IEnumerator working only once

Unity Engine
1

Hello, I have a problem where I have an IEnumerator that’s called only once and then don’t work

public IEnumerator WrongLocking()
    {
        Frame[currLock].color = new Color32(255,0,0,255);
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(0.1f);
        Frame[currLock].CrossFadeColor(Color.black, 0.3f, false, true);
    }

I tried to put it in the actual button method but it didn’t work either.

public void LockPosition()
    {
        if (Slider[currLock].value >= minGreen && Slider[currLock].value <= maxGreen)
        {
            LockButton[currLock].interactable = false;
            Handle[currLock].color = new Color32(84, 255, 84, 255);
            StartLockpick();
        }
        else
        {
            isRuined = true;
            StartCoroutine(WrongLocking());
            IEnumerator WrongLocking()
            {
                Frame[currLock].color = new Color32(255, 0, 0, 255);
                yield return new WaitForSeconds(0.1f);
                Frame[currLock].CrossFadeColor(Color.black, 0.3f, false, true);
                coroutineSwitch = false;
            }
        }
    }

Is there a way how to call this method more than once or is there any other option how to do that?

2

You have two WrongLocking() coroutines, one of them inside the else block of your LockPosition() function.

Remove the one within the other function. You don’t have a need to nest functions here.

One easy way to see if something is running is to put lots of Debug.Log() statements in your code.

Some ways:

  • Call it multiple times in a loop
  • have a timer (float) that decides when to call it again (in Update())
  • use InvokeRepeating() ( personally I don’t like this one because it is opaque to understanding / debugging)
  • etc.