Destroy an enemy without destroying the player

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Fist of all I am an absolute begginer I have a 2d platformer in which I have a Mario like squishing mechanic when I jump on an enemy it dies.So I have created a box with a trigger box colider2d on to the enemy which is the child object to it and if I jump on the box first it should destroy the enemy and if touch it instead it should kill me, but instead when I jump on the box it destroyes the enemy after which it kills me as well.....which means that the enemy script is running as well

here is the box trigger script

 void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D other)
     {
         if (other.tag == "Player")
         {
             Destroy(transform.parent.gameObject);
             Destroy(gameObject);
 
         }
     }

and here is the enemy script

 private bool fall;
 public GameObject Player;
 public Transform spawnPoint;
 public bool stomp;

 // Use this for initialization
 void Start ()
 {
     
 }
 
 // Update is called once per frame
 void Update () 
 {
     
 }

 void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D other)
 {
     if (other.tag == "Player") 
     {
         Application.LoadLevel(Application.loadedLevel);
     }
 }

Thank you very much !

Answer 1

Answer by Razacx · Jul 24, 2014 at 09:04 PM

When the player get's into contact with the enemy, there are some things that have to be checked and taken action upon

-If the player's y-position is higher than the enemy's y-position + a constant, destroy the enemy.

-Else destroy the player (and trigger other things like a game over screen for example).

So basically, I'd suggest doing something like this in the player OnTriggerEnter2D script:

 void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collision2D enemy) {
 
   if(transform.position.y > enemy.position.y + 0.5f) {
     //Destroy enemy
     Destroy(enemy.transform.gameObject);
   } else {
     //Destroy player and do other stuff
     Destroy(gameObject);
   }
 
 }

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csd3535 · Jul 25, 2014 at 04:55 PM 0

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Thank you very much for your answer but there is a problem the script gives me an error that says that in collider2d and collision2d it is not allowed to use position.....what should I do..Thanks again !

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