Creating a Jump Pad in C#

For some reason, I can't get this to work.

What I want is the platform to read if an object (player, ball, etc.) is OnTriggerEnter and, if so, apply transformdirection.

public int force = 20;

void OnTriggerEnter(Collider item)
{
item.transform.TransformDirection(Vector3.up * force);
}

(The script is applied to the platform, not the player or ball.)

 

You could try using Rigidbody.AddForce. I use it for normal jumping

http://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Rigidbody.AddForce.html

 

The problem is that the object isn't responding to anything. When the object is on the jump pad, it doesn't do anything but just pass through the pad.

 

Did you check that jump pad Collider script has Trigger checked on?

 

Make sure the player has a rigidbody. Its needed for detection.

 

I sort of solved the problem, but now I have a new issue. The problem was that the trigger was not reading that the player has a collider. I am currently using the built-in Unity 5 fps controller which uses a character controller collider, but yet the trigger refuses this. How can I make the trigger read the controller as an actual collider?

 

Make sure 1 of the things with a collider has a rigidbody attached

 

Both the player and the jump pad have rigidbodies.

 

Is your Trigger collider set to "Is Trigger" ?

 

yes.

 

Do a Debug.Log(item.name) in your TriggerEnter function.

Also, as per your OP, item.transform.TransformDirection(Vector3.up * force); does not do what you intend it to do.

See, http://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Transform.TransformDirection.html

 

The situation is that it works on other objects except the player, just for clarification.

 

There is too little information to go on. Do a debug.Log like I said, and check if the name printed out is the name of your Player gameobject.

 

FPSController
UnityEngine.Debug:Log(Object)
platform_bounce:OnTriggerEnter(Collider) (at Assets/scripts/environmental_features/platform_bounce.cs:11)

(FPSController meaning the player object)

Also, here is the error I get when the player collides with the platform:

NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
platform_bounce.OnTriggerEnter (UnityEngine.Collider item) (at Assets/scripts/environmental_features/platform_bounce.cs:12)

 

Post line 12 of your platform_bounce script

 

item.attachedRigidbody.velocity = transform.TransformDirection (Vector3.up * force);

 

attachedRigidbody is obviously null. Is the rigidbody component below or above the gameobject which contains your player collider within the hierarchy? Or is it on the same gameObject?

Also, like I said, transform.TransformDirection (Vector3.up * force);...will do absolutely nothing.

 

The rigidbody is attached to the main player gameobject and is below the player collider.

Also, the transformdirection statement does work as I placed a cube with a rigidbody and it caused the cube to bounce upward

 

http://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Collider-attachedRigidbody.html

Try placing the rigidbody on the top node of the Players hierarchy. Also, my bad on that, it WILL do something, it's not how I would do it though.

 

the issue is that the script is not reading that the player has a collider attached, not a rigidbody. Technically, the player does have a collider, but it is a playercontroller component. How exactly do I get it to read the playercontroller component as a collider?

 

Wait what? If it doesn't have a collider component attached it doesn't have a collider. :/

 

Technically, a charactercontroller component is qualified as a type of collider, yet the method does not recognize it.

 

So i fixed and updated the script for you here it is bro

public class JumpPad : MonoBehaviour {
public GameObject PlayerCtrl;
public float AmountOfForce = 20;

void OnTriggerEnter(Collider PlayerCtrl){

PlayerCtrl.transform.TransformDirection (Vector3.up * AmountOfForce);

}
}