time of event help?

[Rideg]

Hello! i need help with getting like (e)=>{scene.addBox} only happen in a period of time so a box only spawnes every 5 second. I'm dealing with both onCollide and onLaserHit here and help is highly appriciated

[standardtoaster]

Make sure that the object has its controllerAcc set to zero.

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onCollide=(e)=>{(e.this.controllerAcc - sim.time) >= 5 ? {scene.addBox({parameters}); e.this.controllerAcc = sim.time} : {}}

Or you can use a laser.

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onLaserHit=(e)=>{(e.geom.controllerAcc - sim.time) >= 5 ? {scene.addBox({parameters}); e.geom.controllerAcc = sim.time} : {}}

[Fujitsu]

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onCollide=(e)=>{(e.this.controllerAcc - sim.time) >= 5 ? {scene.addBox({parameters}); e.this.controllerAcc = sim.time} : {}}

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onLaserHit=(e)=>{(e.geom.controllerAcc - sim.time) >= 5 ? {scene.addBox({parameters}); e.geom.controllerAcc = sim.time} : {}}

Don't you mean this?:

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(sim.time - e.this.controllerAcc)

[standardtoaster]

Yeah. Sorry about that.

[Rideg]

I can't get it to work

[standardtoaster]

What are you having trouble with?

[Rideg]

I put the script and squeze my own script but it doesn't spawn anything then

[standardtoaster]

Could you please post your current script?

[Rideg]

Never mind just got it;Pthank you;)

[standardtoaster]

You're welcome. I just edited the script to make it slightly easier to use.

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Scene.my.TimedEvent=(WT, C, What)=>{(sim.time - c) >= WT ? {what} : {}}

WT stands for wait time; ie. how often do you want the script to happen
C stands for controllerAcc or anything else
What stands for what you want to happen when the result is true.
NOTE: For the "what" you need put curly brackets around it like the example below and you must put e.this/other.whateveryouusedforC = sim.time.

Here's an example.

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Scene.my.TimedEvent(5, e.this.controllerAcc, {         e.this.controllerAcc = sim.time;         Scene.addBox({             pos := App.mousePos;             body := 0;             collideSet := 0         })     })

In the example above, 5 is used for wt, the controllerAcc is used for c, and the box spawning code along with controllerAcc = sim.time for the what. What this code does is subtracts the simulation time from whatever number you were using for c and once it reaches wt, the wait time you specified, it will then use what. I'm somewhat proud of what I came up with in five minutes.

[Rideg]

Thank you! That was a GREAT explanation Thanks it's working like a beauty now