Manipulating shoot rate

Unity Engine
1 
var explosionRate : float = 0.2f;
var nextExplosion : float = 0.0f;

function Update(){
	if ( Input.GetButton("Explode")  Time.time > nextExplosion ){
		nextExplosion = Time.time + explosionRate;
		Shoot();
	}
}

shooting game, with 0.2 seconds delay each shoot, by button hold
just wondering do you have a better approach to this fire rate kinda stuff
the one that less code maybe and more efficient ??

2

Other than the calculation of rounds per minute I can’t see anything wrong with your approach.

rate = 60 / rpm;

3

I do it like this:

var bullet : GameObject;
var CoolDownTimer : float = 0.0;

function Update ()
{
	CoolDownTimer -= Time.deltaTime;
	
	if(CoolDownTimer < 0.0)
	{
		CoolDownTimer = 0.0;
	}
	if(Input.GetKey("space")  CoolDownTimer == 0.0)
	{
                var projectile: GameObject;
	        projectile = Instantiate(bullet, transform.position, transform.rotation);
                CoolDownTimer += 0.5;
	}
}

Simpler, more efficient, and more expandable IMO. For example, in my project that I’m working on right now, I’ve made a shotgun weapon(multiple projectiles at once in different directions), and a multi-barreled gun(using booleans), etc., all from this base code. With this base weapon script a lot is possible :slight_smile: