Is there a code for wait or delay ?

1) I have a gun with muzzle-flash.
2) I want to show muzzle-flash whenever a player press fire button.
3) muzzle-flash have to stay there for 1/4 seconds before disappearing.

Everything is OK. My gun can fire and I can see muzzle-flash for a very short time. But I couldn't find a way to make it wait for 1/4 seconds before disappear.

Is there a code for wait or delay ?

Code (csharp):

1. var bullet:Rigidbody;
2. var muzzleFlash:Renderer;
3.  
4. function Update ()
5.     {
6.         if(Input.GetButtonDown("Fire1"))
7.         {
8.             var realbullet=Instantiate(bullet,this.transform.position,this.transform.rotation);
9.             realbullet.velocity=transform.TransformDirection(Vector3.forward*50);
10.         }
11.     }
12.    
13. function LateUpdate ()
14.     {
15.         if(Input.GetButtonDown("Fire1"))
16.         {
17.             muzzleFlash.transform.Rotate(new Vector3(0,Random.Range(-180,180),0));
18.             muzzleFlash.enabled = true;
19.         }
20.        
21.         else
22.         {
23.         //  I need a code which makes it wait for 1/4 seconds before executing the next line.
24.         muzzleFlash.enabled = false;
25.         }
26.     }

Here is the link for my test project. You can easily see the issue.
http://mysql01.georgebrown.ca/~muney/Weapon.html

Thank you

 

Sure is. You're looking for WaitForSeconds. So, replace your LateUpdate with

Code (csharp):

1. function LateUpdate ()
2.    {
3.       if(Input.GetButtonDown("Fire1"))
4.       {
5.          muzzleFlash.transform.Rotate(new Vector3(0,Random.Range(-180,180),0));
6.          muzzleFlash.enabled = true;
7.          yield WaitForSeconds (0.25);
8.          muzzleFlash.enabled = false;
9.       }      
10.    }

 

if fire key is down :

InvokeRepeating("myFireFunction",0,0.05);
var dBool=true;
function myFireFunction()
{
if dbool=true
{
statement1...
dbool=false;
}

if dbool=false
{
statement2...
dbool=true;
}
}

else if fire key is up :

InvokeCancel();

 

if you want it for machine gun use 2 instead of 0, or some thing near like:
InvokeRepeating("myFireFunction",2,0.05);
both of these number are second, one is waiting time till run function for first time, second is the time that take the invoke call "myFireFunction"...

 

You can't yield in Update, because that runs every frame. More like:

Code (csharp):

1. var bullet : Rigidbody;
2. var muzzleFlash : Renderer;
3.  
4. function Update ()
5.    {
6.       if (Input.GetButtonDown("Fire1"))
7.       {
8.          StopCoroutine("Shoot");    // Interrupt in case it's running
9.          StartCoroutine("Shoot");
10.       }
11.    }
12.    
13. function Shoot ()
14.    {
15.       var realbullet = Instantiate(bullet, transform.position, transform.rotation);
16.       realbullet.velocity = transform.forward*50.0;
17.       muzzleFlash.transform.Rotate(Vector3(0.0, Random.Range(-180.0, 180.0), 0.0));
18.       muzzleFlash.enabled = true;
19.      
20.       yield WaitForSeconds(.25);
21.       muzzleFlash.enabled = false;
22.    }

--Eric

 

Eric's right. My apologies for the confusion.

 

First of all, let me thank all of you for answering my question.

I have used Eric's code and it worked like charm.
This is what I understand so far:

yield WaitForSeconds (time in seconds) used for delays. But I can't use it with Function Update or Function LateUpdate.

And "coroutine" function let me use "yield"

deadManNs code is hard for me to understand right now. I will try to figure out it as well.

Thanks for your help.

 

LateUpdate() can not be a coroutine.

 

You make your first post in order to necro a 5 years old thread, in order to point out something that's already been pointed out in the thread?

Forum etiquette needs to be taught in schools, man.

 

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