Resolved OnCollisionEnter not working when checking for layer

Hello, so I have a Capsule rigidbody with collider working as the PC and im trying to detect collisions with walls and other things on a specific layer. I checked that the test wall has a collider (box collider) set to the right layer (water for now, no reason) and that neither of them are set to isKinematic or isTrigger in the editor. When i was debugging, OnCollisionEnter would send a debug message when I hit the wall, and i even checked the layer mask this way and it returned the correct layer. But when i did this:

Code (CSharp):

1. OnCollisionEnter(Collision collision)
2. {
3.         if(collision.gameObject.layer == mask )
4.         {
5.             Debug.Log(collision.gameObject.layer);
6.          }
7. }

I no longer get the debug message. Idk why and ive tried just about every other fix i could find so some extra opinions would be much appreciated, thanks. *also i checked the mask variable on my player controller and its set to the right mask **also,also, the function im trying to put in place of the debug message puts the player into isKinematic to move it to a ledge location but the wall stays normal

 

The difference between Layers vs LayerMasks:

https://forum.unity.com/threads/raycast-layermask-parameter.944194/#post-6161542

"There are 10 types of people in this world: those who understand binary, and those who don't."

 

that was very helpful, i had not found this channel before and i understand whats up now, thank you