Making a GUIText disappear for 5 seconds??

Unity Engine
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I am trying to get a guitext to disappear for a few seconds, here is my code, but I am getting a error because its not a mesh with a renderer. How can I make this work??

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 private float LRFInvisTime = 5.0f;
    public GameObject LRFReady;

   
  	void Update()
	{
	 if (Input.GetButtonDown("LRF"))
	{
     StartCoroutine(LRFCharging());
    }
	}
	IEnumerator LRFCharging()
	{
		gameObject.renderer.enabled = false; 
		yield return new WaitForSeconds(LRFInvisTime);
		{
		    gameObject.renderer.enabled = true;
			
		}
	}
}
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Would moving the guitext in -z space do it, if so, how would I write it?

2

You have it right, but instead use:
gameObject.guiText.enabled = false;

3

That didn’t do it, am I missing something??

4

Anyone know why this wouldn’t be working???

5

I got this to work by attaching the guitext to a empty gameobject.

6

It works fine.

The updated Coroutine:

IEnumerator LRFCharging () {
    guiText.enabled = false;
    yield return new WaitForSeconds (LRFInvisTime);
    guiText.enabled = true;
}

EDIT: Guessing from the post above… the GameObject with the GUIText is the LRFReady object.

IEnumerator LRFCharging () {
    LRFReady.guiText.enabled = false;
    yield return new WaitForSeconds (LRFInvisTime);
    LRFReady.guiText.enabled = true;
}
7

Yeah, i didn’t realize I had to create the empty gameobject then add the GUIText componet to it…I’ve been pulling my hair out all day ont his one, then it just came to me…

8

It works, but if I try and make it visible in one camera and not on another with this script-

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using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

[RequireComponent(typeof(Camera))]
class GUIEnableDisable : MonoBehaviour 
{
    public GUIElement[] enableWithThisCamera;
    public GUIElement[] disableWithThisCamera;
	
    void OnPreCull() 
	{
        if( enableWithThisCamera != null ) foreach(GUIElement element in enableWithThisCamera) if( element ) element.enabled = true;
        if( disableWithThisCamera != null ) foreach(GUIElement element in disableWithThisCamera) if( element ) element.enabled = false;
    }
}
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It doesn’t work anymore???

9

Has anyone have any clues as to why this won’t work on a GUIText if it is referenced int he above code???

10

What I did was by pass the disable/enable code for the cameras above and just put the GUIText on a layer and stopped the camera from seeing that layer. I did try that before, but it was before I actually fixed the GUIText disappearing issues…