No Checkbox to enable/disable rigidbodies

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and when I use rigidbody2D.velocity I get an error there is no rigid body attached

Are you sure that the script trying to access the rigidbody2D is in the same GameObject as the Rigidbod2 2D component?

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Rigidbodies can’t be enabled or disabled like other components. You have to add or delete them altogether to get the same effect.

To "disable" a rigidbody you usually set isKinematic to true. However removing it (Destroy) and readding one (AddComponent) is of course also possible.

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Setting IsKinematic to true would mean that if the object is moved via transform.translate or similar, other colliders would still be affected by it, no?

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I think you guys miss the point of the question: "when I use rigidbody2D.velocity I get an error there is no rigid body attached"

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True as that might be, the title of the question (!) still points to this discussion.

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There’s a difference between Rigidbody and Rigidbody2D, they’re both different things, altho it might seem they are the same. Same as for OnTriggerEnter and OntriggerEnter2D for 2D colliders.

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does GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>().velocity work