a noob c# question, about a tick based loop

[eatKenny]

i'm trying to make a tick based loop to simulate smoke from chimney, basically "throw smoke" every second.

i started writing something like this but don't know how make this loop

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private int Burnticks = 60;

        public override void Tick()
        {
            base.Tick();
            Burnticks--;
            if (Burnticks == 0)
            {
                   MoteMaker.TryThrowSmoke(base.Position.ToVector3Shifted(), 4f);
            }


[Rikiki]

You must reset your Burnticks varizblr to 60 when it reaches 0.

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public override void Tick()
        {
            base.Tick();
            Burnticks--;
            if (Burnticks == 0)
            {
                   Burnticks = 60;
                   MoteMaker.TryThrowSmoke(base.Position.ToVector3Shifted(), 4f);
            }

[eatKenny]

You must reset your Burnticks varizblr to 60 when it reaches 0.

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public override void Tick()
        {
            base.Tick();
            Burnticks--;
            if (Burnticks == 0)
            {
                   Burnticks = 60;
                   MoteMaker.TryThrowSmoke(base.Position.ToVector3Shifted(), 4f);
            }

thanks, learning so much from you

[VapidLinus]

As a nice C# trick, you can actually shorten this by one line and turn it into this:

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public override void Tick()
{
base.Tick();
if (--Burnticks == 0)
{
MoteMaker.TryThrowSmoke(base.Position.ToVector3Shifted(), 4f);
Burnticks = 60;
}
}