Reload Tutorial?

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1

How would I go about writing a reload sort of script, are there any tutorials on this or could someone explain it to me? I already have a reload animation which is triggered when r is pressed but apart from that I dont know what to do. I need some sort of script which would allow my gun to shoot say 8 times before it has to reload. and then some sort of script which would stop the player from being able to shoot, whilst it reloads. I realize this is all very complex but can anyone help me out?

2

I don’t have any tutorial for you, but you might want to try something like this:
C#

	int count = 8;
	bool reloading = false;

	void Update()
	{
		if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.R))
			Reload();

		// Should only be able to shoot if we aren't reloading and still have ammo.
		if (!reloading && count > 0 && Input.GetButtonDown("Fire1"))
			Shoot();
	}

	void Shoot()
	{
		// Do shooting stuff.
		--count;

		// If we used our last shot, then we should reload.
		if (count <= 0)
			Reload();
	}

	void Reload()
	{
		reloading = true;
		
		// Do reloading stuff.
		count = 8;

		reloading = false;
	}

JavaScript Version:

var count : int = 8;
var reloading : boolean = false;

function Update()
{
    if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.R))
        Reload();

    // Should only be able to shoot if we aren't reloading and still have ammo.
    if (!reloading && count > 0 && Input.GetButtonDown("Fire1"))
        Shoot();
}

function Shoot()
{
    // Do shooting stuff.
    count--;

    // If we used our last shot, then we should reload.
    if (count <= 0)
        Reload();
}

function Reload()
{
    reloading = true;

    // Do reloading stuff.
    count = 8;

    reloading = false;
}

Hope it helps :slight_smile: