increase speed when timer reaches zero

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hi,
i am making an endless runner and i need to increase the speed of certain gameobjects when the timer reaches 0. im using the following script. The timer and movement work fine but speed changes for only a fraction of a second.

movement.js

// Building movement

static var speed;

speed = -10;

function Update () {

var x = Time.deltaTime * speed;

transform.Translate(x, 0, 0);

}

and this is the countdown timer

countdowntimer.js

private var startTime;
private var restSeconds : int;
private var roundedRestSeconds : int;
private var displaySeconds : int;
private var displayMinutes : int;

var countDownSeconds : int;

function Awake() 
{    
    Reset();
}

function Reset()
{
    startTime = Time.time;
}

function OnGUI () {
    //make sure that your time is based on when this script was first called
    //instead of when your game started
    var guiTime = Time.time - startTime;

    restSeconds = countDownSeconds - (guiTime);

    //display messages or whatever here -->do stuff based on your timer
    
    
    if (restSeconds == 0) {
        movement.speed-=5;
        Reset();
    }

    //display the timer
    roundedRestSeconds = Mathf.CeilToInt(restSeconds);
    displaySeconds = roundedRestSeconds % 60;
    displayMinutes = roundedRestSeconds / 60; 

    text = String.Format ("{0:00}:{1:00}", displayMinutes, displaySeconds); 
    GUI.Label (Rect (400, 25, 100, 30), text);
}

please help.
im pretty new to coding. Thanks

2

You can Debug.Log(someVariable.ToString()) or you could use the debugger http://unity3d.com/support/documentation/Manual/Debugger.html

thanks a lot… that solved the problem

all i had to do was declare the variable speed in countdowntimer.js and increment it there. then call it in movement .js

cheers