Why won't my player die and respawn

Questions & Answers
1

I’m trying to make a script that kills my player when it touches the lava. For some reason, it doesn’t kill it. Why?

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class Walking : MonoBehaviour
{
//Player rb
public Rigidbody rb;

public float MoveSpeed = 500f;

public GameObject player;

// Start is called before the first frame update
void Start()
{
    rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
    
}

// Update is called once per frame
void FixedUpdate()
{
    
    //Arrow movement:
    if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.RightArrow))
    {
        rb.AddForce(Vector3.right * MoveSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
        Debug.Log("RightArrow");
    }

    if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftArrow))
    {
        rb.AddForce(Vector3.left * MoveSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
        Debug.Log("LeftArrow");
    }
    

    
    
}

private void OnCollisionEnter(Collision collision)
{
    if (collision.gameObject.tag == "Lava")
    {
        Destroy(collision.gameObject);
        Instantiate(player, new Vector3 (0,0,0), Quaternion.identity);
    }
}

}

2

Destroy(collision.gameObject); destroys the lava not your player, it should be Destroy(gameObject); to destroy the player assuming this script is on the player object. You should put Debug.Log(“collision”); right before you destroy your player to make sure it’s getting called. Also rather than destroy the player and create a new one you should just move the player and reset it. Much more efficient and easier to do. I would create a function Reset() that you call instead of Destroy().

3

@logicandchaos hey man I actually did this.

private void OnCollisionEnter(Collision collision)
{
    if (collision.gameObject.tag == "Lava")
    {
        Debug.Log("Collision");
        Reset();
    }
}

public void Reset()
{
    player.position = RespawnPoint;
}

For some reason it still doesn’t move the player, why?