Time limit problems

Questions & Answers
1

I’m trying to make a simple timer that quits the game after a certain amount of time. But for some reason, I keep screwing up, and I can’t seem figure out what’s wrong. I guess today’s not my day. Or I’m just not good at this.
This is what I got so far:

static var timeLimit = 1;


function Awake
{
	var timeLeft : float = timeLimit * 60;
}

function Update ()
{
   if ( timeLeft <= 0 ) 
   {
   	Application.Quit();
   }
}
2

Apart from in Awake, you are not modifying timeLeft in any way, therefore it is not doing anything but storing the value 60 .

You want to use timeLeft as a counter, therefore subtract time from it in each frame :

timeLeft -= Time.deltaTime;

Now timeLeft should countdown (in real time).

Edit : also, I now see that you have declared the variable in Awake, this is incorrect… Here is an example of your script but working :

static var timeLimit : float = 1; // why is this static? for other scripts to access?
private var timeLeft : float;

function Awake
{
    timeLeft = timeLimit * 60;
}

function Update ()
{
    timeLeft -= Time.deltaTime;
    if ( timeLeft <= 0 ) 
    {
        Application.Quit();
    }
}
3

It’s a lot simpler and more efficient if you use Invoke.

var timer = 10.0;

function Awake () {
    Invoke ("QuitApp", timer);
}

function QuitApp() {
    Application.Quit();
}