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Question by Nocturnal_Glow · Jun 04, 2015 at 02:54 PM · countdown

Count down timer C#

I feel like there is somet$$anonymous$$ng I'm missing but I don't know why I can't get my text in my canvas to display the time left float value. how do I fix t$$anonymous$$s

CountDown.cs:

 using UnityEngine;
 using UnityEngine.UI;
 using System.Collections;
 
 public class CountDown : MonoBehaviour
 {
     float timeLeft = 300.0f;
 
     Text text;
 
     void Awake ()
     {
         text = GetComponent<text> ();
     }
     
     void Update()
     {
         timeLeft -= Time.deltaTime;
         text.text = "time Left:" + timeLeft;
         if(timeLeft < 0)
         {
             Application.LoadLevel("gameOver");
         }
     }
 }

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Answer by Nomabond · Jun 04, 2015 at 03:02 PM

Hi Nocturnal,

On line 13 you are using GetComponent(); but the actual component you are trying to find is a Text (notice the capital 'T' ).

It would be much easier for you though if you set your Text text to a public variable and then use the inspector to drag the reference of your UI Text into the script.

Here is a slightly modified version of your script that you can use to get a nice rounded integer countdown from 300. Let me know if you have any questions about it!

 using UnityEngine;
 using UnityEngine.UI;
 using System.Collections;
 
 public class CountDown : MonoBehaviour
 {
     float timeLeft = 300.0f;
     
     public Text text;
     
 
     
     void Update()
     {
         timeLeft -= Time.deltaTime;
         text.text = "Time Left:" + Mathf.Round(timeLeft);
         if(timeLeft < 0)
         {
             Application.LoadLevel("gameOver");
         }
     }
 }

 
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avatar image Nocturnal_Glow · Jun 04, 2015 at 04:46 PM 1
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Yep that worked, thanks so much!

avatar image Rocketman123 · Dec 22, 2016 at 11:46 PM 1
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Thanks this worked for me! i changed a little but hey.

avatar image inzi14 · Aug 14, 2018 at 05:08 PM 0
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Hey I want to makr text box in which user will put value and after that value sound must play. How to do that plz help. I am new in this field

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Answer by deLord · Oct 03, 2015 at 10:57 AM

I found Nocturnals timer a bit crude, so I came up with t$$anonymous$$s:

 using System.Collections;
 using UnityEngine.UI;
 
 public class Countdown : MonoBehaviour {
 
     public float timeLeft = 300.0f;
     public bool stop = true;
 
     private float minutes;
     private float seconds;
     
     public Text text;
 
     public void startTimer(float from){
         stop = false;
         timeLeft = from;
         Update();
         StartCoroutine(updateCoroutine());
     }
     
     void Update() {
         if(stop) return;
         timeLeft -= Time.deltaTime;
         
         minutes = Mathf.Floor(timeLeft / 60);
         seconds = timeLeft % 60;
         if(seconds > 59) seconds = 59;
         if(minutes < 0) {
             stop = true;
             minutes = 0;
             seconds = 0;
         }
 //        fraction = (timeLeft * 100) % 100;
     }
 
     private IEnumerator updateCoroutine(){
         w$$anonymous$$le(!stop){
             text.text = string.Format("{0:0}:{1:00}", minutes, seconds);
             yield return new WaitForSeconds(0.2f);
         }
     }
 }


Hope t$$anonymous$$s helps as well

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avatar image pravinbudharap · Apr 13, 2017 at 09:35 AM 0
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yiepppp thank you so much for this its save my time with counter thanks buddy .!!!

avatar image solloranoharold123 · Mar 14, 2019 at 05:19 PM 0
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How about if I want to decrease it by 10 seconds after I click 4 times :) and the count of the click will back as 0. Then the whole process continue as the timer goes 0. HOpe you answer :)

Here's the code.

void Update() { countdownTime -= Time.deltaTime; if (DisplayItems.totalclicks==4) { decreaseTime += 10;

         DisplayItems.totalclicks = 0;
     }

   
      minutes = Mathf.FloorToInt(countdownTime / 60F);
     seconds = Mathf.FloorToInt(countdownTime - minutes * 60) -decreaseTime;


   


     string niceTime = string.Format("{0:0}:{1:00}", minutes, seconds);
     text.text = niceTime;
 }
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How do you check when it reaches 00:00? This is my code, but it won't work. if((minutes==0) && (seconds == 0)) { stop = true; timer.gameObject.SetActive(false); }

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Answer by MyrDovg · Oct 30, 2017 at 11:31 AM

         float totalTime = 120f; //2 minutes
 
         private void Update()
         {
             totalTime -= Time.deltaTime;
             UpdateLevelTimer(totalTime );
         }
 
         public void UpdateLevelTimer(float totalSeconds)
         {
             int minutes = Mathf.FloorToInt(totalSeconds / 60f);
             int seconds = Mathf.RoundToInt(totalSeconds % 60f);
 
             string formatedSeconds = seconds.ToString();
 
             if (seconds == 60)
             {
                 seconds = 0;
                 minutes += 1;
             }
 
             timer.text = minutes.ToString("00") + ":" + seconds.ToString("00");
         }

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avatar image Garazbolg · Oct 30, 2017 at 02:44 PM 0
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Necropost and wrong on many levels :

  • You can't modulo a float

  • If you use a modulo correctly your whole if(seconds == 60) block is useless

  • You don't use your formatedSeconds

  • No reference to timer

  • with your Mathf.RoundToInt your actual totalTime will hit zero 0.5s after your text did, what ?!?

And that's not even the worst part : You've been copy and pasting this clumsy code on multiple questions that where already answered.

Just dont do that, please ...

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Answer by creatorOFgravityracer · Dec 09, 2017 at 08:38 AM

GravityGamezProd

HERES THE FIXZ TO ALL WHO IS STILL LOOKING AT THIS COUNTDOWN SCRIPT ON UNITY 5

*TODAYS DATE 12/9/17 YOUR WELCOME

using UnityEngine; using UnityEngine.UI; using System.Collections;

public class CountDown : MonoBehaviour { public float timeLeft = 300.0f;

 Text text;

 void Awake ()
 {
     text = GetComponent<Text> ();
 }

 void Update()
 {
     timeLeft -= Time.deltaTime;
     text.text = "time Left:" + timeLeft;
     if(timeLeft < 0)
     {
         Application.LoadLevel("gameOver");
     }
 }

}

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Answer by U_Ku_Shu · Nov 25, 2016 at 10:09 AM

 float _countDownTimeLeft = 30.0f;
 bool _timerIsGoing;
 void Update()
 {
     UpdCountDown();
 }

 private void UpdCountDown()
 {
     if (_timerIsGoing && _countDownTimeLeft > 0)
     {
         _countDownTimeLeft -= Time.deltaTime;
     }
 }
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