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Physics Callbacks

Physics Callbacks

OnTriggerEnter

Will be called for all collisions for all trigger colliders on this Rigidbody.
There is no way to get a reference to 'this' trigger collider that was entered.¹⁾

OnTriggerExit

Is not called when a Rigidbody which is part of the collision is destroyed.
Is not called if the Rigidbody/Collider is recreated internally²⁾.^{[research needed]}
Is not called if the trigger is disabled.

OnCollisionEnter

The OnCollisionEnter callback event must be attached to the GameObject with the Rigidbody you want to listen to. ³⁾

OnCollisionExit

Is not called when a Rigidbody which is part of the collision is destroyed.
Is not called if the Rigidbody/Collider is recreated internally (due to modifications). ^{[research needed]}

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¹⁾

https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/a/185095/1669

²⁾

Such as when a collider is moved to a new Rigidbody

³⁾

ie. this event will not fire if it is attached to a child collider

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