Reference collider from another script?

I need to reference a collider thats in another script in the one I am currently working on, doing this: this.GetComponent<Collider2D>() gets the collider for the script its attached to.

How would I reference another collider in that script where the script is not attached to?

 

findgameobjectwithtag("player").getcomponent<boxcollider2d>();

change tag with your tag name of object

 

You're mixing up your terminology here a bit.

Your scripts are attached to GameObjects. You want to get a component that is attached to a different GameObject than the one your script is attached to. There are many ways to do this, but essentially what you need is a reference to that other GameObject, or directly to that Collider2D component.

If both of these objects exist in the scene at edit time, you can simply create a public field:

Code (CSharp):

1. public Collider2D TheOtherCollider;

Then you can drag and drop the object that contains the collider you care about from the scene into that field in the inspector.

 

I am trying to disable both teleporters after using one:

Code (CSharp):

1. using System.Collections;
2. using System.Collections.Generic;
3. using UnityEngine;
4.  
5. public class Teleporter1 : MonoBehaviour
6.  
7.     //left side teleporter
8.     //teleports to right side
9. {
10.  
11.  
12. [SerializeField] Transform Teleport2; //player teleports
13.  
14.  
15.  
16.  
17.     void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D col)
18.     {
19.         col.transform.position = Teleport2.position; //teleports to right side
20.         this.GetComponent<Collider2D>().enabled = false;  //disabled after its used
21.         StartCoroutine("Enable"); //enabled again after 5 sec.
22.  
23.     }
24. private IEnumerator Enable()  //this enables it after 5 seconds
25.                               //to disable after an amount of time, change true to false
26.     {
27.         yield return new WaitForSeconds(5f);
28.         this.GetComponent<Collider2D>().enabled = true;
29.     }
30. }

Code (CSharp):

1. using System.Collections;
2. using System.Collections.Generic;
3. using UnityEngine;
4.  
5. public class Teleporter2 : MonoBehaviour
6.  
7. //right side teleporter
8. //teleports to right side
9. {
10.  
11.  
12.  
13.     [SerializeField] Transform Teleport1; //player teleports
14.  
15.  
16.     private void Start()
17.     {
18.         this.GetComponent<Collider2D>().enabled = false;
19.         StartCoroutine("Enable"); //enabled again after 5 sec.
20.  
21.     }
22.  
23.  
24.  
25.     void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D col)
26.     {
27.         col.transform.position = Teleport1.position; //teleports to left side
28.         this.GetComponent<Collider2D>().enabled = false;  //disabled after its used
29.         StartCoroutine("Enable"); //enabled again after 5 sec.
30.        
31.     }
32.  
33.     private IEnumerator Enable()  //this enables it after 5 seconds
34.                                   //to disable after an amount of time, change true to false
35.     {
36.         yield return new WaitForSeconds(0.5f);
37.         this.GetComponent<Collider2D>().enabled = true;
38.     }
39. }
40.  

 

Ok it looks like you already have a reference to the other teleporter then.

Just get the component on the other teleporter. For example:

Code (CSharp):

1. Teleport2.GetComponent<Collider2D>()

 

it worked, thanks! I didn't realize how simple it was by just having to change "this" to the game object that I want haha.

I also had had to do it with the teleporter 2 script but change "this" to "teleport1".