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c#unity-game-enginetime
Ramses Beau Bams
Ramses Beau Bams

Reputation: 55

slower timer for a clock

i want a timer that doesn't count every second. i want it to run slower

    timer = timer + Time.deltaTime;
    int itimer = (int)timer;
    int minutes = itimer % 60;
    int hours = itimer / 60;
    string time = hours.ToString() + ":" + minutes.ToString().PadLeft(2, '0');

this is the code now. the clock currently starts at 19:20 and i want the minute counter to go up every 4 seconds or something(i still have to figure the exact timing out). i tried doing "Time.deltaTime*0.9", but the code doesn't work like that. how can i best slow it down with this code? also, when it's 20:00 (or 1200 before conversion) i'd like for something to happen, so i still need access to that number thank you

Upvotes: 0

Views: 463

Answers (1)

Scott Chamberlain
Scott Chamberlain

Reputation: 127603

Likely the problem you had was a casting error when you tried assigning the result back to timer. This is because by default when you did 0.9 it did it as a double and your variable timer was a float. Add a f to the end of the number to mark it a float and it should work.

timer = timer + Time.deltaTime * 0.9f;
int itimer = (int)timer;
int minutes = itimer % 60;
int hours = itimer / 60;
string time = hours.ToString() + ":" + minutes.ToString().PadLeft(2, '0');

Upvotes: 1

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