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Subtracting variable amount over time?
How can I distract a variable over time? For example:
var amount : int = 10;
Every second (declared in a variable so I can change the speed) the amount is subtracted by 1. Can anyone help me?
Best Answer
very simple, please learn about Invoke() and InvokeRepeating()
many beginner articles on this at unityGEMS.com
Here's a simple way to do it:
var amount : int = 10;
in your Start() routine...
Invoke( "removeOneSecond", 1.0 );
write a simple routine like this:
function removeOneSecond()
{
if ( removeOneSecond < 0 ) return;
removeOneSecond = removeOneSecond - 1;
Debug.Log("removeOneSecond is now ... " + removeOneSecond);
Invoke( "removeOneSecond", 1.0 );
}
OK? So it's that easy. Alternately you could use InvokeRepeating() and then when it is less than zero, CancelInvoke(). Cheers.
