Respawn custom "createPickup"

[Lpsd]

I'm trying to create a custom pickup which gets destroyed when a player touches it, and respawns after 5 seconds

I've created the custom pickup using "createPickup", and also placed a colSphere (using "createColSphere") at the same position.

When the player hits the pickup for the first time, it disappears and respawns successfully 5 seconds later. However, after it has respawned once, it won't destroy again when you touch it. My code is below.

local x = 3985.1799316406
local y = -1973.4870605469
local z = 27.812973022461

pickup = createPickup(x, y, z, 3, 1242) -- create custom pickup
pickupCol = createColSphere ( x, y, z, 1) -- create colSphere for pickup

function removePickup()
	destroyElement(pickup) -- destroy pickup
	destroyElement(pickupCol) -- destroy pickup colsphere
	setTimer(function()
	pickup = createPickup(x, y, z, 3, 1242)
	pickupCol = createColSphere ( x, y, z, 1)
	end, 5000, 1) -- spawn new pickup and colsphere after 5 seconds
end

addEventHandler ( "onColShapeHit", pickupCol, removePickup )

Any thoughts?

 

edit: I did try using the  respawnTime argument on createPickup, for 5 seconds, but it didn't have any effect, which is why I'm trying to do it this way. No errors returning either.

Edited January 2, 2017 by LopSided_

[Miika]

local x = 3985.1799316406
local y = -1973.4870605469
local z = 27.812973022461

function addPickup()
  pickup = createPickup(x, y, z, 3, 1242)
end
addEventHandler("onResourceStart", getResourceRootElement(getThisResource()), addPickup)
pickupCol = createColSphere ( x, y, z, 1) -- create colSphere for pickup

addEventHandler("onColShapeHit", root,
function(hitElement)
    if source == pickupCol then
      if getElementType(hitElement) == "Player" then
        if isElement(pickup) then
          destroyElement(pickup)
          setTimer(function()
              addPickup()
          end, 5000, 1)
        end
      end
    end
end
)

 

Edited January 3, 2017 by Miika822

[Lpsd]

Didn't work, however I solved it myself using the original code I posted.

1. Stopped destroying the colSphere element, onColShapeHit
2. Set 'pickup' variable to nil after destroying it with destroyElement
3. Added a check to see if "pickup" exists onColShapeHit

destroyElement doesn't "destroy" the variable, just the element in the game, so you have to reset it.

local x = 3985.1799316406
local y = -1973.4870605469
local z = 27.812973022461

pickup = createPickup(x, y, z, 3, 1242) -- create custom pickup
pickupCol = createColSphere ( x, y, z, 1) -- create colSphere for pickup

function removePickup()
	if (pickup) then
		destroyElement(pickup) -- destroy pickup
		pickup = nil
		setTimer(function()
		pickup = createPickup(x, y, z, 3, 1242)
		end, 5000, 1) -- spawn new pickup and colsphere after 5 seconds
	end
end

addEventHandler ( "onColShapeHit", pickupCol, removePickup )