How to Instantiate GameObject once through a timer?

Questions & Answers
1

Hi there,
Im working on my first Unity project and hit a certain issue. I need to spawn a gameobject only Once when the timer reaches 0. My script spawns it nonstop. What am i doing wrong here?
Thanks.

{
[SerializeField] float timer = 6f;
public GameObject catEnemy;

void Start()
{
    
}

private void FixedUpdate()
{
timer -= Time.deltaTime;
    if (timer <= 0)
    {
        Instantiate(catEnemy, transform.position, transform.rotation);
    }
}

}

3

You can use a bool hasSpawn and add it to your conditions.

    if (!hasSpawned && timer <= 0)
          {
              timer = 6;
              Instantiate(catEnemy, transform.position, transform.rotation);
hasSpawned = true;
          }
4

private void FixedUpdate()
{
timer -= Time.deltaTime;
if (timer <= 0)
instantiator();
}
public void instantiator()
{
Instantiate(catEnemy, transform.position, transform.rotation);
///Set the timer back to original value
timer+=6f;
}

2

You are not resetting your timer. Once it reaches 0 it will start executing the code inside the “if” statement constantly.

 if (timer <= 0)
     {
         timer = 6;
         Instantiate(catEnemy, transform.position, transform.rotation);
     }