sorry

[rugged linden]

ok so uh

[pearl spruce]

make a prefab

of the boss enemy

[rugged linden]

i alr got it

wait so

[pearl spruce]

whats up

[rugged linden]

this is thing i want to dupe

boss projectile

[pearl spruce]

U want to dup the purple thing

[rugged linden]

this

dupe this

[drowsy reef]

In summary:

If you duplicate the thing that has the duplicator on it, you will of course duplicate the duplicator which will then start duplicating itself, in an endless loop.

Just have a separate object that duplicates something else, not itself.

[rugged linden]

OOH

[pearl spruce]

ive said this many times

[rugged linden]

SO duplicate sprite and

other components becides script

[drowsy reef]

no

[pearl spruce]

yes

[drowsy reef]

no

no

[pearl spruce]

Wdym no ?

[drowsy reef]

so you have your object that's the sword, right?

[pearl spruce]

No he wants to dupe that image

[drowsy reef]

oh

[rugged linden]

.

[pearl spruce]

This

that red thing

[drowsy reef]

i wasn't sure which part of that video sorry

So idkman

can you do something for me?

[rugged linden]

yes

[pearl spruce]

this thread already has 30 messages dear lordf

[drowsy reef]

can you select that object in the Hierarchy?

so it's highlighted like this?

[drowsy reef]

now, can you drag that into the "assets" folder?

[full epoch]

if you are going to be using a lot of the same object I recommend object pooling. If you arent using that many, simply make a prefab, and then make instances of that prefab through a different object which has a script instantiating these prefabs

[rugged linden]

ok did it

[pearl spruce]

do not mention Object pooling to this man

[astral sentinel]

lol

[drowsy reef]

please FlatHippo, that's too advanced for this situation. Baby steps.

[pearl spruce]

We arent so far behind that idea rn

[drowsy reef]

can you show me a picture of it in the assets folder?

[full epoch]

its quite easy to follow a tutorial on youtube

[rugged linden]

haha

[drowsy reef]

baby steps please

[pearl spruce]

When hes ready

[full epoch]

or download assets

[pearl spruce]

hippo stop

[pearl spruce]

im not trying to be mean

[full epoch]

I am recommending the best course of action...

[pearl spruce]

im sure u have good interntions now is just not the right time

[full epoch]

I wouldn't teach someone the wrong way to multiply numbers the same way i wouldnt teach someone the wrong way to manage prefabs

[rugged linden]

i mean

[drowsy reef]

ok, now select it. Do you see the right side of the inspector how it has all the same stuff as the one in the scene?

[rugged linden]

yes

[drowsy reef]

no, but you'd teach people addition before you teach them multiplication.

[drowsy reef]

remove the duplicator script.

[pearl spruce]

remove the atak Component

[rugged linden]

u could just have said that

[pearl spruce]

WE DID

[rugged linden]

NO

[drowsy reef]

like this

[full epoch]

if he can make a prefab that is the addition

[drowsy reef]

do this on the object in the assets folder

[rugged linden]

removed

[pearl spruce]

now press play

[drowsy reef]

ok, now create a NEW game object in the scene.

[drowsy reef]

no

[rugged linden]

it wont dupe now

[drowsy reef]

yes, that's good.

keep listening to me idkman

can you create a new game object for me in the scene?

[rugged linden]

yes

[drowsy reef]

now, to that empty game object can you add the dupe script?

[pearl spruce]

insert the prefab (the one without the atk script) into the inspector for gameobjecttodup

[full epoch]

I didn't see how far this convo goes back

[rugged linden]

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class atak : MonoBehaviour
{
    public GameObject objectToDuplicate;
    private bool hasBeenDuplicated = false;
    float someCooldown;

    void Update()
    {
        if (Time.time > someCooldown)
        {
 
            if (!hasBeenDuplicated)
            {
                Instantiate(objectToDuplicate, transform.position, transform.rotation);
                hasBeenDuplicated = true;
            }; someCooldown = Time.time + 3;
        }

    }

}```

[drowsy reef]

after you add the dupe script to that game object, can you send me a picture of the inspector with that verry same object selected?

[rugged linden]

u mean this right

[full epoch]

i would recommend watching beginner tutorials on youtube, it would go much faster than someone walking you through it on discord

[drowsy reef]

yes

[rugged linden]

i did watch it

[pearl spruce]

dont talk to him

[rugged linden]

k

[pearl spruce]

no offense hes leading u off track

[drowsy reef]

now can you show me a picture of the inspector of that new game object?

[full epoch]

leading him off track? he's currently in Africa trying to ride his bike to Canada

[drowsy reef]

ok, see that "Object To Duplicate" field? Can you drag the object from the assets folder into that field?

[rugged linden]

i did watch tutorials1!11

[rugged linden]

yes

[pearl spruce]

just let them be, there's 2 people helping, what's the worst thing can happen?

[full epoch]

the conversation has been going on for upwards of an hour, the worst has already happened

[drowsy reef]

now, position that new game object to the same position of the other object in the scene. Just right click on the transform of the other object and hit copy, then paste it onto the new transform of the new object.

