Switches not working between scenes

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So I have a switch that controls platforms that move up and down. The code looks like this:

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class ElevatorSwitchScript : MonoBehaviour 
{
 public bool isSwitched=false;
 
 public float platformSpeed=5;
 
 public Transform elevator;
     
     public Vector3 desiredPos = new Vector3(0f, 0f, 0f);
     
     private Vector3 originalPos;
     
     public GameManager gameManager;
     
     void Start ()
     {
     originalPos=elevator.transform.position;
     }
    
     void OnTriggerEnter (Collider otherObject)
     {
     isSwitched=true;
     }
     
     void Update()
     {
     if (gameManager.resetSwitch==true)
     {
     isSwitched=false;
     gameManager.resetSwitch=false;
     }
     
     if (isSwitched==false)
     {
     elevator.transform.position=originalPos;
     renderer.material.color=Color.red;
     }
     
     if (isSwitched==true)
     {
     renderer.material.color=Color.green;
     if (elevator.transform.position.y <=  desiredPos.y)
     elevator.transform.Translate (Vector3.up * platformSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
     
     if (elevator.transform.position.y >= desiredPos.y)
     elevator.transform.Translate (Vector3.down * platformSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
     }
     }
    }

I also have an empty game object named "Game Manager" that manages respawns.  It's code looks like this:

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class GameManager : MonoBehaviour {
 public Transform respawnPoint;
 public Player player1;
 public Player2 player2;
 [System.NonSerialized]
 public bool respawn;
 
 [System.NonSerialized]
 public bool resetSwitch=false;
 
 [System.NonSerialized]
 public bool respawnCondition;
 void Update () 
 {
 //if you press r, they can respawn.  otherwise, a respawn condition has to be true.
 if ((Input.GetKey(KeyCode.R) || respawnCondition==true) && player2.transform.position.x>respawnPoint.transform.position.x
 && respawn==false)
 {
 respawn=true;
 respawnCondition=false;
 
 }
 
 //if respawns true, move them to the respawn points position.
 if (respawn==true)
 {
 resetSwitch=true;
 player1.transform.position=new Vector3(respawnPoint.transform.position.x + 1.1f, respawnPoint.transform.position.y, -2f);
 player2.transform.position=new Vector3 (respawnPoint.transform.position.x, respawnPoint.transform.position.y, -1f);
 
 respawn=false;
 
 } 
 }
}

These two pieces of code work together so that every time the player respawns, the switches and their associated platforms are reset. However, I have recently put in a switch that has a bit of an issue–somehow, it works when I start the scene from the beginning, but if I load the scene from somewhere else (the scene is level 3, the player has to get through 1 and 2 before they reach it) the switch mysteriously doesnt reset when i respawn. I honestly have no idea what is going on, so any help would be greatly appreciated.

2

I’m guessing you are using a copy of this script on each elevator, so this is a problem:

 if (gameManager.resetSwitch==true)
 {
 isSwitched=false;
 gameManager.resetSwitch=false;
 }

if you set gameManager.resetSwitch=false from one elevator, the other may not have reset yet-

instead, you should store an array of all the elevators, and reset them all from a single method at once

(in the game manager script)

 if (respawn==true) 
{// resetSwitch=true;// instead of this

for (var elevator in elevatorsArray) {
    elevator.Reset(); // or something similar
}

I think that’s the issue