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Change timescale to zero but still have GUI textures moving
I have created a collider that freezes the game, aka set the timescale to zero. When the timescale is zero, it freezes everything including my GUI texture that is supposed to be constantly running. Is there any way to exclude the GUI textures from the timescale change?
static var meterCount : double = 1;
var meter$$anonymous$$ax : double = 11.1;
var meter$$anonymous$$in : double = 0.9;
var countDown : boolean = false;
var meter0 : Texture2D;
var meter1 : Texture2D;
var meter2 : Texture2D;
var meter3 : Texture2D;
var meter4 : Texture2D;
var meter5 : Texture2D;
var meter6 : Texture2D;
var meter7 : Texture2D;
var meter8 : Texture2D;
var meter9 : Texture2D;
var meter10 : Texture2D;
function Update ()
{
var meterTexture = gameObject.Find("meter0");
if(meterCount == 1)
{
meterTexture.guiTexture.texture = meter0;
}
if(meterCount == 2)
{
meterTexture.guiTexture.texture = meter1;
}
if(meterCount == 3)
{
meterTexture.guiTexture.texture = meter2;
}
if(meterCount == 4)
{
meterTexture.guiTexture.texture = meter3;
}
if(meterCount == 5)
{
meterTexture.guiTexture.texture = meter4;
}
if(meterCount == 6)
{
meterTexture.guiTexture.texture = meter5;
}
if(meterCount == 7)
{
meterTexture.guiTexture.texture = meter6;
}
if(meterCount == 8)
{
meterTexture.guiTexture.texture = meter7;
}
if(meterCount == 9)
{
meterTexture.guiTexture.texture = meter8;
}
if(meterCount == 10)
{
meterTexture.guiTexture.texture = meter9;
}
if(meterCount == 11)
{
meterTexture.guiTexture.texture = meter10;
}
}
InvokeRepeating("Count",0,0.1);
function Count()
{
if ((meterCount < 12) && (countDown == true))
meterCount -= 1;
if ((meterCount > 0) && (countDown == false))
meterCount += 1;
if (meterCount == 11)
countDown = true;
if (meterCount == 1)
countDown = false;
if (meterCount > meter$$anonymous$$ax)
meterCount = 11;
if (meterCount < meter$$anonymous$$in)
meterCount = 1;
}
Answer by robertbu · Jun 11, 2013 at 07:12 PM
When Time.timeScale is 0, Update() still gets called. InvokeRepeating() does not. So the trick would be to not use InvokeRepeating() and to use your own timer and use an alternate to Time.deltaTime to increment it if Time.timeScale is 0.
#pragma strict
static var meterCount : double = 1.0;
var meterMax : double = 11.1;
var meterMin : double = 0.9;
var countDown : boolean = false;
var meter0 : Texture2D;
var meter1 : Texture2D;
var meter2 : Texture2D;
var meter3 : Texture2D;
var meter4 : Texture2D;
var meter5 : Texture2D;
var meter6 : Texture2D;
var meter7 : Texture2D;
var meter8 : Texture2D;
var meter9 : Texture2D;
var meter10 : Texture2D;
private var myDeltaTime : float;
private var meterTexture : GameObject;
private var myTimer = 0.0;
function Start() {
myDeltaTime = Time.deltaTime;
meterTexture = gameObject.Find("meter0");
}
function Update ()
{
if (Time.timeScale > 0.01)
myTimer += Time.deltaTime;
else
myTimer += myDeltaTime;
if (myTimer > 0.1) {
Count();
myTimer = 0.0;
}
if(meterCount == 1)
{
meterTexture.guiTexture.texture = meter0;
}
if(meterCount == 2)
{
meterTexture.guiTexture.texture = meter1;
}
if(meterCount == 3)
{
meterTexture.guiTexture.texture = meter2;
}
if(meterCount == 4)
{
meterTexture.guiTexture.texture = meter3;
}
if(meterCount == 5)
{
meterTexture.guiTexture.texture = meter4;
}
if(meterCount == 6)
{
meterTexture.guiTexture.texture = meter5;
}
if(meterCount == 7)
{
meterTexture.guiTexture.texture = meter6;
}
if(meterCount == 8)
{
meterTexture.guiTexture.texture = meter7;
}
if(meterCount == 9)
{
meterTexture.guiTexture.texture = meter8;
}
if(meterCount == 10)
{
meterTexture.guiTexture.texture = meter9;
}
if(meterCount == 11)
{
meterTexture.guiTexture.texture = meter10;
}
}
function Count()
{
if ((meterCount < 12) && (countDown == true))
meterCount -= 1;
if ((meterCount > 0) && (countDown == false))
meterCount += 1;
if (meterCount == 11)
countDown = true;
if (meterCount == 1)
countDown = false;
if (meterCount > meterMax)
meterCount = 11;
if (meterCount < meterMin)
meterCount = 1;
}
Note the code above assumes that Time.timeScale is not zero when this script is started. Also it uses a single sample of deltaTime which could be a bit high or low on average.
Thank you, works perfect! Good to know that InvokeRepeating is affected by time scale.
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