Idle counter.

Hello,

I am trying to make an idle counter that triggers an action if no user keyboard or mouse input has been detected for a certain amount of time. If there is user input before the timer runs out, I would like the timer to reset without performing the action.

I did a search and found a script but unfortunately for me, it does not reset the counter if there is user input before the timer runs out.

Any ideas?
Thanks.

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using System.Collections;
3.  
4. public class ParticleColor : MonoBehaviour {
5.  
6.     public bool idle = false;
7.     public float timeToIdle = 2.0f;  // 2 seconds
8.     float currentTime = 0f;
9.        
10.     void Start () {
11.         currentTime = Time.time + timeToIdle;
12.     }
13.  
14.     void Update () {
15.        
16.         if(Input.anyKey == false )
17.         {
18.             checkIdle();
19.         }
20.     }
21.    
22.     void checkIdle()
23.     {
24.         if(Time.time > currentTime)
25.         {
26.             idle = true;
27.  
28.             // perform action
29.  
30.             this.GetComponent<ParticleSystem>().startColor = new Color(Random.value, Random.value, Random.value);
31.             print("No input, change color");
32.  
33.             currentTime = Time.time + timeToIdle;
34.         }
35.  
36.     }
37. }

 

you just need an else clause for the if in update which has the exact same line of code as in the start function...

 

Yep, solved it!
Thank you!