How do I get Text Mesh to appear in the scene ten seconds later and disappear

Question

I need the text mesh to appear and disappear in scene right at ten seconds or less . I got most of the code done . I only got one error :

(7,12): error CS0118: oik.text' is a field' but a `type' was expected

Here is my code :

 using UnityEngine;
   using System.Collections;
   using UnityEngine.UI;
   
   public class oik : MonoBehaviour {
   
    private text text;
 
  
   
   
        void ShowMessage(string message, float timeToShow = 10)
    {
        StartCoroutine(ShowMessageCoroutine(message, timeToShow));
    }
       
        IEnumerator ShowMessageCoroutine(string message, float timeToShow = 10)
    {
 
        while (timeShown < timeToShow)
        {
            timeShown += Time.deltaTime;
            yield return null;
        }
 
        text.text = " The Reqiure Score is 1700" ;
    }
   }

Answer 1

Best Answer

Answer by importguru88 · Sep 01, 2016 at 02:23 AM

I have done that nothing has change the text is their on screen . Here is my code now :

 using UnityEngine;
    using System.Collections;
    using UnityEngine.UI;
    
    public class oik : MonoBehaviour {
    
     private Text text;
  
       public float timeShown = 0f;
    
    
         void ShowMessage(string message, float timeToShow = 10)
     {
         StartCoroutine(ShowMessageCoroutine(message, timeToShow));
     }
        
         IEnumerator ShowMessageCoroutine(string message, float timeToShow = 10)
     {
  
         while (timeShown < timeToShow)
         {
             timeShown += Time.deltaTime;
             yield return null;
         }
  
         text.text = " The Reqiure Score is 1500" ;
     }
    }

0 Show 10 · Share

eldorno · Sep 01, 2016 at 02:41 AM 0

Share

Sorry, if I understand you correctly, you want it to display the message for 10 seconds and then hide it? If so, then this should be the code you want:

 IEnumerator ShowMessageCoroutine(string message, float timeToShow = 10)
 {
     // Show the text
     text.text = message;
 
     // Wait for 10 seconds
     float timeShown = 0f;
     while (timeShown < timeToShow)
     {
         timeShown += Time.deltaTime;
         yield return null;
     }
 
     // Hide the text
     text.text = "";
 }

importguru88 eldorno · Sep 01, 2016 at 03:41 AM 0

Share

I am not using text mesh. I am using ui text. Will this still work for ui text ?

eldorno importguru88 · Sep 01, 2016 at 06:08 AM 0

Share

Yes, definitely. I've just got home and tried it on my own computer, and the code I gave you is working as expected. If it's not working for you, then there must be something else causing the issue. Could you provide a screenshot of the Inspector or something to give us more detail?

Show more comments

Answer 2

Answer by instruct9r · Aug 31, 2016 at 07:11 PM

 public class oik : MonoBehaviour {
    
     private Text text;

The definition of Text variable should be with Capital letter...

0 Show 4 · Share

importguru88 · Aug 31, 2016 at 07:37 PM 0

Share

I don't have that error any more . I now got another error : (20,16): error CS0103: The name `timeShown' does not exist in the current context

 using UnityEngine;
    using System.Collections;
    using UnityEngine.UI;
    
    public class oik : MonoBehaviour {
    
     private Text text;
  
   
    
    
         void ShowMessage(string message, float timeToShow = 10)
     {
         StartCoroutine(ShowMessageCoroutine(message, timeToShow));
     }
        
         IEnumerator ShowMessageCoroutine(string message, float timeToShow = 10)
     {
  
         while (timeShown < timeToShow)
         {
             timeShown += Time.deltaTime;
             yield return null;
         }
  
         text.text = " The Reqiure Score is 1700" ;
     }
    }

jjesh importguru88 · Aug 31, 2016 at 08:16 PM 0

Share

You've defined timeToShow, but I don't see anywhere you've set up timeShown. Is timeShown supposed to be a variable from another script?

importguru88 jjesh · Aug 31, 2016 at 08:25 PM 0

Share

What do mean variable from another script ? Do you mind testing my script ?

Show more comments

How do I get Text Mesh to appear in the scene ten seconds later and disappear

2 Replies

Your answer

Welcome to Unity Answers

Follow this Question

Related Questions