Endless Runner Speed Increase - Help With Timer

Unity Engine
1

Hi,

I have the following function, which lets me increase my player Speed by an amount I supply after waiting a amount of time I supply. This is working fine, however, as soon as the game starts, it automatically adds the first increment, I think I can see what is wrong with my code, but unsure as to how best to fix it, any pointers, I’d like it to wait x Seconds before the first change, instead of instantly ?

// Increase Player Speed time check
    if(speedIncreaseTimer < Time.time) {
        speedIncreaseTimer = Time.time + speedUpWait;

        increasePlayerSpeed();
    }
}

private void increasePlayerSpeed() {
    if (playerSpeed == maxPlayerSpeed)
        return;
    playerSpeed += speedIncrement;
}
2

Try this:

// Increase Player Speed time check
    if(speedIncreaseTimer < Time.time - 1 ) {
        speedIncreaseTimer = Time.time -1 + speedUpWait;
        increasePlayerSpeed();
    }
}
private void increasePlayerSpeed() {
    if (playerSpeed == maxPlayerSpeed)
        return;
    playerSpeed += speedIncrement;
}

it will wait 1sec till the first increase just use the value you want.

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3

Thanks, just what I needed. :sunglasses:

4

Why not just initialize in start to this
speedIncreaseTimer = Time.time + speedUpWait;
My guess you are setting it to 0? And checking in update?

If you have really slow startup times, this could cause problems too.

5

yes that would be the better solution. But he didn’t show the part where speedIncreaseTimer is declared. Maybe it’s already set to something else.

6

Hey, @daxiongmao

That’s exactly what I ended up doing with my code, yes, it was set to 0 and I was checking in update.