Velocity 'pause' after Instantiation

Hi

Not sure if this is a script issue (I guess there is a property I am missing)?

I have an asteroid clone game I am 'experimenting' with and I decided to add missiles/rockets.

I use the following scripts:

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. // attached to spaceship prefab
3. public class MissileManager : MonoBehaviour {
4.  
5.  public Rigidbody rocket;
6.  
7.  void FireRocket () {
8.      Instantiate(rocket, rigidbody.position, rigidbody.rotation);
9.  }
10.  
11.  void Update () {
12.   if(Input.GetButtonDown("Fire1")){
13.    FireRocket();
14.   }
15.  }
16. }
17.  
18. // attached to rocket prefab
19. public class RocketBehaviour : MonoBehaviour {
20.  
21.  public float MissileSpeed = 10.0f;
22.  
23.  void Start () {
24.   rigidbody.AddRelativeForce(Vector3.forward * MissileSpeed);
25.  }
26. }
27.  

My problem is that when the fire key is pressed the missile/rocket is instantiated correctly but pauses for a breif moment (about half a second) before the velocity is applied.

Any help/insight would be much appreciated.

JT

 

You might try:

Code (csharp):

1.  void FireRocket () {
2.      Rigidbody rocket = Instantiate(rocket, rigidbody.position, rigidbody.rotation);
3.      rocket.AddRelativeForce(Vector3.forward * MissileSpeed);
4.  }

That way the rocket will be instantiated and have force added the same frame. Not sure why you'd get that much of a pause the other way though.

--Eric

 

Hi Eric

Thanks for the reply. Yeah I also tried that but just the same!

What I finally did was a bit of non-sense... I removed the Rocket prefab and Rocket model. Re-imported, recreated theprefab and added the script components and it worked!

I have no idea why?!? Possibly I constructed the first prefab incorrectly.

JT