Temorarily Disable 2D Collision

Hey guys,

I am trying to create a Smash Bros. Style game where a player can jump on platforms from below and drop back down if he decides to no longer stand on the Plattform. For that I'd love to have a mechanic to drop a player from a platform if he holds ta certain key down.

I am however wondering how to do this, without throwing other players of the platform as well. I am currently using Physics2D.IgnoreCollision and slapping my player and the platform as well as the true flag in there, but I don't know how to enable it once the player has dropped through. I don't want to time it since the game is very fast paced. I would love to check for if the player is still touching the platform and if that is not true, I'd love to enable the collision again. Problem is, when I ignore collision, I obviously won't get any collision to check if the player is still near the platform.

I hope someone can help me with this.

Here's a bit of code I use to make the current logic happen:

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2.     Collider2D currentPlatform;
3.     Collider2D playerCollider;
4.     private bool dropThroughPlatform;
5.  
6.     ...
7.  
8.    public void DropThroughPlatform(InputAction.CallbackContext context)
9.    {
10.         if (currentPlatform != null)
11.         {
12.             Debug.Log("Dropping");
13.             Physics2D.IgnoreCollision(playerCollider, currentPlatform, true);
14.         }
15.     }
16.  
17.     private void OnCollisionEnter2D(Collision2D collision)
18.     {
19.         Debug.Log("Registered Plattform");
20.         currentPlatform = collision.collider;
21.     }

 

Hey @MelvMay Thanks for the quick reply!

I tried it yesterday and have dabbled in this system a bit. Found out that the Collider2D.Distance works perfectly In my case! Thanks so much for your help and the fast response. It's been so super helpful!