Instantiate a single gameobject at every nth second of a minute for a total of x number of gameobjects

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1

I want to instantiate a single gameobject every 6th second, generating a total of 5 gameobjects per minute. The seconds and minutes are referred from another script called “controller”. This is the code i have, but instead of a single object, each time numerous gameobjects are generated. I don’t know what is wrong with the script, any pointers would be highly appreciated! Thanks

         public int count=5;
          public int timeinterval=6

           Void Update(){
              firstmin();
                      }

              void firstmin(){
	for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
	if (Controller.minutes==1 && Controller.seconds!=0 && Controller.seconds % timeinterval == 0) {
			Vector3 pos = new Vector3 (this.transform.position.x, this.transform.position.y, 
                        this.transform.position.z);
			
			GameObject starinstance;
			starinstance = Instantiate (star, pos, star.transform.rotation);
			
		
		}
	}
		
	}
3

or, use a “CoRoutine”, simple enough to create

:slight_smile:

2

you chould just do (this is off the top of my head so may contain a couple of syntax errors but the algorithm will be correct).

int timer = 0;
  int totalObjectCount = 0;
  void Update()
  {
 
 
  if(totalObjectCount > objectLimit)
  {
  return;
  } 
 
  timer += Time.deltaTime;
 
  if(timer >= 6f)
  {
  // Instantiate object here
  // set timer to 0 to start countdown again
  timer = 0f;
  totalObjectCount++;
  
 
  }
  
  
  }