► Timers & Clocks ◄

Hi, your asset has been really useful so far. I've run into a situation where I'd like to show the elapsed time in a count-up infinite timer only in seconds (out to milliseconds), rather than mm:ss. So 75.438 instead of 1:15.438. I've looked into formatting the output text differently, but haven't gotten it to work, and wonder if I'm overlooking an easy or obvious way?

 

Decided to modify FormatSeconds to convert minutes received from the TimeSpan object into seconds and add the result to the seconds property of the TimeSpan, and pass that result in the formatted string. By turning off the minutes display option, I can show only raw seconds. Not sure if there's a better way but this seems to be working.

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2. minute = t.Minutes;
3. //convert any minutes to seconds and add result to second to show raw time in sec.
4. second = t.Seconds + t.Minutes * 60;
5. millisecond = t.Milliseconds;
6. //To show raw seconds instead of mm:ss, we pass the result of the above calculation, instead of the seconds property of the timespan object.
7. return String.Format (d + h + m + s + ms, t.Days, t.Hours, t.Minutes, second, t.Milliseconds);

 

That sounds like it's working for you, which is good.

instead of calculating, you can also replace everything on lines 153-159 or 164-174 with

Code (CSharp):

1. return gameTime.ToString("F3");

The unformatted gameTime variable is the total seconds that gets formatted for the fancier options.

I'll try to get an update in that can provide this as an option from the inspector.

 

That's much cleaner! Thanks for the reply.

 

Version 2.0 is now available as a free upgrade for anyone who purchased the original version.

- Upgraded package from 2018.4 to 2021.3
- Added option to use UTC time instead of system time

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/level-design/timers-clocks-2021-3-233572?aid=1011lGiG

 

Hello,
I'm using this great Timer asset, but I am unable to set 'Start Time' using the Playmaker 'Set Property' action. I can set just about every other property with that action, but not 'Start Time'. I may be overlooking something, but I'd appreciate any help in setting this property dynamically.
Thanks for any suggestions!

 

I'm not very familiar with PlayMaker, 'Start Time' is just a standard C# variable in Timer.cs:

Code (CSharp):

1. public double startTime;