Instantiate only one Prefab per 40 unit

[tfakgul]

Hello,
I have a player and enemies. I am trying to do this:

‘When the player moved 40 units in z axis, instantiate only one enemy’

My code:

PlayerUpdateZ=transform.position.z;
var iSayi:float= Mathf.FloorToInt( (PlayerUpdateZ/40);

for (var i : int = 0;i < iSayi; i++) { 
   if (PlayerUpdateZ>(i*40) && PlayerUpdateZ<(i+1)*40)) 
      { 
       var enemy : GameObject = Instantiate(prefab,Vector3(0,0,SpawnPointZ),Quaternion.identity); 
      }
		
}

This code instantiates too many objects when player’s position is between 0-40, 40-80 …

If i change the code like this, When the player speed up, unity doesn’t detect every unit in z axis. So sometimes there is not any change when PlayerUpdateZ=40 or 80 or 120…

 if (PlayerUpdateZ==(i*40)) 
          { 
           var enemy : GameObject = Instantiate(prefab,Vector3(0,0,SpawnPointZ),Quaternion.identity); 
          }

How can i do this?
Thanks in advance.

[bubzy]

assuming that the player only moves forward on the z axis:

var oldZ : float;
var unitsMoved : float;


function Start()
{
oldZ = transform.position.z;
}

function Update()
{
if(transform.position.z != oldZ)
{
unitsMoved += transform.position.z - oldZ;
}
if(unitsMoved >=40)
{
makeEnemy();
}

}


function makeEnemy()
{
//your instantiate code here
}

I don’t code in JS btw this is my guess at how it looks in JS

[tfakgul]

Indeed, i could’t work your code. I made some changes in the code and it’s working :

 var oldZ : float;
 var unitsMoved : float;
 var PlayerUpdateZ : float;
 
 
 function Start()
 {
 oldZ = transform.position.z;
 }
 function Update ()
 {
    PlayerUpdateZ=transform.position.z;
    unitsMoved = PlayerUpdateZ-oldZ;
    if(unitsMoved >=40)
    {makeEnemy();
    BusZ=PlayerUpdateZ;}
 }
 function makeEnemy()
 {
 //Instantiate here
 }