LevelCountdown before start 3...2...1 GO!

Hi there,

im making a small Game for Gamedesign class where you have to navigate a sphere through a labyrinth kind of level as fast as you can. So obviously the scene has a timer in it to show you your personal best time for each level.

My problem is i would like to have another timer right at the beginning of the scene
(in the middle of the screen (maybe annimated numbers))
which pause the game and counts from 3 to 0 and then unpause the game so that you can start your jurney through the lab.

I guess the Countdown timer im looking for is similar to a Racing Game type of timer which are shown before the race starts.

thanks in advance

 

It's easy. Just use a coroutine...

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2.     void Start()
3.     {
4.         StartCoroutine(Countdown(3));
5.     }
6.    
7.     IEnumerator Countdown(int seconds)
8.     {
9.         int count = seconds;
10.        
11.         while (count > 0) {
12.            
13.             // display something...
14.             yield return new WaitForSeconds(1);
15.             count --;
16.         }
17.        
18.         // count down is finished...
19.         StartGame();
20.     }
21.  
22.     void StartGame()
23.     {
24.         // do something...
25.     }
26.  

http://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/Coroutines.html

 

thanks for you answer,
but to be honest im a noob in Unity, i dont realy know how to use that script.
I attached it to my player sprite and to my Main_Camera but neither works. It dont stopts the game when the scene is loaded.

This is how i controll my Charakter if it helps

Code (JavaScript):

1.  #pragma strict
2. public var moveSpeed = 2.0;
3. function Update () {
4.      if (Input.GetMouseButton(0)) {
5.          var targetPos = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition);
6.          targetPos.z = transform.position.z;
7.          transform.position = Vector3.MoveTowards(transform.position, targetPos, moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
8.      }
9. }

 

i think it didnt work for you because its in C# and your character controller script is in javaScript;

 

Thank you very much ,it worked perfectly;

 

how to set a text 1 2 3 go

 

Declare a text in your script and say public Text CountDown; and then assign your int count to this string. For example;
CountDown.text = count.ToString();

Create a UI text in your Unity and drag and drop it to CountDown text.

You will get more information through this link:
https://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials/projects/roll-ball-tutorial/displaying-score-and-text

Hope this helps. Cheers.

 

text not change

 

public Text countdowns;
public int timerText;
void Start()
{
StartCoroutine(Countdown(3));
}
void Update()
{
countdowns.text = timerText.ToString();

}
IEnumerator Countdown(int seconds)
{
int count = seconds;

while (count > 0)
{
countdowns.text = timerText.ToString();
yield return new WaitForSeconds(1);
count--;
Debug.LogError("count" + count);
}
StartGame();
}

timer should work text ui not change??