Slower update method?

I'm in need of a slower update method as I have a bunch of scripts that don't need to run every frames but I'd still like them to run in a coordinated manner and frequently enough.

My idea was to repeat a method that broadcasted the "slower update" event and have my scripts listen to it. Before I go on and implement it everywhere, I was wondering if there is a more efficient way of doing this?

 

http://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Coroutine.html

and

http://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/MonoBehaviour.InvokeRepeating.html

 

Thanks for that. I probably should of mentioned that all objects aren't enabled at the same time, but I'd still like them to update in a coordinated manner. They can't all be running their own thing independently.

 

In your main Game script (or whatever will be always available)

Code (csharp):

1.  
2.   float rate = 0.2f; // run every .2 sec
3.   List<MonoBehaviour>  delayedUpdatedStuff = new List<MonoBehaviour>();
4.  
5.  void Start(){
6.       InvokeRepeating("SlowUpdate", 0.0f, rate);
7.  }
8.  
9. void SlowUpdate() {
10.      foreach(MonoBehaviour m in delayedUpdatedStuff){
11.           m.SendMessage("DelayedUpdate"); // call your delayed update function... sendMessage can be changed out but Who knows what you have going on so this is easiest
12.      }
13. }
14.  

Then whenever something is enabled or disabled... add or remove from the list...

 

If you want to guarantee no "skips" in the framerate, you probably want to guarantee that a particular number of these functions are being executed in any given frame. The methods suggested above all will create longer-then-average frames every X seconds because all of your objects will be updating at once.

You'll need a master object to coordinate them. Here's an example:

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. using UnityEngine;
3. using System.Collections.Generic;
4. public class SlowUpdatingClass : MonoBehaviour {
5. public List<SlowUpdatingClass> all;
6. void OnEnable() {
7. if (all == null) all = new List<SlowUpdatingClass>();
8. all.Add(this);
9. }
10. void OnDisable() {
11. all.Remove(this);
12. }
13. public void SlowUpdate() {
14. //your stuff here
15. }
16. }
17.  
18. .....
19. //different file
20. public class SlowUpdatingManager : MonoBehaviour {
21. private int currentIndex = 0;
22. public int objectsPerFrame = 5;
23. void Update() {
24. if (SlowUpdatingClass.all != null) {
25. int count = 0;
26. while (count < objectsPerFrame) {
27. SlowUpdatingClass.all[currentIndex].SlowUpdate();
28. count++;
29. currentIndex = (currentIndex + 1) % SlowUpdatingClass.all.Count;
30. }
31. }
32. }
33. }
34. }

 

I'd probably subscribe to an Event or use ExecuteEvents rather then SendMessage. It will cut out some of the performance cost.

 

Sorry for the late reply, had 2 very busy days. Thank you for using some of your time to help me.

Now this is really well thought out. With all the control this provides, I might end up using a similar logic at quite a few places. Once again, this is very much appreciated, thank you.

 

Hi
private int paus= 60;
void Update()
{
if ((Time.frameCount % paus == 0))
{
functionme();
}
}
private void functionme()
{
print("ok");
}



paus If it is more, the execution time will be slower

 

If you're going to post code, even if you are necro-posting a seven-year-old thread, could you please take the time to do it correctly at least?

If you post a code snippet, ALWAYS USE CODE TAGS:

How to use code tags: https://forum.unity.com/threads/using-code-tags-properly.143875/

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It's not hard and it turns the snail snot code above into something that might be read by someone. The way it is above it will never even be considered code.