Move 10 GameObjects, one at a time

Hello all. After a long break (some years) I have decided to come back and try to create some stuff.

I'm a bit rusty in Unity, though. What I'm trying to achieve actually seems fairly simple.

I have an array of 10 GameObjects (Spheres), and I have a method called "Move" which will move a given sphere, wherever. I'm trying to move one sphere at a time, every 5.0 seconds.

Code (csharp):

1. GameObject[] spheres = new GameObject[10];
2. float timeBetweenLaunches = 5.0f;
3.  
4. for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
5. {
6.      StartCoroutine(Utils.Move(spheres[i], timeBetweenLaunches));
7. }

This code moves all 10 spheres at the same time.

I know why this code doesn't work (the for-loop executes extremely fast, there is really no time between loops). However I can't come up with a solution, even though I'm sure it's pretty simple...

How can I solve this problem?

Thank you in advance!

 

In your coroutine, start it with:
yield return new WaitForSeconds(5);
Then the code.

or do it after the code is complete.

or you can make the loop code a coroutine, and put the delay at the end of each loop. Is that c# or unity script? The coroutine code is a little different for unity script, I think.

 

Thank you for the answer. I'm already doing that:

(in Utils.cs):

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. public static IEnumerator Move(GameObject sphere, float time)
3. {
4.     yield return new WaitForSeconds(time);
5.  
6.     // Here goes code for translating sphere, not relevant
7. }
8.  

 

Initially, each Sphere is at rest. I just need to move them one at a time. Would you give me a bit more detail on how to implement your solution fire7side?

 

here is a sample of how to run a Coroutine

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using System.Collections;
3.  
4. public class ExampleCode : MonoBehaviour
5. {
6.  
7.     GameObject[] spheres = new GameObject[10];
8.     float timeBetweenLaunches = 5.0f;
9.    
10.     void Start()
11.     {
12.         StartCoroutine(Example());
13.     }
14.  
15.     IEnumerator Example()
16.     {
17.         for (int i = 0; i < spheres,Length; i++)
18.         {
19.              Move(spheres[i]);
20.              yield return new WaitForSeconds(timeBetweenLaunches);
21.         }
22.     }
23.    
24.     void Move(GameObject sphere)
25.     {
26.       //code to move the shpere
27.     }
28. }

 

Thank you @johne5 ! I will try that out tomorrow and come back with updates.

 

Did you get it working?

 

I did Johne! I will paste a GIF as soon as I get home.

 

There we go, I attached the GIF to this reply.

In reality I was not using Spheres, but Fruits, in my chop-only-that-kind-of-fruit type of game Your help was very helpful, thanks!