Accessing the 'tag' variable starting as a Collision

I am getting a Collision from OnCollisionEnter(), and need to access the tag variable from the Collision it recieves. I currently have OnCollisionEnter(hitMe), and I can access some other stuff, like hitMe.other.gameObject, which I later use to check if its hitting something specific. Problem is, I tried to do hitMe.other.gameObject.tag so that I can edit the tag. How should I be doing this, as it doesn't seem to change the tag.

 

Hmm. Thats what I thought. Doesn't appear to be. Maybe I am setting it BACK to what it was before somewhere else.

Thanks I shall look around.

 

It looks like it prints out the correct tag...

But it doesn't change in the inspector it seems.

Here is my code to set the new tag:

Code (csharp):

1. function OnCollisionEnter (hitMe)
2. {    
3. var rocketArray = GameObject.FindGameObjectsWithTag("Rocket");
4.    
5.     for (var object in rocketArray)
6.     {
7.         if(hitMe.other.gameObject == object)
8.         {
9.             hitMe.other.gameObject.tag = "TankHit";
10.             Debug.Log(hitMe.other.gameObject.tag);
11.         }
12.     }
13. }

That Debug.Log prints out TankHit.

Also, in my AI script, I created this:

Code (csharp):

1. var tankHitArray = GameObject.FindGameObjectsWithTag("TankHit");
2. for (var workdammit in tankHitArray)
3. {
4.     Destroy(workdammit);
5. }

It doesn't destroy the tank at all...

 

Aha! It seems that I need to have it ignore the other particle child. It was changing IT to the TankHit tag. I was going by your guys example and having two particles under one parent, I liked that effect. Good thinking about seeing which one it was changing the tag of!

 

Yep. Couple tweaks to my scripts got it working correctly. That is a handy feature I didn't know you could do! (being able to have it point out which one it changed).