PointEffector2D

An article by mgear    3 Comments

Unity5 comes with new PointEffector2D

How to use it?
– Add sprite to scene
– Add CircleCollider2D (or some other 2D collider)
– Enable: [x] Trigger *Note: Effector works without trigger enabled also, but only when other object is touching the collider.
– Enable [x] Used by Effector
– Add PointEffector2D component
– Adjust Force magnitude (if it doesnt seem to affect enough, negative values will attract and positive values will repel objects away)

Then just add other objects that the effector will affect:
– Add sprite
– Add rigidbody2D
– Add CircleCollider2D (or some other 2D collider)

Image#1: Point effector, note the circle collider radius is adjusted, that is the area it affects.

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Image#2: normal object with collider2D and rigidbody2D, when it enters point effector area, it gets affected by it

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