IEnumerator InvokeRepeating

Unity Engine
1

Hi,

I’m trying to invoke an IEnumerator but it doesn’t get fired.
Anyone have an idea ?

2

invokerepeating is not the same as a coroutine.
you can’t yield for it later on for example or use other coroutine functionality

can you show your code please?

3 
	void setRemoteAvatarAtStart ()
	{
		if(PlayerSpawnController.tmp.Count > 0)
		{
			int remoteID = int.Parse(PlayerSpawnController.tmp[0].ToString());
			foreach (User user in smartFoxClient.GetActiveRoom().GetUserList().Values) {
				if(remoteID == user.GetId())
				{
					Debug.Log("match");
					string remoteAvatarConfig = user.GetVariable("avatarConfig").ToString();
					Debug.Log(remoteAvatarConfig);

					genAvi(remoteID, remoteAvatarConfig);	
					
				}
			}
		}
	}
	
	private IEnumerator genAvi (int remoteID, string remoteAvatarConfig)
	{
		Debug.Log("genAvi");
		while (!CharacterGenerator.ReadyToUse) yield return 0;

		generator = CharacterGenerator.CreateWithConfig(remoteAvatarConfig);

		yield return new WaitForSeconds(2);
		
		while (!generator.ConfigReady) yield return 0;
		
		GameObject go = generator.Generate();
		go.name = "Character"+remoteID;
		Transform remotePlayer = GameObject.Find("remote_"+remoteID).transform;
		go.transform.position = remotePlayer.position;
		go.transform.rotation = remotePlayer.rotation;
		go.transform.parent = remotePlayer;
		go.transform.position = new Vector3(0.0f, remotePlayer.position.y, 0.0f);
		PlayerSpawnController.tmp.RemoveAt(0);		
	}

in the Start function i call : InvokeRepeating(“setRemoteAvatarAtStart”, 1, 1);
what i’m trying is generate an avatar for players in the scene but i have to wait for the generator to finish before generating the second avatar.

4

I also tried to merge the two functions in an IEnumerator but also not got fired.

5

If anyone is still looking for this,
I think you’re looking for:
IEnumerator coroutine = getAvi(remoteID, remoteAvatarConfig);
StartCoroutine(coroutine);

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6

No need to necro a 7 year old post…

But honestly, your example is really correct. You can just start the coroutine directly with StartCoroutine. The only reason to assign it to a variable is if you plan to stop it, it which case you would probably use a global variable and not a local variable.