Countdown Timer

[Orloffyeah]

Hi, I have been working on a countdown script and I was able to get it like this:

var Text : GUIText;
private var starttime = false;

function start()
{
	starttime = true;
}

if (starttime == true)
{
StartCoroutine("CountDown");
  }


function CountDown(){
yield WaitForSeconds(1);
	Text.text = "3";
yield WaitForSeconds(1);
	Text.text = "2";
yield WaitForSeconds(1);
	Text.text = "1";
yield WaitForSeconds(1);
	Text.text = "GO!";
}

But when I start it doesn’t works, the GUIText isn’t updating, could someone explain me why is this doesn’t working?

[Geo.Ego]

There are two things wrong here.

1. The Start function is not capitalized, so it won’t run.
2. Your if (starttime == true) statement is outside of the Start function (or any other function), so it won’t run either.

So change your code to this:

var Text : GUIText;
private var starttime = false;

function Start()
{
    starttime = true;
    
    if (starttime == true)
	{
		StartCoroutine("CountDown");
	}
}

function CountDown()
{
	yield WaitForSeconds(1);
    Text.text = "3";
	yield WaitForSeconds(1);
    Text.text = "2";
	yield WaitForSeconds(1);
    Text.text = "1";
	yield WaitForSeconds(1);
    Text.text = "GO!";
}

and it will work as expected.

[Orloffyeah]

Thanks, now I feel like a noob