Disable Mesh Collider Trigger

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Is the OnTriggerEnter function supposed to be called when the collider that it is interacting with is disabled? Right now I have code that is being called when a mesh collider tagged as "Weapon" enters the trigger but the mesh collider is disabled. Is t$$anonymous$$s a Unity bug? Is there a clean way around t$$anonymous$$s other than disabling the gameobject associated with the mesh collider?

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Answer by Seth-Bergman · Mar 12, 2013 at 04:43 AM

I've just tested to be sure.. if turned off, the mesh collider will not activate the trigger.. you must have another collider (or a character controller) attached to the object

OK, actually I take that back.. I was using the mesh collider on the trigger, but the other way around, yep, you're right, it still works! seems like a bug to me...

No other reason that should happen with a disabled component.. I say submit it!

as for a clean way around it.. you may want to remove/re-add the component rather than disabling it, that will be easy..:

   Destroy(meshCollider);

and to add it back:

  gameObject.AddComponent ("meshCollider");

Or, maybe on the trigger you can do a check like:

  if(other.collider.enabled)

that should do it to..

(The second way is probably cleaner, since adding a mesh collider at runtime is more costly... And I just confirmed it DOES work)

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