Scripting 101 question

Unity Engine
1

Hi Im just trying to learn a few basics,I am trying to make a varible public, but I’m not quite there.

function Start (){
animation.Stop();
yield WaitForSeconds(5);
animation.Play();
}

This is my private var version, But To make the varible public?

var "DelayTime":5 ;
function Start (){
animation.Stop();
yield WaitForSeconds("Delaytime");
animation.Play();
}

Does whatever that comes after"var" Have to come from a specific list of commands? If so what are these commands classified as and where should I look in the reference-or maybe theres some other way of making the penny drop? I just havent quite got it yet…
thanks
AC

2

Change that to:

var delayTime : int = 5;

The format is:

var variableName : type = value;

Or you can do:

var variableName : type;

if you don’t want a default value. Normally you’d use that form for GameObjects or Transforms or that sort of thing.

Or you can do:

var variableName = 5;

which leaves it up to Unity to determine the type. That would result in variableName being an integer. Or:

var variableName = 5.0;

results in variableName being a float. I almost always define the type if only to remind myself what it is…I don’t think it hurts anything…

–Eric

3

Thanks Eric
Thats very helpful, and I got the Quaternion concept a bit better too.
AC