How do you recursively call OnPickupUseDown()?

Udon
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Hey there, I currently have a few weapon categories for my game world and all semi auto weapons are currently working with my U# scripts. The expected behavior for each is a bullet is fired when a player uses the item.

Where I am having trouble is automatic weapons where I want to recursively call the Shoot(); function until the player releases the use button. I’ve checked the U# API and the closest things I could find that would achieve this is calling InputUse() inside the Shoot() method or to recursively call either Shoot() or OnPickupUseDown(). I’ve attached the code block I am trying to edit for automatic fire. Would anyone be willing to help push me in the right direction?

//Function to fire weapon
    public override void OnPickupUseDown()
    {
        if(AmmoCount > 0 && arAnimator.GetCurrentAnimatorStateInfo(0).IsName("ReadyToFire")) //Check to see if player has ammo and if the AR is not in a shot delay animation
        {
            Debug.Log("Player fired weapon.");
            Shoot();
        } else
        {
            Debug.Log("Player is out of ammo or gun is not ready to fire.");
        }        
    }

    //Method used to facilitate bullet logic
    private void Shoot()
    {
        //Play gunshot sound
        GunShot.Play();

        //Play shot delay animation
        arAnimator.Play("ShotDelay");
        
        //Subtract 1 from AmmoCount
        AmmoCount -= 1;
        
        //Define direction for Ray
        Vector3 direction = Vector3.left;

        //Define RaycastHit for finding data on what the Ray hit | Used in "out" statement of Physics.Raycast method
        //Cast out Ray and output GameObject that the Ray hit
        //Physics.Raycast(barrel.position, barrel.TransformDirection(direction * Range), out HitData, Range) | This line of code returns true or false if the Ray hits something
        if (Physics.Raycast(barrel.position, barrel.TransformDirection(direction * Range), out RaycastHit HitData, Range)) //Check to see if Ray hit any colliders
        {
            //Empty if statement for now until EnemyScript is implemented
        }
        
    }```
2

Answered by Tom in Discord. One of the solutions used is to use a flag for full auto. The correct code that lets full auto work properly with Udon is to use the SendCustomEventDelayedSeconds().

//If fullAuto is true, call Shoot method again after fullAutoDelay seconds
        if (fullAuto && AmmoCount > 0)
        {
            this.GetComponent<UdonBehaviour>().SendCustomEventDelayedSeconds("Shoot", fullAutoDelay);
        }