Trigger a void only once even is used by multiple scripts?

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Hey everyone! I’ve got a gun script that shoots a secondary weapon and every time it fires it reduces the ammo by 1, I’'m trying to make cluster shots, with multiple launchers and 1 ammo pool
but every time it shoots each script from each launcher accesses the main ammo pool reducing it to 0 when for each Burst of ammo should only reduce it by 1.

how do you Use a void only once even if multiple instances of a script is trying to use it at the same time?

PlayerShooted() basicly is just a Ammocount -= 1;.

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
public class SecondaryShoot : MonoBehaviour
{
    public SecondaryCount SecondaryCountCS;
    public bool CanShoot;
    public float nextFire;
    public float fireRate = 0.5f;
    public GameObject Projectile;
    public ShootMobile ShootMobileCS;


    // Update is called once per frame
    public  void Update()
    {
        if (SecondaryCountCS.SecondaryAmmo > 0 && ShootMobileCS.CanShootSpecial == true)
        {
            if (Time.time > nextFire)
            {
                nextFire = Time.time + fireRate;
                Instantiate(Projectile, transform.position, transform.rotation);
            }

            SecondaryCountCS.PlayerShooted();

        }
    }
}
2

You can use a flag bool that prevents the function from being run if it is true, and set it back to false every update. For example:

bool HasBeenCalled;

void Update()
{
     HasBeenCalled = false;
}

public void MethodThatRunsOnceEveryUpdate()
{
     // Exits the function if was called twice or more in one frame
     if (HasBeenCalled)
          return;

     // ... Code ...

     HasBeenCalled = true;
}

@zak666

3

got it to work had to add a cool-down timer to reset the bool :slight_smile: thanks buddy