How to activate gameobject after 0.25 sec?

I have this script in my game that allow players to pick up stuff from lockers...
Problem is that the item inside the locker activate same time as you open the locker (Probably since its located inside void Update. Is there a way to take this function out of Void Update or delay the activation of the object?

Code (csharp):

1.  
2.  
3.   void Update()
4.    {
5.  
6.       if (waitForPress && controls.Player.ActionButton.triggered)
7.             {
8.                 itemInside.SetActive(true);
9.                 waitForPress = false;
10.  
11.                 if (PlayerPrefs.GetInt(this.name + "itemInside") == 1)
12.                 {
13.                     Destroy(itemInside);//Destroying the item
14.                 }
15.                 else
16.  
17.                 itemInside.SetActive(true);// I want this to be active after 0.25 sec...
18.  
19.  
20.                 openMode = true;
21.                 lockerAnimator.SetBool("OpenMode", true);
22.                 saveThis();
23.             }
24. }
25.  
26.  

Thanks in advnace!

 

so you need a few things.

Since you want to check every 0.25 ms

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2.  
3.     public float timer = 0f;
4.     bool Active;
5.  
6.     void Update()
7.     {
8.      
9.  
10.             timer += Time.time * 1000f;
11.        
12.         if (timer == 0.250f && Active==false)
13.         {
14.             Debug.Log(timer);
15.           // Execute code here itemInside.SetActive(true)
16.           // Reset timer and change bool to true;
17.             timer = 0;
18.             Active = true;
19.         }
20.        
21.     }
22.  

the bool Active is just to prevent it being called multiple times when its already been active.

if you want the timer to only run when Active is false you can just simply add

Code (CSharp):

1.   if (Active == false)
2.         {
3.             timer += Time.time * 1000f;
4.         }

We multiply the Time.time value by 1000 to find the value in milliseconds as 1000 milliseconds are in 1 second.

Hope this helps and makes some sense.

 

Thank you so much!
yes it make sense! I dont have time to try it out today but it looks like what im looking for!
Thanks!

 

You could also use a Coroutine to execute a function after x time.

 

T

Thanks.
I only worry how it will effect my save script cuz its important that the code dont intereupt it somehow since I dont really know how it works