Ways to make this piece of code cleaner

Unity Engine
1

Hi every one,
So I found myself using this sort of code pretty often and I thought there are probably 100 ways to make it better.

bool actuated;

void Update () {
if (!actuated)
{
if ( some condition here )
{
actuate();
}
}

}
void actuate()
{
// do stuff
actuated = true;
}
private void OnDisable()
{
actuated = false;
}

basically I want some method being executed once when something happens.
What i feel is not a good idea :
-it now checks every update for a condition.
-having to manage a flag manually.

How would you do it so it’s faster to type or cleaner to read or more efficient?

Thanks

2

I recommend Coroutines.

3

You could wait for an event to occur somewhere, then actuate.

void OnEnable()
{
    PlayerScript.Jumped += OnPlayerJumped;
}

void OnDisable()
{
    PlayerScript.Jumped -= OnPlayerJumped;
    actuated = false;
}

void Actuate()
{
    actuated = true;
}

void OnPlayerJumped()
{
    Actuate();
}