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I have this script attached to an object. It destroys it a second or so after it's created, and I want it to create a particle emitter once it does. However, the way I have it now, it just constantly instantiates the particle emitter on the object until it's destroyed. I'm also not really sure how the timer works in the first place.

Here's the code:

var explosion : ParticleEmitter;
var timer : float = 1.0;

function Update () {

    Destroy(gameObject, timer);
        Instantiate(explosion, transform.position, transform.rotation);

}

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var explosion : ParticleEmitter;
var timer : float = 1.0;
var createTime : float = 0.0;

function Start() {
  createTime = Time.time;
}
function Update () {
  if ((Time.time - createTime) > timer)
  {
    Destroy(gameObject, timer);
        Instantiate(explosion, transform.position, transform.rotation);
  }
}

answered Apr 18 '11 at 04:21 AM

DaveA
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that is a really smart way :) but can i ask what is Time.time ?

Apr 18 '11 at 05:55 AM MC HALO

For some reason it didn't work. It's still constantly creating the particle emitter like usual.

Apr 18 '11 at 06:49 AM Irsan

Oh sorry, I forgot an important line of code, fixed now

Apr 18 '11 at 03:28 PM DaveA

Well, now there's pause before it constantly explodes. It should only explode once.

Apr 19 '11 at 12:42 AM Irsan

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