Moving a GameObject towards a CharacterController

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1

Right now my GameObject (enemy) is moved towards the CharacterController (player) on each update in the C# script. I am using:

transform.position = Vector3.MoveTowards(transform.position,character.transform.position, 0.03f);

This works, but my problem is that the update method is ignoring collision and causing the enemy to move inside of my player. Instead i want it to collide with the player, but not move inside of it.

2

I’d put that in a IF statement and set a flag for when it collides with the player in OnCollisionEnter

Something like ( Disclaimer: i have no idea if this code will run, just writing off the top of my head ):

bool hitCharacter = false;
GameObject character;

void Start(){
   character = GameObject.FindObjectWithTag("Player"); //Get the player/target
}

void Update(){
   if(!hitCharacter)    //check to see if character is hit
      transform.position = Vector3.MoveTowards(transform.position,character.transform.position, 0.03f);  //move towards character
}

void OnCollisionEnter (Collider other){
   if(other == character)
      hitCharacter = true;
}

void OnCollisionStay (Collider other){
   //do something hit-y or damage-y
}
    
void OnCollisionExit (Collider other){
   if(other == character)
      hitCharacter = false;
}