Using bool to check when action is ongoing

Unity Engine
1

I’m trying to use a bool to check if the player is doing a certain action, if he isn’t then he’ll be able to do it, but I can’t figure out how to disable the bool after he’s done so that it can be repeated…

Here’s what I have

if (inTrigger)
        {
            if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.E))
            {
                if (doingAction== false)
                {
                    doingAction = true;
                    animator.SetBool("doAction", true);
                    source.PlayOneShot(sound);
                }
            }
        }
2

well why don’t you think about it, outside any code?
if you don’t want to repeat the action, until when that holds true?

3

You can use AnimationEvents to find when animations reach certain points, such as the end:

OR… you can just keep track of time yourself and when the animation is done, clear the boolean.

OR… put the entire process above in a coroutine with such a delay, and clear it at the end of the coroutine.