How do i force the user to execute The first if statement then he can execute the else if one

Unity Engine
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1

i have a mini text game here , and i have an if statement but the user can execute what’s inside else if before the If one and that breaks the game , how do i prevent that

my code :

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.UI;




public class MainScript : MonoBehaviour
{
    StateScript State;

    [SerializeField] Text PlayerHp;
    [SerializeField] Text StoryText;
    [SerializeField] StateScript FirstState;

 
    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        State = FirstState;
        StoryText.text = State.GetStoryLine();
        PlayerHp.text = State.GetPlayerHp();

    
     
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        ManageStates();
    }

    void ManageStates()
    {
        StateScript[] NextState = State.GetNextStates();

        for (int index = 0; index < NextState.Length; index++)
            if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Alpha1 + index))
            {
                {
                    State = NextState[index];

                }
            }
            else if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Return))
            {

                State = NextState[0];

            }

                StoryText.text = State.GetStoryLine();
        PlayerHp.text = State.GetPlayerHp();
2

your code looks really messy, I think this warrants a full rewrite

the else if is always available as long as the number is not pressed, which you would need frame perfect timing to pull off

3

I’m Still learning like still in the basics and stuff ,
i don’t think you understood me

i want the player to first execute the first if statement
then it would be available to execute the else if one

do you know how can i do this ?

4

i understand what I want but I was just saying that there are many things wrong with this code, anyway here is a way to do what you want:

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.UI;
public class MainScript : MonoBehaviour
{
    StateScript State;
    [SerializeField] Text PlayerHp;
    [SerializeField] Text StoryText;
    [SerializeField] StateScript FirstState;

public bool secondIFallowed = false;
    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        State = FirstState;
        StoryText.text = State.GetStoryLine();
        PlayerHp.text = State.GetPlayerHp();
 
   
    }
    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        ManageStates();
    }
    void ManageStates()
    {
        StateScript[] NextState = State.GetNextStates();
        for (int index = 0; index < NextState.Length; index++)
          
if( secondIFallowed == true){

  if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Return))
            {

                State = NextState[0];
secondIFallowed = false;

            }

}

if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Alpha1 + index))
            {
                {
                    State = NextState[index];
secondIFallowed = true;
                }
            }



        
                StoryText.text = State.GetStoryLine();
        PlayerHp.text = State.GetPlayerHp();

also its really messy that you dont have brackets on your for loop