When to set "Is Kinematic"?

Hello Again! I have a more general question about 'Is Kinematic'. I've read and heard that you are supposed to make your rigid body 'Is Kinematic' whenever you plan to control or move it according to script like 'transform.position...'. And otherwise if you don't plan for the object to move like in ground you shouldn't select it.

My question is, what if the object itself is not moving with transform.position... BUT it is parented to an object that is moving using transform.position. Would you still make it kinematic because it's the child of a moving object?

Thank you very much for your time!

 

Yes, use isKinematic. It's not so much "use isKinematic if you set it with transform.position", but rather, "use isKinematic if you're moving it outside the physics engine".

 

Thank you very much!