Object visibility after a certain time

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#1

I’m trying to make a script that turns off an object after a certain period of time. This is what I have so far:

struggling to get this working… is this in the right direction do you think?

var visibility = pc.createScript('visibility');

  visibility.attributes.add('delay', {type: 'number', default: 0});


  visibility.prototype.initialize = function() 





// handle attribute changes
this.on('attr:duration', function (value) 

{      
     this.delay(this.delay);
     this.enabled = !this.enabled;

}

};

#2

Hi @jono3d,

That event won’t fire on its own, you will have to program a timer.

Check this post for a nice implementation: [SOLVED] Timer Implementation - #4 by T_Froggo

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#3

thank you.

completed script:

var Timer = pc.createScript('timer');

// initialize code called once per entity

Timer.prototype.initialize = function() {

    this.timer = 0;

    this.isTimerActive = true;

};

// Begin timer by calling this function

Timer.prototype.beginTimer = function(){

    this.isTimerActive = true;

};

// update code called every frame

Timer.prototype.update = function(dt) {

   if(!this.isTimerActive)

        return;

    this.timer += dt;

    if (this.timer > 40) {

        // 10 seconds has elapsed - do whatever you need here...

       this.entity.enabled = !this.entity.enabled;

   

        // Reset the timer

        this.timer = 0;

        this.isTimerActive = false;

    }    

};

works great!

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