countdown timer

Questions & Answers
1

Hello
i need help to create a countdown timer in unity 4.6 using the new UI system.
Thanks

2

say the timer UI element is called “Timer”

private GameObject _timer;
private Text _timerText;

then in Start()/Awake() you get a reference to the Text component on your “Timer” object.

_timer = GameObject.Find("Timer");
if (_timer == null)
{
    Debug.Log("Timer not found!");
}
else
{
    _timerText = _timer.GetComponent<Text>();
    if (_timerText == null)
    {
        Debug.Log("Text component not found!");
    }
}

then, in Update(), you modify the text of the text component.

if (_timerText != null)
{
    _timerText.text = timer.ToString("0");
}