CODEWITHSUNDEEP
c#user-interfaceunity-game-engine
Luis Carlos Morales
Luis Carlos Morales

Reputation: 23

Make a UI Text pop for a few seconds on Unity

I'm pretty new to coding, been learning for the past year and I'm currently working on an assignment for school and i can't figure out this bit of code for the love of my life.

I have an item that when the player interacts with it, executes this:

void Update ()
{
     if (isPlayerNear && Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.E) && Avatar.strenghtAttribute >= 2f)
    {
        levelUp.LevelUp();
        Destroy(gameObject);
    }

My level up function is basically this:

public void LevelUp()
{
     playerLevelText.text = ("You have gained a level!");
     strenghtAttribute++;
     intellectAttribute++;
     playerLevel++;
}

I'm trying to figure out how to make playerLevelText.Text appear on the screen but only appear for a few seconds and I can't figure out how to make that work. Would anyone be kind enough to give me a hand?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1609

Answers (1)

ryeMoss
ryeMoss

Reputation: 4343

You could either set the text to be blank, or enable/disable the text object. I'd recommend using a coroutine for this.

void Update ()
{
    if (isPlayerNear && Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.E) && Avatar.strenghtAttribute >= 2f)
    {
        levelUp.InitializeLevelUp());
        Destroy(gameObject);
    }

Since you are destroying the gameobject calling the coroutine, the coroutine will stop. A workaround is to call a normal function in your other script, which then calls the coroutine, so execution stays within the one script (there might be a cleaner way to do this).

public void InitializeLevelUp()
{
    StartCoroutine(LevelUp());
}
public IEnumerator LevelUp()
{
     playerLevelText.text = ("You have gained a level!");
     strenghtAttribute++;
     intellectAttribute++;
     playerLevel++;
     yield return new WaitForSeconds(2f);
     playerLevelText.text = "";
     //alternatively, set the text object inactive   
}

Upvotes: 1

Related Questions