Cooldown Timer Tutorial (Spawners, Abilities, Combat, etc)

Cooldown Timers are a useful part of any game. The simple way to implement them is to keep track of `timeRemaining` and subtract time in `Update()`. It works and is quick but it's not very robust. Also it's hard to share it between components and classes. Generic C# timers work but don't follow the same update schedule as Unity objects.

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I create a pretty simple and easy to use Cooldown Timer script that follows Unity's update pattern.

Also included a tutorial and sample demo to go with it here. The code is also available on github.

Basically you can use it by creating a new CooldownTimer and then registering a handler:

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2. void SetupTimer() {
3.     _cooldownTimer = new CooldownTimer(TimerDuration);
4.     _cooldownTimer.TimerCompleteEvent += OnTimerComplete;
5. }
6.  
7. void OnTimerComplete() {
8.    //Do Something
9. }
10.  

The timer is started by calling `Start()`. It can also be configured to be recurring (repeated).

To create something like an ability or attack cooldown, you can just check if the timer is active:

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2. public void Attack() {
3.     if (_cooldownTimer.IsActive)
4.     {
5.          return;
6.     }
7.     _cooldownTimer.Start();
8.     // Do attack logic
9. }
10.  

I've been using this pattern for many projects now and have found it's nice to be able to have a generic way to keep track of timers and cool downs. It's available here.

Would love to hear your thoughts on it and any comments / suggestions / questions you may have.

Cheers

 

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