Spawning Ammo

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Okay I have tried to research this using both the scripting reference and on Unity Answers but I guess I am having troubles understanding the Instantiate function with my random ammo spawning script.

I am wanting to spawn a random ammo kit at a specific spawn point. I am setting up the variables or instantiate right? I am a compete noob when it comes to scripting.

 var ammo = 0;

var pistolAmmo = GameObject;

var rifleAmmo = GameObject;

var shotgunAmmo = GameObject;

var assaultAmmo = GameObject; var x = 0;

var y = 0;

var z = 0;

function Start () { AmmoSpawn(); }

function AmmoSpawn() {

 ammo = Random.Range(1, 4);
 
 switch(ammo)
 {
 
     case 1: //Spawns Pistol Ammo
         
          Instantiate (pistolAmmo, Vector3(x, y, z), Quaternion.identity);
         
         break;
     
     case 2: //Spawns Rifle Ammo
         
         Instantiate(rifleAmmo, Vector3(x, y, z), Quaternion.identity);
     
         break;
     
     case 3: //Spawns shotgun Ammo
         
         Instantiate(shotgunAmmo, Vector3(x, y, z), Quaternion.identity);
     
         break;
     
     default: //Spawns assault Rifle Ammo
         
         Instantiate(assaultAmmo, Vector3(x, y, z), Quaternion.identity);
     
         
 
 }

}

Answer 1

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Answer by Dissolver84 · Jun 13, 2012 at 02:24 PM

You could try do this by spawning at certain place. You might need to create new tags by going into tag manager.

 var ammoBox : Transform;
 var spawnpoint : Transform;
 
 function Update () {
 //Here, the if statement means if the spawnpoint has a "empty" tag
 // It will Instantiate an ammo box where the spawnpoint is
 if (spawnpoint.CompareTag("Empty")) {
 Instantiate(ammoBox, spawnpoint.transform, spawnpoint.rotation);
 spawnpoint.Tag = ("used");
 }
 //If the spawnpoint has a "used" tag
 //It will not do anything or you could put some actions
 else if (spawnpoint.CompareTag("used")) {
 //do nothing or you could choose
 }
 }

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BananaClipStudio · Jun 13, 2012 at 03:22 PM 0

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I am trying to just spawn ammo for a random weapon when a player gets close to the spawnpoint. I got things fixed by not using a Vector3 and just using transforms. But I will be using your snippet for another script that I have to make. :)

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Answer by phren · Jun 13, 2012 at 02:41 PM

In your script you have errors in the declarations of your ammo box types e.g. "var pistolAmmo = GameObject;". This should generate a syntax error. If you want to specify the type of a variable use the syntax "var pistolAmmo : GameObject;" instead (use : instead of =). After that be sure to set pistolAmmo etc. inside the editor to their proper values.

Other than that your script should work as intended unless I've missed something. :P

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BananaClipStudio · Jun 13, 2012 at 03:20 PM 0

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yeah I had placed a random int just to fill each variable and later changed it to GameObjects and just forgot to change the operator. Thanks

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