koobas.hobune.stream
Make something change color for a set amount of time
Hello, I am trying to create a game that involves the player being hit and damaged by enemies. However, since I'm a beginner to Unity's C# library, I do not know how I can make it so that the player will change color for a set amount of time (in order to show that damage has been dealt). Would somebody mind giving me some advice on how to do this? Thanks!
Since I think that you want to wait just a few frames, you could do something like this:
int i = 0;
bool timeIt = false;
void Update () {
if (beenHit){
// change color
timeIt = true;
}
if (timeIt)
i++
if (i==30) {
// change color back
i=0;
timeIt = false;
}
}
Or if you want to wait a set amount of seconds you can do something like this:
public class ExampleClass : MonoBehaviour {
public float waitTime = 1;
private float timeAtStart;
private bool first = true;
void Update () {
if (first) {
// Change the colour
timeAtStart = Time.time;
first = false;
}
if (first == false && Time.time > timeAtStart + waitTime) {
// Change the colour back
first = true;
}
}
}
Note: the float value waitTime can be smaller than 1, allowing for short wait times.
Hope this helps,
Awanonimik
Ok, so far I have been able to register it to change the color of the player when he is hit, but I still can't figure out how to change him back.
Here's the complete PlayerController script:
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
public class PlayerControl : MonoBehaviour {
public int moveSpeed;
public int hitPoints;
private Rigidbody rb;
private bool playerControl = true;
//The Boolean that detects if the player is hit or not
private bool hitDetector = false;
void Start ()
{
rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
}
void Update ()
{
if (playerControl == true)
{
float h = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") * moveSpeed;
float v = Input.GetAxis("Vertical") * moveSpeed;
Vector3 vel = rb.velocity;
vel.x = h;
vel.z = v;
rb.velocity = vel;
if (hitPoints == 0)
{
GetComponent<Renderer>().material.color = Color.grey;
playerControl = false;
}
}
//This script changes the color
if (hitDetector == true)
{
for (int i = 0; i <= 300; i = i + 1)
{
GetComponent<Renderer>().material.color = Color.yellow;
}
}
//End of aforementioned script
}
void OnTriggerEnter (Collider other)
{
if (other.gameObject.CompareTag("Enemy"))
{
hitPoints = hitPoints - 1;
hitDetector = true;
}
if (other.gameObject.CompareTag("Collectable"))
{
other.gameObject.SetActive (false);
}
}
}
