Hold Button Shooting

Questions & Answers
1

I need to make it so that when you hold down “Fire1” the player shoots continuously until you release. Is there a way to do that? Here’s the script I’m using to shoot:

var Laser : GameObject;

function Update () 
{
	if(Input.GetButtonDown("Fire1"))
	{
		Instantiate(Laser, transform.position, transform.rotation);
	}
}

The script works but all I need is to make shoot continuously when holding a button down. Please help.

2

Input.GetButton is what you're after. It's used the same as you have in your code above, but is activated for all frames the button is held down.

3

you need to create a “fireSpeed” variable, so var fireSpeed = .5 will make them fire every half a second. then all you need is in your if statement,

if(Input.GetButton(“Fire1”) && Time.time > firespeed)

what that does is compares the current time passed to your firespeed. I believe that’s what you’re looking for.

4

create a fire rate then check how much time has pass using

public float firerate = 1f;
public float canfire= 1f;
if(input.GetButton(“Fire1”) && Time.time > canfire){
canfire
shoot();
canfire = Time.time + firerate;

}