GameObject thats Solid but is also a Trigger

Hello

Can a GameObject be solid(have the player not move through it) and still have collider.isTrigger set to true?

I am trying to create a Super Mario Game. I am up to the stage of creating the bricks that mario hits with his head. The brick has a Box-Collider and has the isTrigger property set to true so it can detect when Mario collides with the brick and break the brick. Note the brock has a Box Collider.

Problem: The bricks aren't solid, ie, Mario goes straight through the brick instead of stopping when his head hits the Brick gameObject.

How can I make my Brick solid but still have the collider.isTrigger set?

Code (csharp):

1. public class BrickItem : MonoBehaviour {
2.    
3.     public enum State {BRICK_SOLID, BRICK_BREAKABLE, BRICK_ITEM};
4.     public State state                = State.BRICK_SOLID;
5.     public Material breakableMaterial = null;
6.     public Material solidMaterial     = null;
7.     public Material itemMaterial      = null;
8.    
9.     void Start () {
10.         setState (state);
11.     }
12.    
13.     void Update () {
14.    
15.     }
16.    
17.     void OnTriggerEnter(Collider collider) {
18.     //void OnCollisionEnter(Collision collider) {
19.        
20.         Debug.Log("PRIOR");
21.         if (collider.gameObject.name != "Mario")
22.             return;
23.        
24.         Debug.Log("HITTT");
25.         // TODO: play sound
26.         switch (state)
27.         {
28.             case State.BRICK_ITEM:
29.             {
30.                 setState( State.BRICK_BREAKABLE );
31.             }
32.             break;
33.             case State.BRICK_BREAKABLE:
34.             {
35.                 setState( State.BRICK_SOLID );
36.             }
37.             break;
38.             //case State.BRICK_SOLID:
39.             default:
40.             {
41.                
42.             }
43.             break;
44.         }
45.     }
46. }
47.  
48.  

 

Why can't you set trigger=false and use the OnCollision Enter that is commented out...

 

I've tried that but the OnCollisionEnter function doesn't get called when Mario hits the Brick?

Note that the code above is attached to the Brick, the brick has a Box-Collider, no rigidbody and Mario has a CharacterController.

How can I get the function to get called/trigger?

 

It's my understanding Character Controller(CC) doesn't play very well with others, personally I write my own as the CC doesn't give very good physics for anything other than a basic FPS (again as far as I can tell). Because of this I can't provide any kind of definitive advice on using CC. Some things that pop to mind ... use a trigger collider and slightly inside that a "standard" collider, or add a trigger collider as a child of your CC which you use to trigger events.

 

Thanks, will keep trying to get it to work.

PS: Your games PhRONIX and Vibre look awesome, did u make them on your own or part of a team? Do you ever find that you cant load too many textures(images) for your GUI/Game because iOS Android limit the amount of memory you can have?

 

Why not use both? Have two objects. One a trigger, one a colliision. Both exactly the same size and position.