creating a small timer (in seconds)

Unity Engine
1

Hi there, i’m trying to create a small timer for an if statement, but not sure quite ow to measure the timer in seconds…

so something like this possibly.

public int timer = 0; 


void update (){

timer = timer + 1;
timeFunction();

}


void timeFunction () {
if (time > 5){
//do something here
}

}

in that format… but i know that’s not going to count down 5 seconds… any idea of how to? thanks!

2

InvokeRepeating()
Then you can set how often timeFunction is called.
With update it will be called every 33 milliseconds or something rediculous.

3

reading the page for it in the manual… i’m not sure in what context i would use that in for an if statement…

the way they use it is like this :

public int timer = 0; 
 
 
void update (){
 
timer = timer + 1;
timeFunction();
 
}
 
 
void timeFunction () {
if (time > 5){
//do something here
}
 
}


void repeater(){
 InvokeRepeating("TimeFunction", 5, 0.5F);

}

something like that? i’m not sure i fully understand how that is to be used properly.

4

what about Time.DeltaTime ?