My Text Box won't appear on collision

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Hi I’m almost done with a project for one of my classes and it’s supposed to be a TPC

Essentially every object in my game has a collision and a rigid body, and supposedly to every object there’s a text box that should appear above it. How it works is when my character collides with the object the textbox should appear.

I used the same code for another project and it worked perfectly, but for the other one Im working on now, isn’t working at all. Can I get some help?

here’s my code for my Character Movement

var GuyMovement = pc.createScript('guyMovement');

// initialize code called once per entity
GuyMovement.prototype.initialize = function() {
    this.entity.collision.on('collisionstart', this.OnCollsionStart, this)
    this.entity.collision.on('collisionend', this.OnCollsionEnd, this)
};

// update code called every frame
GuyMovement.prototype.update = function(dt) {
    if (this.app.keyboard.isPressed(pc.KEY_W)){
        this.entity.rigidbody.applyForce(0,0,-5);
    }
 if (this.app.keyboard.isPressed(pc.KEY_S)){
        this.entity.rigidbody.applyForce(0,0,5);
    }
if (this.app.keyboard.isPressed(pc.KEY_D)){
        this.entity.rigidbody.applyForce(5,0,0);
    }
if (this.app.keyboard.isPressed(pc.KEY_A)){
        this.entity.rigidbody.applyForce(-5,0,0);
    }
if (this.app.keyboard.isPressed(pc.KEY_SPACE)){
        this.entity.rigidbody.applyForce(0,5,0);
    }
};

GuyMovement.prototype.OnCollisionStart = function(result) {
    if (result.other.name == "Disco") {
        this.app.root.findByName("infobox1").enabled = true;
    }

    if (result.other.name == "Patrick") {
        this.app.root.findByName("infobox2").enabled = true;
    }

    if (result.other.name == "Wrestler") {
        this.app.root.findByName("infobox3").enabled = true;
    }

    if (result.other.name == "Mouse") {
        this.app.root.findByName("infobox4").enabled = true;
    }

    if (result.other.name == "Jellyfish") {
        this.app.root.findByName("infobox5").enabled = true;
    }

    if (result.other.name == "Kid") {
        this.app.root.findByName("infobox6").enabled = true;
    }

    if (result.other.name == "Peasant") {
        this.app.root.findByName("infobox7").enabled = true;
    }

    if (result.other.name == "Speakers") {
        this.app.root.findByName("infobox8").enabled = true;
    }

    if (result.other.name == "Walt") {
        this.app.root.findByName("infobox9").enabled = true;
    }

    if (result.other.name == "Stage") {
        this.app.root.findByName("infobox10").enabled = true;
    }
};

GuyMovement.prototype.OnCollisionEnd = function(result) {
    if (result.name == "Disco") {
        this.app.root.findByName("infobox1").enabled = false;
    }

    if (result.name == "Patrick") {
        this.app.root.findByName("infobox2").enabled = false;
    }

    if (result.name == "Wrestler") {
        this.app.root.findByName("infobox3").enabled = false;
    }

    if (result.name == "Mouse") {
        this.app.root.findByName("infobox4").enabled = false;
    }

    if (result.name == "Jellyfish") {
        this.app.root.findByName("infobox5").enabled = false;
    }

    if (result.name == "Kid") {
        this.app.root.findByName("infobox6").enabled = false;
    }

    if (result.name == "Peasant") {
        this.app.root.findByName("infobox7").enabled = false;
    }

    if (result.name == "Speakers") {
        this.app.root.findByName("infobox8").enabled = false;
    }

    if (result.name == "Walt") {
        this.app.root.findByName("infobox9").enabled = false;
    }

    if (result.name == "Stage") {
        this.app.root.findByName("infobox10").enabled = false;
    }
};


// swap method called for script hot-reloading
// inherit your script state here
// GuyMovement.prototype.swap = function(old) { };

// to learn more about script anatomy, please read:
// https://developer.playcanvas.com/en/user-manual/scripting/

Everything should be in order, I also double checked the scene to make sure everything is titled correctly.

here’s the link to the project I’m currently working on
https://playcanvas.com/editor/scene/1939391

and here’s the original project Im basing my code off on
https://playcanvas.com/editor/scene/1956850

I would really appreciate some quick help!

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Hi @chiyopot!

There is a typo in the function name of your events.

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