delayed execution of code

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1

All I want to do is add a delay to some execution of code.
I already have a couple of delays when the player gets hit. However, I can’t seem to make the enemy delay from spawning. The enemy has some pretty basic code, but I can’t seem to get the

IEnumerator function()

and

yield return new WaitForSeconds(1.5f);

to work at all. Basically the “wait for X seconds” is all I’m really looking to do.

edit

Ok, here is my entire “blocker” code. (blocker is the enemy here)

`
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class Blocker : MonoBehaviour
{
#region Variables
public float MinSpeed;
public float MaxSpeed;

public float currentSpeed;
private float x, y, z;
#endregion

#region Properties
#endregion

#region Functions
void Start()
{
    SetPositionAndSpeed();
}

void Update()
{
	
	
    float amtToMove = currentSpeed * Time.deltaTime;
    transform.Translate(Vector3.down * amtToMove);

    if (transform.position.y <= -5)
    {
        SetPositionAndSpeed();
    }
}

public void SetPositionAndSpeed()
{
	
	
    currentSpeed = Random.RandomRange(MinSpeed, MaxSpeed);
    x = Random.RandomRange(-3.7f, 4.1f);
    y = 8.0f;
    z = 0.0f;

    transform.position = new Vector3(x, y, z);
	
}

void OnTriggerEnter(Collider otherObject)
{
      
    //if blocker hits the player, delay the blocker's spawn
    if (otherObject.tag == "player")
    {	
        StartCoroutine(BlockWait());
		             
    }
}

IEnumerator BlockWait()
{
	yield return new WaitForSeconds(1.5f);
}
#endregion

}
`

2

I'm assuming you are expecting anything called after StartRoutine to also be delayed. This is not the case, StartCoroutine will start the coroutine function to run in parrallel.

For example:

void Start()
{
    print("call coroutine");
    StartCoroutine(BlockWait());
    print("start coroutine complete");
}

IEnumerator BlockWait()
{
    yield return new WaitForSeconds(1.5f);
    print("wait completed")
}

The expected output would be:

call coroutine
start coroutine complete
wait completed