Newbie: GameObject position change when trigger

Unity Engine
1

I am new to Unity, and I figured that to get me started i might just make a simple platformer game.

So the player falls off the platform, hits the lava and then spawns at the start of the scene.

The problem is that I can’t figure out how to get the GameObject to change it’s position.

What am I doing wrong? :face_with_spiral_eyes:

void OnTriggerEnter(Collider t){
		player.transform.position = Vector3(0,6,0);
}

Sean

2

At first you need to make sure that you applied a rigidbody or character controller to your player and that the gameobject where you applied the script with OnTriggerEnter has a collider with the trigger checkbox enabled.

In addition you could think about just reloading the scene once you hit the lava so everything will be resetted as well (enemies/traps/coins/…).

3

I applied the charater controller to my player, and also the is trigger checbox is enabled.

At first I tried to reset the scene with the code:

Application.LoadLevel("Level1");

But for some reason that also reset my script, where I apply a death counter. If i use the code:

void Awake() {
DontDestroyOnLoad(this);
}

The death counter just duplicates, and there is a lot of 1’s.

So I figured that changing the position of my gameobject would be the best solution.

:face_with_spiral_eyes:

I’m sorry if I’m way off target, but experimenting with the script in Unity has been fun.
I’d love to learn more about it :slight_smile:

4

You need to add new before your Vector3.

player.transform.position = new Vector3(0, 6, 0);

Also, if you want to do as Arterie suggests, you can make your death counter static. Static variables don’t reset on scene change (unless you reset it in the script itself)

5

Found out that i had to add new before Vector3.

The problem was at the code:

player.transform.position = new Vector3(0,6,0);

//Should have been:
t.gameObject.transform.position = new Vector3(0,6,0);

Thank you for your help though! Much appreciated! :smile: