Time.time running slow

[system]

Isn't Time.time supposed to measure time in real seconds? I noticed that while looping a one-second sound during 10 seconds (as measured with Time.time) the sound plays 17 times instead of 10. I did this both in the editor and as a standalone (on windows). What gives? Is there any way to improve the timing of unity?

When doing this I have a pretty high framerate (~3ms per frame in the editor). Can't you trust the time functions at high framerates?

[Eric5h5]

Using a sound loop isn't really a good way to measure time, but in any case, Time.time is affected by the timescale. With the timescale set to 1.0, use this script and a stopwatch and see if they match:

function Update () {
    Debug.Log (Time.time);
}

(The answer is yes they will match, although note that the stats display is not the framerate you're actually getting. Use this for actual frames per second.)

[anon61858128]

I think you want Time.timeSinceLevelLoad http://unity3d.com/support/documentation/ScriptReference/Time-timeSinceLevelLoad.html if that doesn't work then adjust the timeScale http://unity3d.com/support/documentation/ScriptReference/Time-timeScale.html till it syncronises properly. Also try building and running it as an .exe (or mac equivalent) instead of inside unity editor.

[system]

I did this simple time class using system.datetime:

public class MyTime : MonoBehaviour
{

    protected static System.DateTime startTime;

    public static float deltaTime;

    protected static float m_totalAccumulatedTime;

    void Start ()

    {

        startTime = System.DateTime.Now;

        m_totalAccumulatedTime = 0f;    

    }

    void LateUpdate()

    {

        System.TimeSpan elapsed = System.DateTime.Now - startTime;

        deltaTime = (float)(elapsed.TotalMilliseconds*0.001f) - m_totalAccumulatedTime;

        m_totalAccumulatedTime += deltaTime;

    }
}

And it turns out to work quite well. Now when I compare with a stopwatch the printed time from accumulating MyTime.deltaTime is quite accurate.