How can I make the script wait accouple seconds

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1

Im trying to make the script stop for some seconds (so it can play the partical at a part where the animation is playing). ive looked pretty much everywhere but im clueless. can somone explain?

// some stuff
    [SerializeField] ParticleSystem PS;
    public Animation anim;
    public GameObject Player;
    public int Cooldown;
    private float CDnumber;
    private bool Activated = false;
    private bool CoolDownEnabled = false;
    public float ParticleWaitTime;

// the main code
    void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D collider2D)
    {
        if (collider2D.gameObject.name == Player.name)
        {
            if (Activated == false && CoolDownEnabled == false)
            {
                anim.Play();
//              Where im trying to put the wait for 3 frames

            }

        }

    }
4

Hey! You can use coroutines!

// coroutine function
IEnumerator yourCoroutine(){
    // some action
    // then waiting 1 secound
    yield return new WaitForSeconds(1f);
    // some actions
}

// calling coroutine e.g:
void Start()
{
    // some actions
    StartCoroutine(yourCoroutine());
}
2

It’s a bit hard to really know what you mean by

make the script stop

But he easiest way would be to put a frame counter in the script and use the Update() method to do the playing/stopping , like this maybe

bool isPlayingAnim;
int animDurationInFrames;
int currentFrameCounter;
// the main code
void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D collider2D)
{
        if (collider2D.gameObject.name == Player.name)
        {
            if (Activated == false && CoolDownEnabled == false)
            {
                anim.Play();
                isPlayingAnim = true;
                currentFrameCounter = 0;
            }
        }
}
private void Update()
{
      // will exit if the anim is playing
       if(isPlayingAnim)
       {
            currentFrameCounter++;
            isPlayingAnim = currentFrameCounter < animDurationInFrames;
            return;
       }

       // todo : add the code you want to execute after the wait
}
3

You could disable the script.

When you want it to stop do the following code:

referenceToScript.enabled = false;
Invoke("EnableScriptAgain", floatForHowLongToDisable);

And have the following function on the object running that code:

void EnableScriptAgain(){
     referenceToScript.enabled = true;
}