Use timer to remove text

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1

I am trying to get timer to remove GUI text… I have gotten this far and most of it works but I cannot get the timer to actually count down and remove text.

static var textOn : boolean = false;
static var textContent : String;

private var textTimer:float ;

function Start()
{

textTimer = 0.0;	
textOn = false;

guiText.text = "";

}

function Update () {

if(textOn)
{
	guiText.enabled = true;
	guiText.text = textContent;
	
	
		var textTimer:float -= 1 * Time.deltaTime;
	
}

var textTimer:float = 6.0;

if(textTimer >= 5.0 )
{
	textOn = false;
	guiText.enabled = false;
	textTimer = 0.0;
	
	
}

}

2

Seems like you might have some local vs global property issues (scope) as well as others.

try this ( I don’t use JS so there might be some issue)

var startTimer:float = 0.0;
var textOffTime:float = 6.0;


function OnEnable() {

	startTimer = Time.time;

	textOn = true;

	guiText.text = "";

}

function Update () {

	if(textOn)
	{
	    guiText.enabled = true;
	    guiText.text = textContent;

	}

	if(Time.time - startTimer >= textOffTime )
	{
	    textOn = false;
	    guiText.enabled = false;



	}
}
3

Actually it was this line:

var textTimer:float -= 1 * Time.deltaTime;

It should actually read:

var textTimer += Time.deltaTime;

Took a bunch of trial and error but I figured it out. Thanks for the attempt though!