How do I let the script wait a predetermined time?

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1

Firstly, I have really looked up my problem for a long time. And I have also tried a lot of different possibilities. Yet, I still didn’t get my code running. Please do not refer to other Threads. I most likely have already read them.

So, for my problem. I tried to let the script wait until an animation has finished playing but somehow the two timestamps I created always show the same Time.

void OnTriggerExit2D(Collider2D other) {
        //print(Time.time);
        StartCoroutine(WaitForFalling());
        //print(Time.time);
}
private IEnumerator WaitForFalling() {
    yield return new WaitForSeconds(1);
}

Thank you very much for looking through my code and for your time.

2

The reason for this behaviour is as follows:

The StartCoroutine in OnTriggerExit just starts a coroutine but does NOT wait for the coroutine to finish!
It does not matter that you put a yield in the coroutine itself. The OnTriggerExit is just a normal function, therefore it just continues with the next instruction.
In order to achieve what you want I suggest to trigger a coroutine in OnTriggerExit like you did, but to write the whole behaviour in this coroutine, e.g.:

void OnTriggerExit2D(Collider2D other)
{
   StartCoroutine(DoSomething(other));
}

IEnumerator DoSomething(Collider2D other)
{
   float timeToWait = 1f;
   yield return new WaitForSeconds(timeToWait);
   // Proceed your code here...
}