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I currently have this code attached to a player to start a timer that ends when I enter a trigger, but I want to make it start when I enter a trigger rather than when I start my game.

public class Timer : MonoBehaviour

 public Text timerText;
 private float startTime;
 private bool finished = false;
 private bool started = false;


 void Update()
 
 if (finished)
 return;

 if (started)
 
 float t = Time.time - startTime;

 string minutes = ((int)t / 60).ToString();
 string seconds = (t % 60).ToString("f2");

 timerText.text = minutes + ":" + seconds;
 
 

 public void Finish()
 
 finished = true;
 timerText.color = Color.yellow;
 

 void Start()
 
 started = true;
 

You could do the same thing you've done with the bool finished, but instead it would be something like bool started, which returns true when the player enters the start trigger. Wrap it around the time changing code inside your Update() statement.

Making sure the bools inside Timer are public:

public Text timerText;
public bool finished = false;
public bool started = false;

private float t = 0f;

void Update()

 if (finished)
 return;

 if (started) 
 t += Time.deltaTime;

 string minutes = ((int)t / 60).ToString();
 string seconds = (t % 60).ToString("f2");

 timerText.text = minutes + ":" + seconds;


void Started() 

 started = true;

And then inside a trigger script, reference your Timer attached to Player.

public class StartTrigger : MonoBehaviour 


 private GameObject player;
 private Timer timer;

 void Start() 
 
 player = GameObject.FindWithTag("Ellen");
 if (player)
 timer = player.GetComponent<Timer>();
 

 void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other) 
 
 if (other.tag == "Ellen") 
 
 timer.Started();