Hey guys, I want to no how to go inside an object with a collider but to still collide with it?

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All I want is for my character to be able to go inside an object as if it wasn't there, but i still want the gui to show up .onCollision?

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My script is:

var showGUI: boolean;

function OnCollisionEnter(coll: Collision) { if(coll.gameObject.tag == "Hint") showGUI = true; }

function OnCollisionExit(coll: Collision) { if(coll.gameObject.tag == "Hint") showGUI = false; }

function OnGUI() { if (showGUI) { GUI.Box (Rect (10,10,100,90), "Loader Menu");

 // Make the first button. If it is pressed, Application.Loadlevel (1) will be executed
 if (GUI.Button (Rect (20,40,80,20), "Level 1")) {
     Application.LoadLevel (1);
 }

 // Make the second button.
 if (GUI.Button (Rect (20,70,80,20), "Level 2")) {
     Application.LoadLevel (2); 
 }

} }

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Answer by Eagle32 · Jun 29, 2010 at 06:05 AM

It sounds like you probably want the object your character is walking into to be a trigger rather than a collider.

Quoting the BoxCollider page of the Reference Manual

Triggers

An alternative way of using Colliders is to mark them as a Trigger, just check the IsTrigger property checkbox in the Inspector. Triggers are effectively ignored by the physics engine, and have a unique set of three trigger messages that are sent out when a collision with a Trigger occurs. Triggers are useful for triggering other events in your game, like cutscenes, automatic door opening, displaying tutorial messages, etc. Use your imagination!

Then you just use OnTriggerEnter (other : Collider), etc rather than the OnCollision versions.

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Answer by Deikkan · Jun 29, 2010 at 06:06 AM

The thing that comes to mind first is setting the collision to be a trigger.

So instead of:

    function OnCollisionEnter(coll: Collision) {
 if(coll.gameObject.tag == "Hint") showGUI = true; }

It would be:

    function OnTriggerEnter(other: Collider) {
 if(other.gameObject.tag == "Hint") showGUI = true; }

On the gameobject that contains the collider, make just the Is Trigger box is checked.

EDIT: Looks like a reply was posted while I was typing. I'll leave this up here incase it is still useful.

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Daniel 8 · Jun 29, 2010 at 06:19 AM 0

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cool, thanks that was alot of help

Hey guys, I want to no how to go inside an object with a collider but to still collide with it?

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