Question Boolean properly does change but is true check in Update() doesn't activate

I've made a script with a boolean which allows the user to enable or disable data collection on startup. In theory this can also be toggled during runtime.

On start up if the boolean is set to true then in runtime it's toggled to false, it does successfully start then stop the data collection. If the boolean is toggled to true, through a debug line it is evident that the boolean does get set back to true but the check which should be activated does not execute and I'm not sure why

Here is the basis of the code:

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2.  
3. [SerializeField]
4. private bool recordData; // user enabled in inspector
5.  
6. Update()
7. {
8.     Debug.Log("Record Data: " + recordData) ;
9.     if(recordData)
10.     {
11.          //add data to list
12.     }
13. }
14.  
15.  
16. public void toggleCollection()
17. {
18.     if(recordData)
19.           recordData = false;
20.     else
21.           recordData = true;
22. }

I'm really not sure what's happening and was thinking it's something I don't understand with [SerializeField] but I've not run into this issue before.

This has only been tested in preview, not in build - but I'm not convinced this matters (unless I'm very stupid)

 

If the debug log line on line 8 is running and saying

true

then the if statement will run too. You didn't show what happens inside that

if

statement so any speculation on anything that happens inside there is futile.

 

You're correct and i will make amends but a debug log inside the if statement does not execute