Can I use on activate to trigger a repeated action?

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Christopher Cook

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Dec 9, 2016, 2:30:55 PM12/9/16

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Say I want an object, when touched, to start moving about randomly but returning to a "home" position after each movement.

Susanne Krause

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Dec 14, 2016, 4:20:39 AM12/14/16

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Hello Christopher, we've created some code as an example for you. Here, the bunny starts moving randomly when you click it and returns to its starting point after some time.
You should be able to adapt the code for your purposes:

var rabbit = Space.createItem('LP_Rabbit', 0, 0, 0);
var base = { x: 0, y: 0, z: 0 };
var turns = 5;

function randNumBetween(min, max) {
    return Math.random() * (max - min) + min;
}

function moveRandomly() {
    rabbit.say('moving randomly');
    if(turns > 0) {
        rabbit.move(randNumBetween(-3, 3), randNumBetween(-3, 3), 0, moveRandomly);
        turns--;
    } else {
        rabbit.say('returning to base');
        rabbit.moveTo(base.x, base.y, base.z);
        turns = 5;
    }
}

rabbit.onActivate(moveRandomly);