Player isn't affected by AddForce(), Lerp() etc.

Hey there,
I am trying to make a hook since a loooooong while. Now I am nearly done, but the player isn’t moving. So I tried to use my script on another object (a simple sphere) and it worked…

The next thing I did, was disabling all scripts of my player (not the hook script), but the player still didn’t move.
My hook-scipts: On the player I have got a really simple script, which shoots a sphere as a hook. On the hook itself I have got a script that stops the hook if it’s touching something and then move the player to the position of the hook.

Scipt on the hook:
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class OnHook : MonoBehaviour {

	public GameObject player;
	public GameObject hook;
	GameObject other;

	public float speed = 20;

	public bool grabbed = false;

	// Use this for initialization
	void Start () {

		other = GameObject.FindWithTag ("Enemy");
	
	}
	
	// Update is called once per frame
	void Update () {

		if(grabbed)
		{
//			other.rigidbody.AddForce((transform.position - other.transform.position).normalized * speed);  // This was my try using addForce
			player.transform.position = Vector3.Lerp(player.transform.position, hook.transform.position, Time.deltaTime * speed);
		}
	
	}
	

	void OnTriggerEnter(Collider col){

		if(col.tag != "Player" && col.tag != "Hook")
		{
			grabbed = true;
			rigidbody.velocity = Vector3.zero;
		}

	}
}

Thank you for your help!

Well, we don’t know how your scene is setup, if you have your collision matrix setup correctly …

Here’s a small checklist:

  • The OnHook script is attached to your hook object
  • The hook object has a rigidbody attached.
  • The hook has a primitive collider (sphere, box, …) or a convex MeshCollider
  • The collider is set to isTrigger.
  • The “hook” variable is linked to the hook object itself (which is actually pointless since you could just use “transform” as this script is on the hook object)
  • The “player” variable is linked to the correct player object.
  • Add a Debug.Log in line 34 to see if the trigger is activated and grabbed is set to true
  • You might also want to set rigidbody.isKinematic to true when you stop the hook so it “really” can’t move anymore.
  • Make sure you don’t have any other scripts which set the position of the player and interfere with your OnHook script.
  • Make sure that the layers the hook is on and the geometry you want to hit are on layers that can collider with each other.