For loop freezing the editor.

Unity Engine
1

Hi,

I’m in the learning phase of my Unity experience so I’m pretty sure I’m making a basic mistake. If someone out there can help, it would be most appreciated.

When I run this code things are fine (although too many objects are created):

function Start() {

	CreateStranded("p_spaceMan", 10);
}

function CreateStranded(strandedObject, separationDistance){
	var selectedGameObject = GameObject.Find(strandedObject);

		Instantiate (selectedGameObject, Vector3(Random.Range(-separationDistance, separationDistance),0,Random.Range(-separationDistance, separationDistance)), Quaternion.identity);
	}
}

So I want to limit the number of objects being created by using a for loop:

public final var MAX_SPACEMEN = 20;

function Start() {

	CreateStranded("p_spaceMan", 10);

}

function CreateStranded(strandedObject, separationDistance){
	var selectedGameObject = GameObject.Find(strandedObject);

	for(var i=0; i<MAX_SPACEMEN; i++){
		Instantiate (selectedGameObject, Vector3(Random.Range(-separationDistance, separationDistance),0,Random.Range(-separationDistance, separationDistance)), Quaternion.identity);
	}
}

Once the for loop is in there Unity freezes. If I change the Start function to Update it runs but the objects are forever being created.

Is anyone able to point out where I’m going wrong?

Cheers,
Dan.

2

If that script is attached to the game object named p_spaceMan, which i assume it is, then 10 clones will be made for every clone made. So basically, it will go like this: 1 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x . . .

3

Thanks Dreamblur, I knew it was going to be a simple mistake :slight_smile: