Raycast firerate shooting

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1

i have a raycast that shoots too fast i need to incorporate a firerate into it. i am a noob and i have spent an hour trying to fuse them together. if anyone could fuse them and help me out i would really appreciate it.

#pragma strict

var Effect : Transform;
var TheDammage = 100;


function Update () {
      	
	var hit : RaycastHit;
	var ray : Ray = Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay(Vector3(Screen.width*0.5, Screen.height*0.5, 0));
	
	if (Input.GetMouseButton(0))
	{
		if (Physics.Raycast (ray, hit, 100))
		{
			var particleClone = Instantiate(Effect, hit.point, Quaternion.LookRotation(hit.normal));
			Destroy(particleClone.gameObject, 2);
			hit.transform.SendMessage("ApplyDammage", TheDammage, SendMessageOptions.DontRequireReceiver);
		}
	}
	
}

I NEED TO HAVE THIS INCORPORATED INTO IT

var timeSinceLastShot : float = 0f;
var timeBetweenShots : float = 1 / (shots per second);
 
 
void Update() {
   timeSinceLastShot += Time.deltaTime;
   if(timeSinceLastShot >= timeBetweenShots) {
      shoot();
      timeSinceLastShot = 0f;
   }
}
2

A bit different than the code you asked to merge, but I’d do this way:

#pragma strict
 
var Effect : Transform;
var TheDammage = 100;
var shotsPerSecond = 8.0;
private var timestamp = 0.0;
 
function Update () {
 
    var hit : RaycastHit;
    var ray : Ray = Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay(Vector3(Screen.width*0.5, Screen.height*0.5, 0));
 
    if (timestamp <= Time.time && Input.GetMouseButton(0))
    {
       if (Physics.Raycast (ray, hit, 100))
       {
         var particleClone = Instantiate(Effect, hit.point, Quaternion.LookRotation(hit.normal));
         Destroy(particleClone.gameObject, 2);
         hit.transform.SendMessage("ApplyDammage", TheDammage, SendMessageOptions.DontRequireReceiver);
         timestamp = Time.time + 1.0 / shotsPerSecond;
       }
    }
}