Teleporting Player to a point using box colliders

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I got some problem with teleporting my character to a certain point.

 var TelePosition : Vector3;
 
 function OnTriggerEnter(other : Collider) 
 {
     if (other.tag == "Player") 
     {
     transform.position = TelePosition;
     }        
 }
 
 // Box Collider Is Trigger must be checked to work.
 // Change the transform.position coordinates in the Inspector.

This is the code i wrote. The idea is that if my player falls off the map and collide with the box collider, the player gets respawned or teleported to a different location that i have given with var TelePosition : Vector3;

Now the problem is that when collide, the Player don't get teleported to that location. Instead the Box Collider decide it can teleport to that point.

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*notice that i already tag my character with the tag : Player

So any idea what the problem is? I appriciate some help :)

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Answer by EHogger · Aug 02, 2013 at 11:47 AM

transform.position is the position of the object your script is attached to, which in this case is your box. Change it to other.transform.position = TelePosition and it will move the object that hits it instead (the player).

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aldonaletto · Aug 02, 2013 at 12:30 PM 1

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That's right. And it would be better to define the destination point with an empty game object ins$$anonymous$$d of a Vector3: it's easier to set the position in the Editor, and you can define the rotation as well:

 var TelePosition : Transform; // drag the destination empty here
  
 function OnTriggerEnter(other : Collider) 
 {
     if (other.tag == "Player") 
     {   
      // move and align the player to the destination empty GO
         other.transform.position = TelePosition.position;
         other.transform.rotation = TelePosition.rotation;
     }        
 }

This avoids the embarrasing situation where the player gets teleported to the destination point but keeps looking in the old direction.

Hexer · Aug 02, 2013 at 01:22 PM 0

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Thanks guys, both of you. I already thought i was missing something but couldn't put my finger on it.

The idea to put an empty game object ins$$anonymous$$d of just a Vector3 coordinate is a smart idea, so i could just drag or change the position. I didn't really need to change the rotation of the object because i let my character respawn in the middle of the map without walls or objects around it that could probably hinder the player.

I will re$$anonymous$$d it for my next project, probably usefull in a teleport game :).

Teleporting Player to a point using box colliders

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