time trial question

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1

hey guys

im making a car game and i wanted to know how to achieve a time trial (best time) script in javascript if possible.

i have a scene called "race01" and a collider that stops the timer when the car finishes the race.

i have another scene called "best time" that i want to display the best time done in the race.

the timer resets everytime the scene is load.

my question is : how can i make a variable or function that keeps track of the best time so that i can display it as a " best time record" in the other scene.

thx

2

There are lots of ways to do timers. Using Unity's Time class is one way. To store the record time, you would simply write that to a variable.

var record : float = Mathf.Infinity;
private var startTime : float = -1.0f;

function StartTimer() {
    startTime = Time.time;
}

function StopTimer() {
    if(startTime > 0.0f) record = Mathf.Min(Time.time - startTime, record);
    startTime = -1.0f;
}

You could also try a System.Diagnostics Stopwatch in stead of Unity's time variable, but that's your call.