Turret won't shoot

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I have a turret that looks at the player and is supposed to shoot a ParticleSystem at the player. It looks at the player just fine, but even out of the safe distance I have setup it will not trigger the ParticleSystem. Here is my script:

var findTarget : Transform ;
var lookAtDistance = 20; 
var safeDistance = 15; 
var fireDelay : float;
var prefab : ParticleSystem;
 
function Update(){
 
   var distanceToPlayer = Vector3.Distance(this.transform.position, findTarget .transform.position);
 
   transform.LookAt(findTarget);
 
   if( Input.GetKeyDown( KeyCode.Space ) ) {
      Fire(); 
   }
}     
 
function Fire() {
   Debug.Log("Fire away!");  
   var clone : ParticleSystem;
 
   clone = Instantiate(prefab, transform.position, transform.rotation) as ParticleSystem;
}

I also need some help adding the ability to take away health points upon contact with the ParticleSystem and player. I’m focusing on the shooting aspect for now but I will need to take damage when that is all ready and done.

//Change this if( Input.GetKeyDown( KeyCode.Space ) ) { Fire(); } //To this if( distanceToPlayer <= safeDistance ) { Fire(); } In your previous question, I put in the Input.GetKeyDown( KeyCode.Space ) for quick-debugging purposes by skipping the check distance.

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On top of what Chronos-L said, is your prefab object containing a rigidbody?

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the prefab is a particle system, can you make particle systems have rigidbody? after changing it back to if( distanceToPlayer <= safeDistance ) { Fire(); } the particle system still does not fire.

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Do you have the "Fire away!" message in your console? Or do you have any error messages?

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no that message does not come up, and no errors regarding the turret.

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This is the one that works in my PC. There are no major difference with yours except that mine is a stripped down version. You can give this a shot.

#pragma strict

var prefab : ParticleSystem;
 
function Update(){     
   if( Input.GetKeyDown( KeyCode.Space ) ) {
      Fire(); 
   }
}     
 
function Fire() {
   Debug.Log("Fire away!");  
   var clone : ParticleSystem;     
   clone = Instantiate(prefab, transform.position, transform.rotation) as ParticleSystem;
}