working on rat

scripts/Rat_Control.gd

@@ -1,34 +1,38 @@
 extends Node3D
 
 @export var rat : Resource
-@export var spawn_amount = 10 #max amount in level at any given time
+@export var spawn_time_max = 5
 
-var rng = RandomNumberGenerator.new()
+var spawn_timer
 var holes = []
-var start_hole_id
-var start_hole
-var end_hole_id
-var end_hole
-var hole_length_id
-var control_node = self
 
 # Called when the node enters the scene tree for the first time.
-func _ready():
-	holes = get_children()
-	hole_length_id = holes.size() - 1
+func _ready() -> void:
+	#get holes
+	for node in self.get_children():
+		if node is RatHole:
+			holes.append(node)
+	print("HOLES : ",holes)
+	spawn_rat_at_random_hole()
+	reset_spawn_timer()
 
-# Called every frame. 'delta' is the elapsed time since the previous frame.
-func _process(delta):
-	
-	if spawn_amount > 0:
-		start_hole_id = rng.randi_range(0,hole_length_id)
-		start_hole = holes[start_hole_id]
-		end_hole_id = rng.randi_range(0,hole_length_id)
-		while start_hole_id == end_hole_id:
-			end_hole_id = rng.randi_range(0,hole_length_id)
-			
-		end_hole = holes[end_hole_id]
-		
-		#spawn rat at first hole and pass position of next hole
-		start_hole.spawn_rat(end_hole,control_node)
-		spawn_amount -= 1
+func _process(delta: float) -> void:
+	print("TIME UNTIL NEXT SPAWN : ",spawn_timer)
+	if spawn_timer > 0:
+		spawn_timer -= delta
+	else:
+		reset_spawn_timer()
+		spawn_rat_at_random_hole()
+
+func spawn_rat_at_random_hole():
+	if holes.size() >= 2:
+		var hole_options = holes.duplicate()
+		hole_options.shuffle()
+		var spawn_hole = hole_options.pop_front()
+		var destination_hole = hole_options.pop_front()
+		print("SPAWN HOLE : ", spawn_hole)
+		print("END_HOLE : ",destination_hole)
+		spawn_hole.spawn_rat(destination_hole)
+
+func reset_spawn_timer():
+	spawn_timer = randf_range(1,spawn_time_max)