Destroying Enemy

I have set up an enum function that list the tags of my enemies.

public enum EnemyType{
Enemy1,enemy2,enemy3,enemy4,enemy5, boss1,boss2,boss3,boss4,boss5
}

Then I preload all enemies with stats pulled from the enemy class. And because I don't want to reveal anymore code than I have to, here's an example of how I do that. (filler code)

if (gameObject.CompareTag(CurrentEnemyType.ToString()))
{
if (CurrentEnemyType == EnemyType.Enemy1) {
MaxHp =
Hp = MaxHp;
Debug.Log(Hp);
}

Now my enemy('s) have been populated with random stats across the board. Next, I need to be able to kill the enemy so I created an on trigger event that correlates to my bullet.

void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other){

if(other.tag == "bullet"){
Hp -= 25;
if(Hp <= 0){

Destroy();
}


}

And that's where I'm stuck. I don't know how to go about finding the game object that I'm encountering.I would imagine that I need a variable, let's say

GameObject currentEnemy;

But even if I do this, how do I get the current enemy into that variable? Once I accomplish this, i can finish the rest of the code. I just need that game object!!!!

 

Do you mean that you want to destroy the gameobject that the script i attached to? If so:

Destroy (gameObject);

 

Yes, that's what I want to do. However, all I've retrieved is the ENEMY TYPE. Which is its tag. What I need is to figure out how to obtain its game object. No two enemies are the same, so each new enemy I encounter needs its game object retrieved. Not just its type.(Which is only used for giving the enemy random stats.)

 

I think barskey is meaning to amend the Destroy line in your

OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)

. That will destroy the enemy itself.

Are you asking how, inside the

OnTriggerEnter

, to destroy the bullet that dealt the blow to the enemy? If so, then something like

Destroy( other.gameObject )

should do it.

 

This was my final solution:

public static GameObject enemyObj;

void OnTriggerEnter(){


enemyObj = other.GetComponent<GameObject>(); //Grabs enemy object to pass
to the enemies class

}

My problem was that because there's mo getComponent<GameObject>() so I was confused on how it functions.

enemyObj = other.gameObject;

So you guys were right but I was approaching it with the wrong call.