Does onTriggerEnter work only for the first Object?

Unity Engine
1

Hello everyone, I have a question that is simplified with the title, I have used ontriggerenter once before but not the way I am using it, I have a gauntlet of obstacles with the same tag name and if I hit one, I die which is correct but when I hit another one, it does absolutely nothing like the function is not being called for some reason. I am doing it in c# and the code goes something like this:

void OnTriggerEnter(Collider col)
{
if(col.gameObject.tag == "block")
isDead = true;
}
Update()
{
if(isDead)
//health -= 5;
}

Now it does the function when I hit one block but if I hit another block then nothing happens. Any ideas, suggestion or comments all are welcomed.

2

OnTriggerEnter definitely does work for more than just the first object. How do you know that the function is only being called once?

3

Well first of all try to to this:

void OnTriggerEnter(Collider col)
{
   if(col.gameObject.tag == "block")
       isDead = true;
}

Update()
{
    if(isDead)
    {
      //health -= 5;
     isDead = false;
    }
}

But the right thing should set the “health -= 5” instead of seting isDead to true, i mean, theres no need for this “isDead” variable, you can just the death inside the tags verification, inside the ontriggerenter

4

Why not take away the health in the onTriggerEnter?

5

Thanks for the replys guys, just got off work and sorry I am responding so late.:
@Kith, the reason that I know it is being called is that when I put an action inside the on triggerenter, it does the action only once, like it will take the health away only one time and when I pass through the function again it does nothing.
@_ivansc , I put isDead in there as a flag to make sure that it would get called in update and I set the flag for a respawn so when he is not dead after a certain time then respawn the character.
@titany, I tried that and that is why I put in the flag for isDead and put it in the update.