How can I improve this player death coroutine?

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1

Hello,

I’m trying to use this coroutine to have my player a) freeze in place on death b) play the full death animation clip and c) load the level. If I put isKinematic before the yield, the animation doesn’t finish. If I put it after, the player continues falling after the animation is played. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

private IEnumerator DeathAnim ()
	{
		deathSound.Play ();//plays the death sound
		animation.Play("Death");//plays the death animation
		yield return new WaitForSeconds(.3f);//give the animation time to finish
		rigidbody2D.isKinematic = true;//freeze the rigidbody2D of the player
		Application.LoadLevel (Application.loadedLevel);//reload the current level
		}
2

You can use the length of the animation as the wait parameter to your yield statement.

private IEnumerator DeathAnim ()
 {
     deathSound.Play ();//plays the death sound
     animation.Play("Death");//plays the death animation
     yield return new WaitForSeconds(animation["Death"].length);//Use the length of the animation clip as the wait time for yield
     rigidbody2D.isKinematic = true;//freeze the rigidbody2D of the player
     Application.LoadLevel (Application.loadedLevel);//reload the current level
 }
3

This is the result of what worked well for me:

private IEnumerator DeathAnim ()
	{
		rigidbody2D.isKinematic = true;//freeze the rigidbody2D of the player
		deathSound.Play ();//plays the death sound
		animator.SetInteger ("AnimState", 1);
		yield return new WaitForSeconds(1);//Use the length of the animation clip as the wait time for yield
		Application.LoadLevel (Application.loadedLevel);//reload the current level
		}