Unity C# script not playing Particle Effect-CodePudding

I created a project using the FPS Microgame in Unity Hub to learn scripting. I'm trying to play a simple particle effect when the player collides with it (in the future I'd love to be able to trigger it from farther away, maybe when crossing into a plane, but I'll learn that later). I created the following script and attached it as a component to the particle effect on the scene:

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class portalTrigger : MonoBehaviour
{
    private void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other) 
    {
        ParticleSystem ps = GetComponent<ParticleSystem>();
        ps.Play();
    }
}

And here's what the particle effect looks like in the Unity Inspector:

The particle effect plays when the game starts if I select Play on Wake so I disabled it because I want it to play when the user collides with it. Any ideas?

Thanks!

CodePudding user response：

First I would add a debug print to verify that a collision is triggered in the onTriggerEnter method.

If that is not the case, I would check that both game objects have a rigid body and a collider. One (and only one) of the two colliders must have the isTrigger flag set.

Here is unity doc link for reference: https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Collider.OnTriggerEnter.html

CodePudding user response：

Had you quite made sure that the isTrigger option in object main object has been checked true?

If not then either see the way to check it( What do I mean here is that if you only check isTrigger without making another collision than object won't stop even after the collision. It had been really hectic for me when I started.)

or use the OnCollisionEnter. If none of these happened then try printing to see if they're even colliding or not. C'mon you are trying to become a Unity scripter so best way is to debug anything you doubt about.