Timed events (that repeat)?

Unity Engine
1

Would it be possible to have something like this: Flash Geometry Wars where the projectiles are shot at a set time interval (for example: every half second) at a set velocity without the need for mouse input?
Thank you.

2

Take a look at InvokeRepeating:

3

Thank you. When I tried that script and selected a projectile, after that projectile was shot, the next one would be shot originating from the first projectile, and then the third projectile was shot from the second, etc. How can I make it so that it always shoots from the player (I added the script to the player object)?

4

If the script is attached to your player object, and you want the projectile origin to be the player, then you should be able to just specify this in your Instantiate:

Instantiate(projectile, transform.position, transform.rotation);
5

I still have some problems with how I want to implement the script. I attached this script that changes direction depending on where the mouse is on the screen. I had originally used this script

var projectile : Rigidbody; 
var speed = 20; 
function Update() 
{ 
 if( Input.GetButtonDown( "Fire1" ) ) 
 { 
  var instantiatedProjectile : Rigidbody = Instantiate( 
   projectile, transform.position, transform.rotation ); 
  instantiatedProjectile.velocity = 
   transform.TransformDirection( Vector3( 0, 0, speed ) ); 
  Physics.IgnoreCollision( instantiatedProjectile. collider, 
   transform.root.collider ); 
 } 
}

For firing the projectile, but it only happens when I click down (and removing the “down” part of GetButtonDown makes it go way too fast). Anyways, I wanted to make it fire at set intervals, just like the link that I posted above.

Anyways, when I used your script, the projectile seems to originate to a random direction, where the mouse is seems to have no effect. I modified it like you said, and then replaced the “Random.insideUnitSphere * 5;” with “=
transform.TransformDirection( Vector3( 0, 0, speed ) ); Physics.IgnoreCollision( instantiatedProjectile. collider,
transform.root.collider );” that is from the code above.
Here is the new code

var projectile : Rigidbody; 
var speed = 20; 
function Update() 
{ 
 if( Input.GetButtonDown( "Fire1" ) ) 
 { 
  var instantiatedProjectile : Rigidbody = Instantiate( 
   projectile, transform.position, transform.rotation ); 
  instantiatedProjectile.velocity = 
   transform.TransformDirection( Vector3( 0, 0, speed ) ); 
  Physics.IgnoreCollision( instantiatedProjectile. collider, 
   transform.root.collider ); 
 } 
}

What is wrong?