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OnTriggerEnter Not Working with timeScale of 0

Discussion in 'Editor & General Support' started by philyum, Apr 10, 2014.

  1. philyum

    philyum

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    I made a UI system that works with Box Colliders set as Triggers. Problem is, the colliders won't work when timeScale is set to zero. Any suggestions?
     
    philyum, Apr 10, 2014
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  2. StarManta

    StarManta

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    I believe physics must be running in order for triggers to be detected, and if timeScale is 0, then no physics "frame" will ever be run. I bet that's what's going on.

    I'd recommend a non-trigger-based approach for those things, if possible, using Physics.OverlapSphere and similar functions. Alternately, maybe set your timescale to something like 0.001 (and your physics timestep to 0.0001?) when you're checking those things.
     
    StarManta, Apr 10, 2014
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  3. philyum

    philyum

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    Thanks I got it working now, using your suggested timeScale and fixedDeltaTime values.
    I then used a constant 0.02f for updates that should work independant of timescale.
     
    philyum, Apr 10, 2014
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