Frame Rate Indepedent and Pause Independent

Unity Engine
1

I’d like to be able to pause my game using the Time class, yet still be able to move the camera in my scene around without varying speeds. Should I put in a second timer that my camera can refer to instead of Time, or is there an easier way? If there isn’t an easier way, where should I look to get started?

2

I think I’ve manage to convince Joe of the usefulness of a Time.realDeltaTime, but until then you can properly get away with attaching something like this to a gameObject in the scene and using RealTime.deltaTime for the camera code.

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
 
public class RealTime : MonoBehaviour {
	private static float lastFrameEnd = 0;
	private static float _deltaTime = 0;
	
	public static float deltaTime { 
		get { 
			return _deltaTime;
		}
	}
	
	void LateUpdate() {
		_deltaTime = Time.realtimeSinceStartup - lastFrameEnd;
		lastFrameEnd = Time.realtimeSinceStartup;
	}
}
3

Super. I always know my problem’s been solved when I see your name among the responses.

4

No prop. I just wish I had more time to help other people on the forum, but after staring at Unity for 8-14 hours at work I’m usually inclined to do something else in my spare time :-).