Should OnTriggerEnter be getting called even when the script is disabled?

I have an object that is a trigger. On this object I have a script attached containing the function OnTriggerEnter(). In OnTriggerEnter() I have a debug.log statement included. When I disable the script the statement still gets printed out when the object is triggered. Is this supposed to be happening? I would've thought that disabling the script would prevent OnTriggerEnter() from firing.

 

Yes, only the various Update functions (and OnGUI) are affected by .enabled. It's intended that other functions like OnTriggerEnter always remain active so that scripts can "wake themselves up" easily.

--Eric

 

Gotcha! Thanks!

 

Well that's a pain in the posterior. Damn. Is there any way around this? I NEED my enemies to be asleep and wake up when Triggered.... but there are so many enemies, some can trigger earlier than others (and out of order), rendering the stuff in OnTriggerEntry on those enemies useless.

 

Code (javascript):

1. function OnTriggerEnter () {
2.     if (!enabled) return;
3.     // other stuff
4. }

--Eric

 

Legend - thank you.

 

I never thought about it that way. Nice! I always disabled the entire object when I didn't want triggers to trigger. Now I know a better way. Thanks!

 

For reference:

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/MonoBehaviour.OnTriggerEnter.html

 

Sorry, I accidentally bumped this topic but deleted my post.