Comments on: Unity: Prefactory (A Better Pool Manager)

By: s4relok

s4relok — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 22:17:42 +0000

Thank you!

By: Trent Sterling

Trent Sterling — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 22:53:57 +0000

You, sir, are awesome!

Thank you for this!

By: Boon

Boon — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 04:31:43 +0000

Honestly, I don’t think I’m likely to get around to it any time soon. I wish I could help, but I’m flat out with commitments that make scripting wishful thinking right now. Feel free to mess with the source code and change it how you like (of course). It’s not very complex, there’s a few basic classes. Best of luck!

By: Przemek

Przemek — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 22:20:52 +0000

Hi, If u could fix that problem would be great. Tool is great but it shoud work propertly on Unity 4.0
Great Job!

By: Boon

Boon — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:06:24 +0000

These questions are outside the scope of my blog. I’m not all that clued on javascript for starters, but anything not related to the PoolManager will be better asked over at the Unity forums. Good luck!

By: ghost010

ghost010 — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:41:34 +0000

** var bulletCreate = Instantiate(bulletPrefab,

Bulletprefab was missing in the upper message.

By: ghost010

ghost010 — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:37:58 +0000

oke,got it working(the despawning part) here is the code.

private var nonsense : float = 0.0;
var thisdoesnothign : float = 0;
var DespawnDelay = 0.0;

function Awake() {

}
function Start(){

}
function Update(){
thisdoesnothign += Time.deltaTime;
if (thisdoesnothign >= DespawnDelay){
thisdoesnothign = 0;
if(nonsense > 0){
Debug.Log(“nonsense”);
} else{

PoolManager.Despawn(gameObject);}

}
}

now i have a problem. idk how to shoot the damn thing xp.(its a bullet)
here is the code.

public var bulletPrefab : Transform;
public var bulletSpeed : float = 6000;
var ShotDelay = 5.0;
var timer : float = 0;
var rotateJoystick : Joystick;

function Update(){
if (rotateJoystick.IsFingerDown()){

timer += Time.deltaTime;
if (timer >= ShotDelay){
timer = 0;
if(!bulletPrefab || !bulletSpeed){
Debug.Log(“[shoot] ‘bulletPrefab’ or ‘bulletSpeed’ is undefined”);
} else{
var bulletCreate = Instantiate(, GameObject.Find(“BSpawnPoint”).transform.position, Quaternion.identity);
bulletCreate.rigidbody.AddForce(transform.forward * bulletSpeed);
//PoolManager.Spawn(“Bullet”).rigidbody.AddForce(transform.forward * bulletSpeed); <—Works but does not shoot from gameobject"BSpawnPoint.
}
}
}
}
function Spawn()
{
PoolManager.Spawn("Bullet");
}

By: ghost010

ghost010 — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:47:54 +0000

Pfff so it wont despawn the prefab.

it seems that the code PoolManager.Despawn(gameObject); doesnt do any thing? putting GameObject or this.gameobject also doesnt work.

By: ghost010

ghost010 — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:59:31 +0000

ohh,the destroy was comented oud cuz that was part of the old code

By: ghost010

ghost010 — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:58:51 +0000

var lifeTime : int = 2;
//private var csScript : PoolManager;
//var csScript : PoolManager;

function Awake() {
if(lifeTime <= 0)
Despawn();
//csScript = this.GetComponent("PoolManager");
//csScript = GetComponentInChildren(PoolManager);

//Destroy(gameObject, lifeTime);
//script = GetComponentInChildren(PoolManager);
//script.DoSomething ();
//PoolManager.Despawn(GameObject prefabInstanceToDespawn);
//Despawn(GameObject prefabInstanceToDespawn);
//}
}

function Despawn()
{
PoolManager.Despawn(gameObject);
}

i have no errors now,but havent tested it yet(whats comented out didnt work).

i know the scrippts have a timer it self,but i need this working for a different reason.