How can I freeze my timer when I die?

I'm currently working on a fps zombie shooter with a timer in the top left corner used as a high score. I want the timer to stop/freeze when I die so that way the clock doesn't keep running after the player dies. This is what i have so far, so what do I need to add?

#pragma strict
private var startTime : float;
var textTime : String;
//First define two variables. One private and one public variable. Set the first variable to be a float.
//Use for textTime a string.
function Start() {
startTime = Time.time;
}
function OnGUI () {
var guiTime = Time.time - startTime;
//The gui-Time is the difference between the actual time and the start time.
var minutes : int = guiTime / 60; //Divide the guiTime by sixty to get the minutes.
var seconds : int = guiTime % 60;//Use the euclidean division for the seconds.
var fraction : int = (guiTime * 100) % 100;

textTime = String.Format ("{0:00}:{1:00}:{2:00}", minutes, seconds, fraction);
//text.Time is the time that will be displayed.
GetComponent(GUIText).text = textTime;

}

 

... is this a school project or something? we had the exact same code posted yesterday with the exact same question from another new poster... ?

you'll need to handle the timer in the update() function, put in gamestates to handle "playing" and "gameover" and use the OnGUI() function to simply format and display the timer value.

 

private var alive : boolean;

if(alive)
{
var guiTime = Time.time - startTime;
}




Also, where did the code tags go?

 

No haha it must be a coincidence, Schools out for me.

 

thanks so much! idk where the tags went lol, it still works though

 

My timer is on the screen and I have a restart menu and would prefer for it to just freeze on screen. Is there a way to do that?