Character swapping help

I am trying to make a 2d rpg with 2 characters that you can swap between I want the one that you aren't playing to follow the one you are playing as so I don't just want to disable the original character when swapping as I want the main character to follow the secondary character around after I switch and vice-versa. Originally I was trying to do player1.enabled = false; but as rigidbody2d doesn't have a enable and disable this didn't work, wondering if there is a work around for this without having to switch to character controllers

Code (CSharp):

1. using System.Collections;
2. using System.Collections.Generic;
3. using UnityEngine;
4.  
5. public class CharacterSwap : MonoBehaviour {
6.     public bool main;
7.     public bool secondary;
8.     public Rigidbody2D player1;
9.     public Rigidbody2D player2;
10.    
11.     void Start () {
12.         player1 = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
13.         main = true;
14.         secondary = false;
15.         player2 = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
16.        
17.     }
18.    
19.    
20.     void Update () {
21.        
22.         if(Input.GetKeyUp(KeyCode.C) && main)
23.         {
24.             player1.isKinematic = true;
25.             main = false;
26.             secondary = true;
27.         }
28.         else if(Input.GetKeyUp(KeyCode.C) && secondary)
29.         {
30.             player2.isKinematic = true;
31.             main = true;
32.             secondary = false;
33.         }
34.     }
35. }
36.  

 

bump!

 

Setting isKinematic is how you enable/disable rigidbodies, but you could also use

rigidbody.detectCollisions = false

. You might be having a problem because that code doesn't appear to set isKinematic to false at any point. Maybe you want to do this

rigidbody1.isKinematic = true; rigidbody2.isKinematic = false;

when toggling?

 

I appreciate the help I have edited the code and it is now working properly the issue I'm still having is both players move with the movement script I have set even though they are set as isKinematic.

Code (CSharp):

1. using System.Collections;
2. using System.Collections.Generic;
3. using UnityEngine;
4.  
5.  
6.  
7. public class Player : MonoBehaviour {
8.  
9.     public string player;
10.     public float speed;
11.     public Rigidbody2D myRigidbody;
12.     private Vector3 change;
13.     public bool player1;
14.  
15.  
16.    
17.     void Start () {
18.         myRigidbody = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
19.     }
20.  
21.    
22.     void Update()
23.     {
24.    
25.         //Movement start
26.         change = Vector3.zero;
27.         change.x = Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal");
28.         change.y = Input.GetAxisRaw("Vertical");
29.         if (change != Vector3.zero)
30.           {
31.                 MoveCharacter();
32.           }
33.         //Movement end
34.        
35.     }
36.     void MoveCharacter() //Moves player change is normalized to prevent character gaining speed while moving diagnal
37.     {
38.         myRigidbody.MovePosition(
39.             transform.position + change.normalized * speed * Time.deltaTime
40.             );
41.     }
42. }
43.  

 

I resolved the issue by just enabling and disabling the script, I appreciate all your help Wallace.

 

If that script is attached to both characters, then you'll need to disable the movement for one of them, maybe with a toggle?

Code (csharp):

1. public bool isPrimary = false;
2. void Update()
3. {
4.    if(isPrimary) {
5.       // Respond to User Input
6.    } else {
7.       // Logic to follow the primary Player Character
8.    }
9.    // Input code for toggling isPrimary. (outside of the isPrimary check)
10. }