if( Input.GetButton( "Fire1" ) ) { gameObject.active = active = true; animation.Play("new gun fire light"); } } function Awake() { if( Input.GetButton( "Fire1" ) ) { gameObject.active= true; gameObject.active= false; animation.Play("new gun fire light"); } }

2

whats exactly not working? The code you're using doesn't work because you set active to true in update, then right on the next line, it becomes false. you have to set a timer, or have it delay some how so that you can actually see the light.

3

Your code doesn't work as you explain as stated by kennypu, but here is a quick example of how you could make it:

// Our light source
public var lightSource : Light;

// Speed of the flicker
public var flickerSpeed : int = 10;

// Lets store the flicker time, such that we don't have to calculate it more than once
private var flickerTime : float = 0.0f;
// Rest before next flicker
private var flickerRestTime : float = 0.0f;

function Awake()
{
    // Lets calculate the time between each flicker
    flickerTime = 1.0 / flickerSpeed;
    flickerRestTime = flickerTime;
}

function Update()
{
    // If we get button up, then lets reset it all to default
    if(Input.GetButtonUp("Fire1"))
    {
        lightSource.enabled = false;
        flickerRestTime = flickerTime;
    }

    // If we are holding down the button, then
    if(Input.GetButton("Fire1"))
    {
        // subtract the time since last frame
        flickerRestTime -= Time.deltaTime;

        // If the time is less than 0, then lets make the light turn on/off
        if (flickerRestTime < 0.0f)
        {
            // Set the light source to the opposite of what it was before
            lightSource.enabled = !lightSource.enabled;

            // Reset the time
            flickerRestTime = flickerTime;
        }
    }
}