Destroy Player while waiting for Player to respawn?

Code (CSharp):

1.     public IEnumerator RespawnPlayerCo()
2.     {
3.  
4.         player.enabled = false;
5.         player.GetComponent<SpriteRenderer>().enabled = false;
6.         gravityStore = player.GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>().gravityScale;
7.         player.GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>().gravityScale = 0f;
8.         player.GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>().velocity = Vector2.zero;
9.  
10.         iceDeathPrefab = Instantiate(iceDeathPrefab);
11.         iceDeathPrefab.transform.position = player.transform.position;
12.         iceDeathPrefab.transform.rotation = player.transform.rotation;
13.  
14.         Debug.Log("Player Respawn");
15.         yield return new WaitForSeconds(respawnDelay);
16.  
17.         Destroy(iceDeathPrefab);
18.  
19.         player.GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>().gravityScale = gravityStore;
20.         player.transform.position = currentCheckpoint.transform.position;
21.         player.enabled = true;
22.         player.GetComponent<Renderer>().enabled = true;
23.  
24.     }

How do I get my Player to "cease to exist", so to speak, in that period between death and respawn? At the moment he is disabled, but he remains visible and is pushed by the enemy until he respawns. This at the same time as the "death sprite" is visible. Not sure if I explained that clearly.

My understanding is it is a bad idea to Destroy the Player object. The death sprite works fine, is instantiated and destroyed appropriately.

 

If you just want him to be there but be invisible you could disable the renderer & then turn it back on again.

 

Code (CSharp):

1.     public IEnumerator RespawnPlayerCo()
2.     {
3.  
4.         player.enabled = false;
5.         player.GetComponent<Renderer>().enabled = false;
6.         //player.GetComponent<Animator>().enabled = false;
7.         gravityStore = player.GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>().gravityScale;
8.         player.GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>().gravityScale = 0f;
9.         player.GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>().velocity = Vector2.zero;
10.         //player.GetComponent<Animator>().enabled = false;
11.  
12.         iceDeathPrefab = Instantiate(iceDeathPrefab);
13.         iceDeathPrefab.transform.position = player.transform.position;
14.         iceDeathPrefab.transform.rotation = player.transform.rotation;
15.  
16.         Debug.Log("Player Respawn");
17.         yield return new WaitForSeconds(respawnDelay);
18.  
19.         Destroy(iceDeathPrefab);
20.  
21.         player.GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>().gravityScale = gravityStore;
22.         player.transform.position = currentCheckpoint.transform.position;
23.         player.enabled = true;
24.         player.GetComponent<Renderer>().enabled = true;
25.  
26.     }

I tried, it didn't work for some reason.

 

What is the player.enabled? If you disable the player then nothing would work after that.

 

It's the Players script.

 

Does player have Animator that changes the SpriteRenderer.Enabled in any of the frames?

 

I don't think player is your script, I think it is your game object because a script doesn't have a rigidbody2d, in which case once you disable your game object you can't do anything to it because it doesn't exist anymore.

 

You can do alot of things to a disabled GameObject. You can't Find() it, but if you got the reference safe, you can use it normal way. Would be different if the GameObject was be destroyed. The code he shows only disables renderer component. I've seen animations change those values at unwanted times before, even if it's some old animation that is not being used.