Creating delays without delaying the script

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1

Okay so I’m trying to make a puzzle game where the player is a wizard casting specific spells to get through specific levels. Some spells are supposed to kill you if you don’t cast a second spell fast enough. For this I need a way to add a delay without stopping the rest of the script, as all the spells are on one script. I have tried creating a second script in which the function update is testing for specific static variables to be equal to an amount I set them to when specific spells are cast, however this has failed miserably. I would show some code but it is a horrible mess. Any advice?

2

Just do something like this:

float time; //Counts up as time goes on
public float timeThreshold; //Set this in the unity editor. It should be how long you want the spell to //“cool down” or in your case, how long before the player dies of not casting a spell.

bool KillPlayerNowFlag = false; //Check this bool when you need to know if its OK to kill the player for not casting a spell (should be true in that case).

void Update()
{
time += Time.deltaTime; //Counts upward every frame
if(time > timeThreshold)
{
KillPlayerNowFlag = true;
//OR:
killPlayer();
time = 0f; //Reset to zero so the timer can be used again
}

}

3

void Start(){
invoke(“afterDelay”, 1f);
Debug.Log(“Printing without any delay”);
}

void afterDelay(){
    Debug.Log("Printing with a delay of 1 second");
}

Use Invoke as this will give you a desired delay to invoke a specific method but will not delay your current method