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Question by emvaernes · Sep 16, 2015 at 12:21 AM · 2djavascripterror

BCE0005: unknown identifier: 'setInterval' + prefab wont instantiate

I don't understand why setInterval() is an unknown identifier. I am trying to spawn a prefab every second, but I only get that error. here is my script:

#pragma strict
public var spawning : GameObject;
public var seconds = 1;

function Start (){
setInterval(spawn(), seconds*1000);
}

function spawn(){
Instantiate(spawning);
}

I also tried to use yield waitforseconds, but then I found my second problem. The prefab didn't spawn even though I selected it as 'spawning'.
If I already had the prefab somewhere in the scene. It spawned. but then what spawned was clones of the clones of the clones etc. after some time running, the game froze/crashed.

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Answer by Fiercest · Oct 06, 2016 at 09:48 PM

Firstly, your function spawn(), is not being referenced in start, at least with what i am used to. Also your Instantiate needs a few more things, and the variables are public statics which are used for referencing in other scripts, so i changed them to normal variables. Here is the script that should work, reply if it isn't, and the error it gives, and ill try and fix it.

 var spawning : GameObject; // Your object to spawn
 var exampleposition : Transform; // The location where the GameObject will be spawned, assign in inspector
 
 function Start ()
 {
     spawn(); // Referencing the function Spawn()
 }
 
 function spawn()
 {
     while (true) // This will happen forever, may assign a Boolean to it if you want to switch it on and off
     {
         yield WaitForSeconds (1) // Wait every 1 second
         Instantiate (spawning, exampleposition.position); // Spawn your object at the exampleposition's position
     }
 }
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