A base class of all colliders.
See Also: BoxCollider, SphereCollider, CapsuleCollider, MeshCollider, PhysicMaterial, Rigidbody.
If the object with the Collider needs to be moved during gameplay then you should also attach a Rigidbody component to the object. The Rigidbody can be set to be kinematic if you don't want the object to have physical interaction with other objects.
attachedArticulationBody | The articulation body the collider is attached to. |
attachedRigidbody | The rigidbody the collider is attached to. |
bounds | The world space bounding volume of the collider (Read Only). |
contactOffset | Contact offset value of this collider. |
enabled | Enabled Colliders will collide with other Colliders, disabled Colliders won't. |
excludeLayers | The additional layers that this Collider should exclude when deciding if the Collider can contact another Collider. |
hasModifiableContacts | Specify whether this Collider's contacts are modifiable or not. |
includeLayers | The additional layers that this Collider should include when deciding if the Collider can contact another Collider. |
isTrigger | Specify if this collider is configured as a trigger. |
layerOverridePriority | A decision priority assigned to this Collider used when there is a conflicting decision on whether a Collider can contact another Collider. |
material | The material used by the collider. |
providesContacts | Whether or not this Collider generates contacts for Physics.ContactEvent. |
sharedMaterial | The shared physic material of this collider. |
ClosestPoint | Returns a point on the collider that is closest to a given location. |
ClosestPointOnBounds | The closest point to the bounding box of the attached collider. |
Raycast | Casts a Ray that ignores all Colliders except this one. |
OnCollisionEnter | OnCollisionEnter is called when this collider/rigidbody has begun touching another rigidbody/collider. |
OnCollisionExit | OnCollisionExit is called when this collider/rigidbody has stopped touching another rigidbody/collider. |
OnCollisionStay | OnCollisionStay is called once per frame for every Collider or Rigidbody that touches another Collider or Rigidbody. |
OnTriggerEnter | When a GameObject collides with another GameObject, Unity calls OnTriggerEnter. |
OnTriggerExit | OnTriggerExit is called when the Collider other has stopped touching the trigger. |
OnTriggerStay | OnTriggerStay is called almost all the frames for every Collider other that is touching the trigger. The function is on the physics timer so it won't necessarily run every frame. |
gameObject | The game object this component is attached to. A component is always attached to a game object. |
tag | The tag of this game object. |
transform | The Transform attached to this GameObject. |
hideFlags | Should the object be hidden, saved with the Scene or modifiable by the user? |
name | The name of the object. |
BroadcastMessage | Calls the method named methodName on every MonoBehaviour in this game object or any of its children. |
CompareTag | Checks the GameObject's tag against the defined tag. |
GetComponent | Gets a reference to a component of type T on the same GameObject as the component specified. |
GetComponentInChildren | Gets a reference to a component of type T on the same GameObject as the component specified, or any child of the GameObject. |
GetComponentInParent | Gets a reference to a component of type T on the same GameObject as the component specified, or any parent of the GameObject. |
GetComponents | Gets references to all components of type T on the same GameObject as the component specified. |
GetComponentsInChildren | Gets references to all components of type T on the same GameObject as the component specified, and any child of the GameObject. |
GetComponentsInParent | Gets references to all components of type T on the same GameObject as the component specified, and any parent of the GameObject. |
SendMessage | Calls the method named methodName on every MonoBehaviour in this game object. |
SendMessageUpwards | Calls the method named methodName on every MonoBehaviour in this game object and on every ancestor of the behaviour. |
TryGetComponent | Gets the component of the specified type, if it exists. |
GetInstanceID | Gets the instance ID of the object. |
ToString | Returns the name of the object. |
Destroy | Removes a GameObject, component or asset. |
DestroyImmediate | Destroys the object obj immediately. You are strongly recommended to use Destroy instead. |
DontDestroyOnLoad | Do not destroy the target Object when loading a new Scene. |
FindAnyObjectByType | Retrieves any active loaded object of Type type. |
FindFirstObjectByType | Retrieves the first active loaded object of Type type. |
FindObjectOfType | Returns the first active loaded object of Type type. |
FindObjectsByType | Retrieves a list of all loaded objects of Type type. |
FindObjectsOfType | Gets a list of all loaded objects of Type type. |
Instantiate | Clones the object original and returns the clone. |
bool | Does the object exist? |
operator != | Compares if two objects refer to a different object. |
operator == | Compares two object references to see if they refer to the same object. |
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