How to get the position of a gameobject through the collider?!

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for a solution for my little problem:

I want to get the gameobjects position in the OnTriggerEnter() function.
I googled a lot and found many posts but nothing worked...

some of my solutions which didn't throw a compiler-error but didn't work:

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. public Vector3 Enemyposition;
3.  
4. void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D other)
5.     {  
6.         Enemyposition = other.transform.gameObject.transform.position;
7.     }
8.  

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. public Vector3 Enemyposition;
3.  
4. void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D other)
5.     {  
6.  
7.             Enemyposition = new Vector3(other.transform.gameObject.transform.position.x,
8.                                         other.transform.gameObject.transform.position.y,
9.                                         other.transform.gameObject.transform.position.z
10.                                         );
11.         }
12.  

I also tryed it with other.gameObject.transform.position

I hope you can help me

Greetings Gistiv

 

Have you checked if the OnTriggerENter2D actually gets executed? Try placing this in the function:

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. Debug.Log(other);
3.  

If nothing appears in your log then something is wrong... Could be one of these things:

- Object doensn't have a collider or the collider is not set to be a trigger (make sure the collider is a collider2D!!!)
- Neither of the objects colliding is a rigidbody (at least 1 of the objects need a Rigidbody2D component attached to it!!!)

 

I think you need to convert the Collider to a GameObject, then to a transform:

Code (csharp):

1. GameObject gHit = other.gameObject;
2. Transform tHit = gHit.transform;
3. Vector3 position = new Vector3(tHit.position);

 

Yes it gets executed i tried it with the your debug.log and i also got a boolian in the function which is set to true when the player enters the collider.

 

@ polytropoi I tried it but it dind't work -.-'

Code (csharp):

1.  
2.             GameObject gHit = other.gameObject;
3.             Transform tHit = gHit.transform;
4.             Enemyposition = new Vector3(tHit.position.x,
5.                                         tHit.position.y,
6.                                         tHit.position.z
7.                                         );
8.  

 

Can you tell me what the result is of Enemyposition? is it null? is it a wrong position,...?

 

I've found the problem....
I've messed something else up in the code....
thanks for the answers they're all working!!

@DSSiege11 it was Vector3 with (0,0,2.67)

 

other.transform.position

 

When you're new, it's easy to miss these things.. but this thread is 4 years old.