timer

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1

i have a power up, and i want to put a timer on it, i have a code there, but the timer is not working
here’s the code for the player…

#pragma strict
static var attractCoins: boolean = false;
var timer: float = 15.0;

function Start () {
    attractCoins = false;
}

function OnTriggerEnter(info : Collider)
{
    if(info.tag == "Magnet")
    {
        attractCoins = true;
    }
}
function Update () {

    timer -= Time.deltaTime;
   
    if (timer <= 0)
    {
        timer = 0;
        attractCoins = false;
    }
}

function onGUI()
{

    GUI.Box(new Rect(10, 10, 50, 20), "" + timer.ToString("0"));

}

and here’s for the coin script…

#pragma strict
var target : GameObject;

function Start () {
    target = GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag("Player");
   
}
function Update () {
    if(car.attractCoins == true && Vector3.Distance(transform.position,target.transform.position) < 5.0)
    {
        transform.position = Vector3.MoveTowards(transform.position, target.transform.position, Time.deltaTime * 5);
    }
}
2

Not working is vague. What exactly is happening? What do you want to happen?

At a glance I see onGUI. This should be OnGUI.

3

ow yeah sorry, ok first, the OnGUI is not viewing on the game play, second the attractCoins was still collecting coins.

if (timer <= 0)
    {
        timer = 0;
        attractCoins = false;
    }
4

Sweet.

Changing onGUI to OnGUI will fix the first problem. Scripting is quite finicky when it comes to capital letters.

I don’t see anything obvious that would mess up the end of the attraction. You may need to sprinkle in Debug.Log quite liberally to help you figure out what is happening.

5

ow thank you BoredMormon it works

6

@
joytdecastro
For the education of others, can you please post your amended solution ?

Thanks

7

yeah sure…

#pragma strict
static var attractCoins: boolean = false;
var timer = 15.0;

function Start () {
    attractCoins = false;
}

function OnTriggerEnter(info : Collider)
{

    if(info.tag == "Magnet")
    {
        attractCoins = true;
       
    }
}
function Update () {

    if (attractCoins)
    {
        timer -= Time.deltaTime;
            if (timer <= 0)
            {
                timer = 0;
                attractCoins = false;
            }
    }
}

function OnGUI(){
   

    if (attractCoins)
    {
    GUI.Box(new Rect(10, 10, 50, 20), "" + timer.ToString("0"));
    }
}
8

timer will probably ALWAYS be less than 0 when you get to the if (timer <= 0) line.

Even though you set it equal to 0 within the IF statement, the next time it goes thru Update() timer will get set to -Time.deltaTime again. So unless each loop thru Update takes 0 time, it will always be set to this time change.