How to create an Idle counter ?

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hello, I am new for unity. I'm trying to implement a counter that counts down whenever the player input stops, and whenever input begins again the counter is to reset. I try many code but not working. Any tips would be much appreciated. Thanks!

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Answer by Mmmpies · Dec 29, 2014 at 12:03 PM

Set a float e.g.

 private float counterStart = 20f; // whatever value you want

and anther

 private float theCounter;

In start set

 theCounter = counterStart;

check for user input and if the user is inputting set

 theCounter = counterStart;

if there is no input set

 theCounter = theCounter - Time.deltaTime;

And check for it going below zero.

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vmvenkat · Dec 30, 2014 at 04:12 AM 0

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Thank for reply. how to find "no input set" ? That's what i want to know.

Mmmpies · Dec 30, 2014 at 08:46 AM 0

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just use an if statement to capture which input button is being pressed

 if(Input.GetButtonDown("Button1")
 {
     // do input stuff and set 
     theCounter = counterStart;
 }
 else if (Input.GetButtonDown("Button2")
 {
     // do input stuff and set
     theCounter = counterStart;
 }
 else if (Input.GetButtonDown("Button3")
 {
     // do input stuff and set
     theCounter = counterStart;
 }
 else
 {
    theCounter = theCounter - Time.deltaTime;
 }

vmvenkat · Dec 30, 2014 at 09:16 AM 0

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Thank you.

Mmmpies · Dec 30, 2014 at 09:18 AM 0

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No problem - glad it helped.

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Answer by danvalho · Dec 30, 2014 at 08:11 PM

If you want only to know if any key/button was pressed, you can use Input.anyKeyDown and reset or increment the counter:

 private float idleCounter = 0.0f;
 
 void Update() {
   if (Input.anyKeyDown) {
     idleCounter = 0.0f;  // reset counter          
   } else {
     idleCounter += Time.deltaTime; // increment counter
   }
 }

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vmvenkat · Dec 31, 2014 at 06:32 AM 0

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It's work fine. Thank you.

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