rigidbody.AddForce not working

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I’m trying to apply a knockback to the player after he is hit by the enemy. They’re both rigidbodies so I thought it shouldn’t be that hard. For debug purposes I’ve set it so it does it everytime they collide.

Here’s the code:

void OnTriggerEnter (Collider other)
{
// If the entering collider is the player…
if(other.gameObject == player)
{
this.rigidbody.AddForce(target.rigidbody.velocity * force);
// … the player is in range.
playerInRange = true;

}
}

Force is set to be a public int and is set to 200 atm in unity.

Nothing happens. I’m sure the colliders are setup right because playerInRange gets set to true.

What could be the problem?

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Quick property accessors were removed. You have to use GetComponent now. The tutorials haven’t been updated yet.

this.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().AddForce(target.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().velocity * force);
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Thanks for the reply. I’ve got an older version of Unity so it’s probably based on the old one?

I’ve tried both and they still dont work unfortunately.

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Both technically work on pre-5.0. I’ve just gotten so used to correcting that problem that I completely failed to realize it wasn’t the problem you were having. :stuck_out_tongue: