[SOLVED] How to detect a collision with the player entity

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#1

In this script I need help with a script that involves an entity touching another. The script is going to basically make the entity go to a certain position if touching another entity someone please help.

#2

Hi @Mason_Rocchio!

Can you explain this a little better please? Do you have a project link that you can share?

#3

Ok so, if a entity in my game is touching the player. it will move my player to a giving quarantine

#4

You can use different ways, for example setPosition() and teleport(), but it depends on the components you use on the entity.

#5

Yeah I know, I am still having trouble with collisions.
I don’t know how to write scripts that if touching entity 1, go to 2,5,4
for example.

#6

The page below gives all information you need. Please share your project if you get stuck.

https://developer.playcanvas.com/en/tutorials/collision-and-triggers/

#7

Ok thank you

#8

[https://launch.playcanvas.com/1311766?debug=true

This is the link, if you touch the red guy you are supposed to go back to the spawnpoint where you start in the beginning.

#9

Try to add this script to your player entity.

var Teleport = pc.createScript('teleport');

// initialize code called once per entity
Teleport.prototype.initialize = function () {
    this.entity.collision.on('collisionstart', this.onCollisionStart, this);
};

Teleport.prototype.onCollisionStart = function (result) {
    if (result.other.parent.parent.name === 'Neighbor') {
        this.entity.rigidbody.teleport(new pc.Vec3(0,0,0));
    }
};
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#10

When I copied the script and started the game it gave this error

ASSERT FAILED:

Invalid batch 100000 insertion

ASSERT FAILED:

Invalid batch 100000 insertion

[caught.js?id=65474609&branchId=ba541ccb-17a2-4cee-b087-061be2d7c60e:5]: Teleport is not defined

ReferenceError: Teleport is not defined
at scriptType.Caught.initialize (https://launch.playcanvas.com/api/assets/files/caught.js?id=65474609&branchId=ba541ccb-17a2-4cee-b087-061be2d7c60e:5:5)
at ScriptComponent._scriptMethod (https://launch.playcanvas.com/editor/scene/js/engine/playcanvas.dbg.js?version=1.51.5:64102:19)
at ScriptComponent._onInitialize (https://launch.playcanvas.com/editor/scene/js/engine/playcanvas.dbg.js?version=1.51.5:64126:34)
at ScriptComponentSystem._callComponentMethod (https://launch.playcanvas.com/editor/scene/js/engine/playcanvas.dbg.js?version=1.51.5:64712:49)
at ScriptComponentSystem._onInitialize (https://launch.playcanvas.com/editor/scene/js/engine/playcanvas.dbg.js?version=1.51.5:64721:9)
at ComponentSystemRegistry.fire (https://launch.playcanvas.com/editor/scene/js/engine/playcanvas.dbg.js?version=1.51.5:758:18)
at Application.start (https://launch.playcanvas.com/editor/scene/js/engine/playcanvas.dbg.js?version=1.51.5:71225:17)
at https://launch.playcanvas.com/editor/scene/js/launch.js:14548:25
at Application._preloadScripts (https://launch.playcanvas.com/editor/scene/js/engine/playcanvas.dbg.js?version=1.51.5:70970:5)
at https://launch.playcanvas.com/editor/scene/js/launch.js:14531:21

#11

Have you created a script with the name teleport and replaced the code with the code above?

This part is not related and has another cause.

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#12

I just took the code part and pasted it under the initialize function

#13

Ok yeah you were right I did the wrong code.

Thanks

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