BoxCollider doesn't detect/work when player is colliding with it

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I’m making a game and i’m making an enemy.
I want to make the enemy detect if the player is in range to attack.
I’m using a boxcollider in front of the enemy so when the player is colliding with the boxcollider he attacks.
BUT, the boxcollider doesnt detect the player…
Here is my Code of the enemy:

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class EnemyCombat : MonoBehaviour
{
    
    public Animator animator;

    public Transform attackPoint;

    public float attackRange = 0.5f;
    public int attackDamage = 40;

    //public float attackRate = 2f;
    //float nextAttackTime = 0f;




    [SerializeField] private float attackCooldown;
    [SerializeField] private float range;
    [SerializeField] private float colliderDistance;
    [SerializeField] private BoxCollider2D boxCollider;
    [SerializeField] private LayerMask playerLayer;
    private float cooldownTimer = Mathf.Infinity;
    private Animator anim;

    

    private void Awake()
    {
        anim = GetComponent<Animator>();
    }


    void Update()
    {
        cooldownTimer += Time.deltaTime;

        //Attack only when player in sight
        if (PlayerInSight())
        {
            Debug.Log("HEYYYYYYYYYYYY!");
            if (cooldownTimer >= attackCooldown)
            {
                cooldownTimer = 0;
                Attack();
            }
        }
       
    }

    void Attack()
    {
        animator.SetTrigger("Skeleton_Attack_1");
        Collider2D[] hitPlayer = Physics2D.OverlapCircleAll(attackPoint.position, attackRange, playerLayer);
    
    
        foreach(Collider2D player in hitPlayer) 
        {
            player.GetComponent<PlayerMovement>().TakeDamage(attackDamage);
        }
    }

    private bool PlayerInSight()
    {
        RaycastHit2D hit = Physics2D.BoxCast(boxCollider.bounds.center + transform.right * range * transform.localScale.x * colliderDistance, 
            new Vector3(boxCollider.bounds.size.x * range, boxCollider.bounds.size.y, boxCollider.bounds.size.z), 
            0, Vector2.left, 0, playerLayer);

        //if (hit.collider != null)
        //{
        //    Debug.Log("HEYYYYY!");
        //    cooldownTimer += Time.deltaTime;
//
        //    //Attack only when player in sight
        //        if (cooldownTimer >= attackCooldown)
        //        {
        //            cooldownTimer = 0;
        //            Attack();
        //        }
        //}
    
        
        return hit.collider != null;
    }
    private void OnDrawGizmos()
    {
        Gizmos.color = Color.red;
        Gizmos.DrawWireCube(boxCollider.bounds.center + transform.right * range * transform.localScale.x * colliderDistance, new Vector3(boxCollider.bounds.size.x * range, boxCollider.bounds.size.y, boxCollider.bounds.size.z));
    }

    void OnDrawGizmosSelected()
    {
        if (attackPoint == null)
        return;

        Gizmos.DrawWireSphere(attackPoint.position, attackRange);
    }
}

Here it shows the enemy Combat. but the Bool doesnt work. it wont detect if teh player is colliding.
How to fix this?

Help would be Great!!

2

It might be worth printing out (with Debug.Log) the origin and size values that you have calculated to make sure they have the values you expect.

If the boxCollider fully defines the region where you want to detect the player, then you can use OverlapBox or OverlapArea rather than a BoxCast. Those may be simpler since you don’t need to worry about direction and distance.

3

make sure you are both on the same LAYER (2D games)