Coroutine Will NOT Start

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Hey guys, I've got some weird problem that's really doing my head in. Am I missing something? Here is a coroutine >

     IEnumerator ProcessEntities()
     {
         Debug.Log("1");
 
         while (true)
         {
             Debug.Log("2");
 
             allies.CopyTo(temp);
             foreach (Entity a in temp)
             {
                 if(a.GO.tag != "Player" && a.GO.GetComponent<AI>() == null)
                 {
                     allies.Remove(a);
                 }
             }
 
             enemies.CopyTo(temp);
             foreach (Entity a in temp)
             {
                 if (a.GO.tag != "Player" && a.GO.GetComponent<AI>() == null)
                 {
                     enemies.Remove(a);
                 }
             }
 
             yield return new WaitForSeconds(entityProcessRate);
         }
     }

Which I am calling from the same scripts start method >

 StartCoroutine("ProcessEntities");

For some reason, the coroutine will not get called, at all. None of the Debug messages pop up. When I Start the coroutine through an update function it is called once per frame. The update rate for the coroutine should be 0.2 seconds.

Answer 1

Answer by MarkKreitler · Jul 08, 2019 at 05:27 AM

I came to this thread with the same problem. My solution won't help you (even if I wasn't 3 years too late), but it might help someone else.

My IDE's autocomplete caused my coroutine's declaration to be this:

private IEnumerable myCoroutine() {...}

instead of IEnumerator

If you execute the coroutine using StartCoroutine("myCoroutine");

you won't get an error -- the coroutine just doesn't execute.

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Answer 2

Answer by ZachAttack9280 · Apr 11, 2018 at 02:38 PM

StartCoroutine(ProcessEntities());

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Answer 3

Answer by shyxiaolong · Nov 06, 2021 at 10:57 AM

i am dont have enogh information. but i think this way can solve your problem or problem another man. Yoy can create variable IEnumerator currentCoroutine and pass ur coroutine

 IEnumerator current = null;
 
 
 IEnumerator MyCoroutine(){
 }

 private void Awake(){
 if(current == null){
    current = MyCoroutine();
 }
 }

 private void Start(){
     
     if(current != null){
          StopCoroutine(current) //if neccessery
          StartCoroutine(current);
 }

}

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