Adding Force to a Rigidbody through OnTriggerEnter

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This is compliling correctly. The object this is attached to (a boomerang) will go through the object with this script. The object it is hitting is not set to a trigger, and has a rigidbody. I am getting no console errors either. I've also tried this with enemy.gameobject.rigidbody.AddForce and so on... No luck. Thanks in advance!

 using UnityEngine;
 using System.Collections;
 
 public class Enemy : MonoBehaviour {
 
 
     void OnTriggerEnter (Collider enemy){
         if (enemy.tag == "enemy") {
             enemy.rigidbody.AddForce (8000, 2250, 0);
             Destroy (enemy.gameObject, 2f);
 }    
 }
 }

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Answer by RyanPaterson · Apr 12, 2014 at 10:01 AM

I tried it myself and got some results. Check your tag is set to 'enemy' instead of 'Enemy' incase there was a caps.

EDIT:Read the comment below about rigid bodies

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AlucardJay · Apr 12, 2014 at 10:07 AM 0

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http://docs.unity3d.com/Documentation/ScriptReference/Collider.OnTriggerEnter.html

Note that trigger events are only sent if one of the colliders also has a rigidbody attached. if one, so you only need a trigger one one object, not necessarily the object with the OnTriggerEnter script. Basic rule is 'if it moves, it needs a rigidbody'.

RyanPaterson · Apr 12, 2014 at 10:11 AM 0

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Thank you for the correction, I edited my post.

Aggrojag · Apr 12, 2014 at 08:38 PM 0

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Thank you so much you two! I can't believe it was a due to case sensitivity >_<. I was positive it was the way I wrote the script and never even considered checking the case of enemy!

Adding Force to a Rigidbody through OnTriggerEnter

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