How to Make 2 Guns Shoot at the Same Time

Questions & Answers
1

Hi, I am trying to make two guns shoot, (at the same time) by pressing and or holding down the left an right mouse buttons, but so far I can only shoot them individually. I’m new to programing and have likely placed my script in the wrong place or something. here is what I have:

public GameObject PriShot;
public Transform Gun1;
public Transform Gun2;
public float fireRate1;
public float fireRate2;

private float nextFire;

void Start ()
{
	anim = GetComponent<Animator>();

	}

void Update()

{
        if (Input.GetButton ("Fire1") && Time.time > nextFire)


	{
		nextFire = Time.time + fireRate1;
		Instantiate(PriShot, Gun1.position, Gun1.rotation);

	
		}	

	{
		if (Input.GetButton ("Fire2") && Time.time > nextFire)

{

			nextFire = Time.time + fireRate2;
			Instantiate (PriShot, Gun2.position, Gun2.rotation);
					}
			}
}

void FixedUpdate()

If anyone has a recommendation, I would love to hear your thoughts :slight_smile:
and Thanks!

2

A better approach would be to create a single FireBullet script that instantiates and fires a bullet from the position of the object that the script it attached to, and then attach that script to each gun individually.

To create the bullets like that, you’ll need:

Instantiate(PriShot, gameObject.transform.position, gameObject.transform.rotation);

3

Ah, thank you so much for the advice! I assigned two different controllers to my guns and they work fabulously now! For anyone with the same problem, here is my new code;

        {
            public Rigidbody2D PriShot;				
	public float speed = 20f;				

    public Transform Gun1;
	public float fireRate1;

	private float nextFire;
	
  	
    private PlayerScript playerScr;		// Reference to the PlayerControl script.
	private Animator anim;					// Reference to the Animator component.
	
	
	void Awake()
	{
		// Setting up the references.
		anim = transform.root.gameObject.GetComponent<Animator>();
	playerScr = transform.root.GetComponent<PlayerScript>();
	}
	
	
	void Update ()
{
	if (Input.GetButton ("Fire1") && Time.time > nextFire)
		
		
{

	nextFire = Time.time + fireRate1;
	Instantiate(PriShot, Gun1.position, Gun1.rotation);
	
	
}

I then duplicated this script and assigned it to another game object called Gun2, and adjusted the parameters in the script to match. Now my 2 guns fire independently, and can be shot at the same time! Thank you KevLoughrey, cheers!