Pause editor execution while game runs

Unity Engine
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The thread title doesn’t quite describe the situation I have, but it’s close. I have an EditorWindow which calls a piece of code. This code starts the game playing using

EditorApplication.isPlaying = true;

The problem is that I need this code to then wait while the game plays for a bit, and resume in X seconds time, or when a signal is given. Coroutines won’t work because they seem to only work in MonoBehaviours that are in-game. I need another way of telling this code to wait, without blocking the main game from updating and executing.

I don’t know the interactions between the Unity process that runs the editor and the process that runs the game. I don’t know how threads work (I’ve been told there is only one Unity thread) - but I really desperately need this functionality. Does anyone know how to yield or wait or sleep or pause execution of a codeblock while still allowing the main game to continue executing and updating?

Thanks!

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Each EditorWindow is updated (100 times per second, according to the documentation) so you could define an Update function and run a simple timer inside it.

Best regards,
Peter.