while loop freeze when trying to spawn object

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1

Hi,

I want to prevent my enemy to spawn on my player. I have tried to do it with a while loop, but it always freeze the game. Could someone help me

Here is my code:

 public GameObject Enemy;
 public GameObject Player;
  
  
  public void Start () {
  
  //Create a new enemy.
  Instantiate(Enemy, SpawnPosition(), Quaternion.identity);
  
  }
  
  //Create enemy position.
  Vector2 SpawnPosition(){
          
          float x, y;
          x = Random.Range(-2.7f, 2.7f);
          y = Random.Range(3.8f, -4.0f);

         //Create new place to spawn outside player.
         while(Vector2.Distance(Player.transform.position,new Vector2(x, y)) < 7 )
         {
           x = Random.Range(-2.7f, 2.7f);
           y = Random.Range(3.8f, -4.0f);
         }
          return new Vector2(x, y);
      }
2

If it freezes then the loop is running itself over and over again infinitely. I assume that means that your distance is never above 7. To fix this, just increase the values in your random ranges until the distance can reach above 7. I would recommend also have in an int that counts how many times the loop runs and do a Debug.Log of the int after the loop. That way you can see if your values are still too low causing the loop to take a really long time to work.