Unity: CountDownTimer to stop when it reaches 00:00:00

Question

so i have this code which is basically a count down timer, my problem is that i want it to stop when it reaches 00:00:00.

currently when the code reaches 00:00:00, the seconds starts to count again from 00:00:59, so i hope if there is any one who can help me.

public class CountDownTimer : MonoBehaviour
 {
     public Text timerText;
     public float secondsCount;
     public int minuteCount;
     public int hourCount;
     void Update()
     {
         UpdateTimerUI();
     }
     //call this on update
     public void UpdateTimerUI()
     {
         //set timer UI
         if(secondsCount > 0)
         secondsCount -= Time.deltaTime;
         timerText.text = hourCount + "h:" + minuteCount + "m:" + (int)secondsCount + "s";
         if (secondsCount <= 0)
         {
             if(minuteCount > 0)
             minuteCount--;

             //if(minuteCount!= 0)
             secondsCount = 60;

         }

         else if (minuteCount <= 0)
         {
             if(hourCount > 0)
             hourCount--;

             if(hourCount != 0)
             minuteCount = 60;
         }

          if (secondsCount <= 0 && minuteCount <= 0 && hourCount <= 0)
         {
             Debug.Log("gameOver");
         }
     }
 }

Answer 1

This is the part that is resetting your timer.

 if (secondsCount <= 0)
     {
         if(minuteCount > 0)
         minuteCount--;

         //if(minuteCount!= 0)
         secondsCount = 60;

     }

If you want your timer to clamp at 0 just say

if(secondsCount <=){
    secondsCount = 0;
}

If you dont want it to start over you can just remove the line

secondsCount = 60; 

or you could add a bool that records the state of your clock.

bool timeIsOver = false;

and then trigger it when the seconds are up.

if(timeIsOver == false){
secondsCount -= Time.deltaTime;
}
if(secondsCount <= 0  ){
   timeIsOver = true;
}