Open door without using tag

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1

Hi, so i’m having a little problem with my open door script.

I’m making a multiplayer game and i use this script to open a door:

var smooth = 2.0;
var DoorOpenAngle = 90.0;
private var open : boolean;
private var enter : boolean;

private var defaultRot : Vector3;
private var openRot : Vector3;

var doorOpenSound : AudioClip;
var doorShutSound : AudioClip;

function Start(){
defaultRot = transform.eulerAngles;
openRot = new Vector3 (defaultRot.x, defaultRot.y + DoorOpenAngle, defaultRot.z);
}

//Main function
function Update (){

	if(open){
		//Open door
		transform.eulerAngles = Vector3.Slerp(transform.eulerAngles, openRot, Time.deltaTime * smooth);
			}else{
			//Close door
				transform.eulerAngles = Vector3.Slerp(transform.eulerAngles, defaultRot, Time.deltaTime * smooth);
}

	if(Input.GetKeyDown("f") && enter){
		open = !open;
	}
}



function OnGUI(){
if(enter){
GUI.Label(new Rect(Screen.width/2 - 75, Screen.height - 100, 150, 30), "Press 'F' to open");
}
}

//Activate the Main function when player is near the door
function OnTriggerStay (other : Collider){

if (other.gameObject.tag == "Player") {
enter = true;
}
}

//Deactivate the Main function when player is go away from door
function OnTriggerExit (other : Collider){
if (other.gameObject.tag == "Player") {
enter = false;
 }
}

Well obviously every player has the tag “player” so any player can open the door , even if their not inside the trigger.

My question is: is there any other way to do this without using tag? (or any other solution?).

Thank you

2

Another more “natural” solution could be that things open the door and the door has just one function. It could then be called by a script that is attached to the player.

void Update()
	{
		if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.F))
		{
			RaycastHit hit;
			if (Physics.Raycast(transform.position, transform.forward, out hit, 5f))
			{
				if (hit.collider.gameObject.GetComponent<DoorOpenAngle>() != null)
				{
					DoorOpenAngle.Open(); //you will need to expose this method for it to work
				}
			}
		}