[pearl spruce]

just let Hero and IdkMan talk

[pearl spruce]

U still with us idk?

[drowsy reef]

that way this new object will be in the same position as the object you originally had the dupe script on.

[rugged linden]

ok so

[pearl spruce]

makes sense to me

[rugged linden]

other object

[pearl spruce]

its called a prefab

[rugged linden]

what other object

[drowsy reef]

so

you know how you were trying to duplicate that red thing?

that object

[rugged linden]

yes

ok

[drowsy reef]

go to that, right click on the transform, and hit copy position like in the picture

the one in the scene

[rugged linden]

and

new object is one in scene

right

[drowsy reef]

did you delete the old red object that was in the scene?

it's fine if you did

[rugged linden]

no its still here

[drowsy reef]

ok, select that and do this

[rugged linden]

i did that

after that what

[drowsy reef]

then select the new empty object and do this

you got it?

[rugged linden]

i did it

yes

[drowsy reef]

ok, now delete the red object in the scene then press play

[pearl spruce]

?

[drowsy reef]

NOT the one in the assets folder, because we want that one saved.

[rugged linden]

i know that much

this one right

[pearl spruce]

the one in the scene so yes

[drowsy reef]

if that one had the dupe script on it originally, yea delete it

[rugged linden]

ok its gone

[pearl spruce]

press play

i dont think this is gonna work

[drowsy reef]

let's just see what happens when play is pressed.

[rugged linden]

i think he is gonna give more steps

okay

[pearl spruce]

Just try it

if it works it works who cares what i think

[drowsy reef]

I believe it will only duplicate it one time, but we're on the right track if that's the case. But if it works as expected then great.

[drowsy reef]

only one time, right?

[rugged linden]

yess

[pearl spruce]

Did it work ?

[drowsy reef]

okay, now we need to fix your code

[rugged linden]

okay

[drowsy reef]

this is your code, right?

[rugged linden]

before that

can you explain what you made me do

[pearl spruce]

if (!hasBeenDuplicated)
{
Instantiate(objectToDuplicate, transform.position, transform.rotation);
hasBeenDuplicated = true;
}; someCooldown = Time.time + 3;

either im high or theres a extra semicolon

[drowsy reef]

so, you created a prefab. That's an object that's saved as a file not in a scene.

[rugged linden]

i see

[drowsy reef]

I had you remove the duplicator script from the object you're duplicating because if it duplicates the object with the duplicator, then the duplicator will trigger again.

so you moved the duplicator to a new game object that won't copy itself.

[rugged linden]

okay

[drowsy reef]

so, in your code can you create a private float?

[rugged linden]

yes

[drowsy reef]

now above any if statement, but still inside the Update() function, I want you to do

theFloatYouJustMade += Time.deltaTime;

[rugged linden]

this right

[drowsy reef]

remove the second number += Time.deltaTime

[rugged linden]

okay

[drowsy reef]

now, change that first if statement to be if number is greater than cooldown

[rugged linden]

this right

[drowsy reef]

close. You want number > someCooldown

[rugged linden]

oh my bad

ok i did that

[drowsy reef]

because Time.dletaTime will always be a small number, because it's just the time between frames. So you're adding it to the number variable to make it larger and larger to count time. Make sense?

[rugged linden]

i see

yes

[drowsy reef]

ok, now delete everything inside the first if statement except the call to the Instantiate method.

so the only thing you'd have inside of if(number > someCooldown is Instantiate(...)

[rugged linden]

okay

i did it

[drowsy reef]

can I see to make sure everything is correct so far?

[drowsy reef]

ok. Two Three more things, okay?

[rugged linden]

okayy

[drowsy reef]

first, line 9. make that variable public so you can edit it in the inspector.

[rugged linden]

yes

i did that

[drowsy reef]

ok, now for float number, can you set it equal to Mathf.Infinity?

so like

private float number = Mathf.Infinity;

[rugged linden]

that is making this go for infinity?

yes i did that

[drowsy reef]

no. That's just making sure the number will always be bigger than the cooldown so it spawns it instantly the first time without waiting for the cooldown first

[rugged linden]

oooh

okay

[drowsy reef]

last thing

in the if statement

after the instantiate line

do number = 0;

[rugged linden]

okay

should i test it now

[drowsy reef]

that way it resets the count after it spawns it.

yes

[drowsy reef]

don't forget to set the cooldown in the inspector! It defaults to 0.

so if you want 3 seconds, put 3 as the cooldown.

[rugged linden]

okay

YES

IT WORKS!!!

[drowsy reef]

do you know why it works?

add comments to your code to explain it to yourself so you can look back later on.

[rugged linden]

its like

i understand most of it

okay

yes

i understand it now

took a look to code

[drowsy reef]

first we add Time.deltaTime, the time between frames, to a number. That keeps track of time.

Then we compare it to the cooldown to see if that time is greater than the cooldown.

If it is, we instantiate the object.
Then we set the time to 0, because if we left it alone it would be greater than the cooldown again next frame, right?

[rugged linden]

yes

[drowsy reef]

ok, you're all set now.

[rugged linden]

thanks again

with ur level for helping me