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Countdown/timer in Javascript
I'm basically trying to make an image fill up the whole screen, about 5 minutes after the game started, (in Javascript). I am a complete newbie to Javascript, so i have no idea how to do it. Help?
Its simple, try something like this:
//timer vars
var startTime;
var timer1:int;
var texture1: GUITexture;
function Update(){TimerStart();}
function TimerStart(){
startTime = Time.time; //time starter
timer1 = Time.time; //Set time
if(timer1 > 5){ //<-------the number here are the seconds you want
Debug.Log ("Time is over, render texture now");
//Here we just enable a GUI texture on the screen (create a GUItexture and disable it)
texture1.enabled = true;
}
}
Basically you just wait for the time you want and then enable a texture that is already on the screen.
5 minutes is 60*5 seconds so:
if (Time.timeSinceLevelLoad >= 60*5)
{
//load the image here
}
also if you want the counter to show on the screen you can use this:
function OnGUI() { GUI.Box(Rect(0,0,100,30),"Time = "+$$anonymous$$athf.FloorToInt(Time.timeSinceLevelLoad)); }
I'm converting the Time.timeSinceLevelLoad to Int using $$anonymous$$athf.FloorToInt so it won't show with decimals, just seconds.
Being new to scripting what would the display timer code look like to get the timer to appear in a standard $$anonymous$$ute and second time format 0:00 ?
You can delay the call of a method for a certain amount of time by using Invoke: http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/24799/time-function-in-javascript.html
To display an image, use GUI.DrawTexture: http://docs.unity3d.com/Documentation/ScriptReference/GUI.DrawTexture.html
Good luck!
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How would one reset the timer to start counting up again once it had reached it target?
