Limiting Bullets

Skunkpuppy

Hey. Looking for a way to limit the amount of bullets fired...
So i have it that when i push space it fires..but i want to only let it fire lets say every 5th touch.

Basically it fires to much.

tatiang

I can understand wanting to limit the number of bullets but forcing the player to press a key to fire and only having it work 20% of the time seems like a frustrating experience.

Either use a timer or limit the number of bullets.

Timestamp method (1 second delay):
When [all] conditions: key [space] is down AND self.Time>self.bulletTime+1
.....Spawn actor [bullet]
.....Change Attribute self.bulletTime (real) to self.Time

Counter method (max 5 bullets):
When [all] conditions: key [space] is down AND game.bulletCount (integer) <5
.....Spawn actor [bullet]
.....Change Attribute game.bulletCount to game.bulletCount+1

*then in the bullet actor, have a rule that changes game.bulletCount to game.bulletCount-1 before the bullet is destroyed or when it goes off screen.