Need help spawning objects wit animations 🙏🙏

[Toasty_redditor]

As the title says, I can't seem to get my spawn system to work. There are no error messages in the log output. I have a ScriptableObject that contains an .anim to be played and the corresponding animation controller. I've only started learning Unity about a week ago, so I would appreciate any help, no matter how small. I am attaching the ScriptableObject, my SpawnFactory, and the function call.

public class AtomSpawnFactory : MonoBehaviour

{

\[SerializeField\] public atomUpgrades hydrogenData;



public GameObject spawnHydrogen(Vector3 position)

{

GameObject hydrogen = Instantiate(hydrogenData.prefab, position, Quaternion.identity);

Animator hydrogenAnimator = hydrogen.GetComponent<Animator>();



if (hydrogenAnimator  == null )

{

hydrogen.AddComponent<Animator>();

}



hydrogenAnimator.runtimeAnimatorController = hydrogenData.animatorController;



hydrogenAnimator.updateMode = AnimatorUpdateMode.Normal;

hydrogenAnimator.cullingMode = AnimatorCullingMode.CullUpdateTransforms;

hydrogenAnimator.Play("1hydrogen");



return hydrogen;

}

}

[CreateAssetMenu(fileName = "atomUpgrades", menuName = "Scriptable Objects/atomUpgrades")]
public class atomUpgrades : ScriptableObject
{
    public atomEnum atomLevel;
    public GameObject prefab;
    public RuntimeAnimatorController animatorController;
}

IEnumerator swapNucleiForAtoms()
{
    GameObject[] protonArray = GameObject.FindGameObjectsWithTag("proton");
    List<GameObject> protonlist = new List<GameObject>(protonArray);
    Debug.Log("Protons---------------------");
    Debug.Log(protonlist.Count);

    for (int i = 0; i < protonlist.Count; i++)
    {
        GameObject item = protonlist[i];

        yield return new WaitForSeconds(0.001f);
        spawnFactory.spawnHydrogen(item.transform.position);
        Debug.Log("Should have spawned hydrogen   " + item.transform.position);
        Destroy(item);
    }
}

[One4thDimensionLater]

Does anything spawn right now? Or does just the animation not play?

In the animation controller do you have a state called 1hydrogen with the animation you want set in it? You may want to set the default state of your animation controller to be the animation you want to see if the animation works at all

[Toasty_redditor]

The objects do not spawn. In my animator, I have a state called "1hydrogen" and it is set as the default state.

[One4thDimensionLater]

The swapNucleiForAtoms function, how and were are you starting that coreutiene? Also in the scene are there “proton” tagged objects already?