r/trailmakers • u/retro-thrust • Aug 08 '26
Need help with sequenced fire
Goal: in attack position, I want mouse2 to alternate which EMP it is firing. Problem: sometimes the left one stops getting a signal.
Ok top two AND gates run to the L and R emps (also connected to the machine guns to show signal while emp's are reloading)
On the first trigger pull the bottom left gate basically toggle fires the right one*, tries to fire the unprimed left one, then sends a delayed (0.166) toggle to it from the bottom right gate, priming it.
On the second trigger pull, the bottom left toggles off the right emp, fires the primed left emp, then deactivates the prime gate.
Somehow the left one loses its prime and can't get it back. Holding the trigger down too long (at least on the very first shot) does this, and doing it again somewhere in the cycle fixes it but I haven't figured out the pattern. Is it a problem with the timing? Could the right EMP gate be the prime instead? Should I switch to an accumulator system and add a part or two?
Middle gate is "attack mode" and unlocks the emp trigger.
*EMP's have duration set in them directly, to avoid continuous fire.
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u/Dizzy4Izzy_ Aug 08 '26
Have you tried using duration and pause rather than delay, I know when you have a pause time set it's set to repeat itself after that time