How to limit the number of times the blaster shoots?

[GamerBot]

I have a working blaster and even written a code of limiting the firing per 5 seconds but nothing is working. The player still can fire as many times as the mouse is clicked. How can I make sure the blaster cool down after five shots are fired.

[RyanZimmerman87]

I think the most basic way to deal with this kind of thing is to set up a timer in your FixedUpdate();

Every time you shoot you update another int to equal the time of the main timer. Then whenever you shoot you set a condition to make sure the main timer is x amount bigger than the shoot timer.

Code Example:

int mainTimer =0;
int shootTimer =0;

int minimumTimeToShoot = 10;

Update()
{

if (mainTimer >= shootTimer + minimumTimeToShoot)
{

//all your code to fire one shot
shootTimer = mainTimer;

}

}

FixedUpdate()
{

++mainTimer;

}

This example is not perfect as it only creates a minimum time between possible shots. If you want it to be 5 per second instead but no minimum time you will need to adjust the logic. Perhaps create a separate int to count each of the 5 shots. And then store a time for the first shot and the 5th shot, and use those numbers to determine your outcomes?

This is a sort of crude solution that I used in my first shooting game. There are probably much better options but it can work if you set it up right. Hope that helps!

Wow looks like I rushed to answer you before even fully reading and comprehending your original question my bad!

Try something like this:

int shotsFired =0;
int coolDownCountTimer = 0;

int timeToBeReady = 50;

Update()
{

if (shotsFired < 5)
{
++shotsFired;
//shoot bullet

}



}

FixedUpdate()
{
if (shotsFired >=5)
{
++coolDownCountTimer;
}

if (coolDownCountTimer >= timeToBeReady)
{
shotsFired =0;
coolDownTimer = 0;
}

}

And of course you gotta add more code for the shot being actually fired, don’t just automatically do it on Update()

[GamerBot]

Thank you for the help. I have the shooting part down, but this uses less coding than I wrote. Wow, just thank you!