making a GUI digital watch

Unity Engine
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already checked the scripting forum, reference, and answers, did’t find anything like what i need.

i’m playing a sneaky tricky to avoid using animated textures for a digital watch on a character’s arm.

the character’s hand animates so it is drawn right up to the camera, and i need to have it pop up a little gui digital watch face at that point. a kind of hitchcock swipe

but, how would i go about formatting the characters, or even displaying them for that matter?

2

oh my, maybe a little too odd a request?

3

Not necessarily, but could you maybe narrow your question down a bit? In other words, what specifically do you need help with?

4

If you’re just asking how to properly format the time, this would probably be the simplest approach:

var watchPosition = Rect(10,10,200,50);
var initialHour = 12;
var initialMinute = 0;
var initialSecond = 0;
private var dateTime : System.DateTime;

function Awake(){
	dateTime = new System.DateTime(1, 1, 1, initialHour, initialMinute, initialSecond);
}

function Update(){
	dateTime = dateTime.AddSeconds(Time.deltaTime);
}

function OnGUI(){
	GUI.Label(watchPosition, String.Format("{0:hh:mm:ss}", dateTime));
}

You should also create a custom GUI style with a proper ‘digital’ font.

5

oh, wow, thanks tonyd!
i’ll have to dissect your code a bit since i need the watch to be running at 72 times normal speed in order to keep pace with the rest of the game’s machanics but mostly i was trying to get a way to format and display the time