Question regarding OnTriggerExit2D for destroyed objects

@$$anonymous$$ittenSnipes Thank you for your comment, I'v tried instantiating the asteroids both inside and outside the play-area but the behavior stays the same, the OnTriggerExit2D function is called no matter what. :/

@$$anonymous$$ittenSnipes I don't think this will help, the core of the problem is that OnTriggerExit2D is called both when the object exits the trigger as well as when the object is destroyed and I currently do not have a way to tell them apart. One way to solve this would be to simply create a custom 2d collider witch encircles the play aria and use OnTriggerEnter2D ins$$anonymous$$d... but that feels like a bit of a hack.

Again thank you for helping me out with this, it's greatly appreciated!

I have no OnTriggerEnter or Stay in the class currently.

O$$anonymous$$, since I don't know exactly what your setting look like so I can not give the exactly problem you have but I think this point will help. OnTriggerExit2D will fire when collision is exit (of course) and A game object when it's be destroy, The collision attach on the destroyed GO (gameobject) will be destroyed too, and you can say the collision of the destroyed GO has been "Exited" too, that's why the OnTriggerExit2D fire.
I just can advice you add flag to separate when the Asteroid destroyed by out of play area and when the Asteroid destroyed by player.
Inside Asteroid.cs

 public class Asteroid{
     private bool m_outAreaDestroyed = false;
     public bool OutAreaDestroyed{
         get; private set;
     }
 }

Inside the area collision check code you just check if other.GetComponent().OutAreaDestroyed == true then do the stuff you give below.

I don't know why I did not think of this, it will defiantly solve my problem. Thank you!