Behavior only works when manually changing values in inspector

[orchid spear]

in my game, two orbs can clash weapons and in turn would change their orbit direction

    // Collision Handling
    protected virtual void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D col)
    {
        if (owner == null) return;

        // Ricochet
        Weapon otherWeapon = col.GetComponent<Weapon>();
        if (otherWeapon != null)
        {
            Rigidbody2D myOrb = owner.GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
            Rigidbody2D otherOrb = otherWeapon.owner.GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();

            if (myOrb && otherOrb)
            {
                Vector2 dir = (myOrb.position - otherOrb.position).normalized;
                float bouncePower = 8f;

                myOrb.AddForce(dir * bouncePower, ForceMode2D.Impulse);
                otherOrb.AddForce(-dir * bouncePower, ForceMode2D.Impulse);
            }

            // Reverse orbit directions
            orbitDir *= -1f;
            otherWeapon.orbitDir *= -1f;

            Debug.Log($"{name} ricochet! orbitDir={orbitDir}, angle={angle}");

            // Flip both sprites
            if (spriteRenderer != null)
                spriteRenderer.flipX = orbitDir < 0;
            if (otherWeapon.spriteRenderer != null)
                otherWeapon.spriteRenderer.flipX = otherWeapon.orbitDir < 0;

            // Play ricochet sound
            PlaySound(ricochetSound);
            return;
        }

it goes counter clockwise for orbitDir = 1 and clockwise for -1
when debugging, every clash changes the orbit and says what the value is
however, it doesn't change the orbit it at all

but the weird thing is, if i manually change the value during runtime in the inspector, it works
honestly im just so lost on what i could do

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[orchid spear]

awesome

https://gyazo.com/4a5e9da7ceec89e275b6d1ae34953b9e.gif

you can see in the console it says the orbit is changing in runtime, but its not changing at all

https://gyazo.com/32dd9da1933e37b52a772fa9420744f7.gif

and you can see here if i change it in inspector, it goes clockwise

id be super thankful for any help, ive been stuck on this for like 10 hours now

[old burrow]

can you show the entire class, do you have any code in "onValidate", did you add stepwise debug-logs to see when/whether the code flows/branches as expected? Do you have any code that may override the changes you make in the shown code? if both actors run the script in the same collision event they may overwrite/cancel each other and/or you may have a race condition.

[orchid spear]

oh my gosh youre such a goat i didnt even know race condition was a thing

if both actors run the script in the same collision event they may overwrite/cancel each other and/or you may have a race condition.
this was the problem
i fixed it by getting the instance id and just using one of em instead

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