How Long is Mouse Button Held Down ?

Anybody help with counting how long a mouse button is held down for and storing that value ?

And if possible, how to get that value to increase by a set amount, i.e. 1, 10, 50, etc instead of numbers with decimals points.

 

If (input.GetMouseButton(0)) {
yourCounter += Time.deltaTime;
}

 

or you could just cast the float to an int before use.

 

Thanks,

I think I've got this basically working now, I can change the chargespeed to a set amount, i.e 1, 50, 100, etc so it increases that amount each time, is there a way to limit this so for instance, the chargelevel never exceeds a maximum of 1000 ?

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using System.Collections;
3.  
4. public class MouseCount : MonoBehaviour {
5.  
6.     public float ChargeLevel = 0f;
7.     public int ChargeSpeed = 100;
8.  
9.     void Update () {
10.         if (Input.GetMouseButton(0))
11.         {
12.             ChargeLevel += Time.deltaTime * ChargeSpeed;
13.         }
14.         if (Input.GetMouseButtonUp(0))
15.         {
16.             ChargeLevel = 0f;
17.         }
18.     }
19. }

 

Chargelevel = (chargelevel > 999 ? 0 : chargelevel) ;

 

Thanks, code dummy here btw, I don't understand the logic, if your code translates to plain english, how would that work in relation to my code ?

so, I'm assuming your checking to see if the chargelevel is greater than 999, then what does the ? 0 : chargelevel part do ?

 

It's a one-line if it translates to if chargelevel > 999 then return 0 else return chargelevel, and after this I set chargelevel to this return value

 

Thanks for spelling that out and explaining it for me, I've implemented that and it works great, resetting the ChargeLevel back to 0 again !

I can also replace the 0 value with 1000, then it doesn't reset, that way it will always hit a maximum value when the mouse is held down long enough. Thank you, you've been a fantastic help with this so far.

I've modified my code : -

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using System.Collections;
3.  
4. public class MouseCount : MonoBehaviour {
5.  
6.     public float ChargeLevel = 0f;
7.     public int ChargeSpeed = 100;
8.     public int MaxCharge = 1000;
9.    
10.     void Update () {
11.         if (Input.GetMouseButton(0))
12.         {
13.             ChargeLevel += Time.deltaTime * ChargeSpeed;
14.             ChargeLevel = (ChargeLevel > 999 ? MaxCharge : ChargeLevel);
15.         }
16.         if (Input.GetMouseButtonUp(0))
17.         {
18.             ChargeLevel = 0f;
19.         }
20.     }
21. }
22.  

 

Or put this to function:

Code (csharp):

1. public float Chargelevel()
2. {
3.    if(chargelevel > 999) return 0;
4.    else return chargelevel;
5. }

 

Uhm, rchmiel, I did the same thing, but in one line. Functions are for things that you use often.

 

You could also make the code shorter, usinf this:
Chargelevel = (chargelevel >= MaxCharge ? MaxCharge : chargelevel + Time.deltaTime * ChargeSpeed) ; instead of those two lines

 

Yes, it depends on what you want to use.

 

Thanks, all super helpful, the code works great !

Overall, this script will be expanded upon to add force in a forward motion to my player character, see this thread, couldn't seem to get any help with that one though : -

http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/pa...-back-and-add-force-at-desired-amount.367523/

So, with your help, this is where I currently am, I also have a seperate script that handles which direction the player is facing ( mouselookat ) : -

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using System.Collections;
3.  
4. public class MouseCount : MonoBehaviour {
5.  
6.     public float ChargeLevel = 0f;
7.     public int ChargeSpeed = 100;
8.     public int MaxCharge = 1000;
9.    
10.     void Update () {
11.         if (Input.GetMouseButton(0))
12.         {
13.             ChargeLevel += Time.deltaTime * ChargeSpeed;
14.             ChargeLevel = (ChargeLevel > 999 ? MaxCharge : ChargeLevel);
15.  
16.             // Alternate way to calculate
17.             // ChargeLevel = (ChargeLevel >= MaxCharge ? MaxCharge : ChargeLevel + Time.deltaTime * ChargeSpeed );
18.         }
19.         if (Input.GetMouseButtonUp(0))
20.         {
21.  
22.             GetComponent<Rigidbody>().AddForce(-transform.forward * ChargeLevel);
23.             GetComponent<Rigidbody>().useGravity = true;
24.  
25.             ChargeLevel = 0f;
26.         }
27.     }
28. }