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巫妖王
巫妖王

Reputation: 425

Unity3D Which way of doing 2D collision is faster?

I am doing a 2D game where enemies will shoot at my player. There are two ways to do collision of bullets:

  1. Add colliders to bullets. Add rigidbody to player. Use OnCollision() way to do collision detection.
  2. Use Vector3.Distance() to check every bullet's distance between player and bullets, if it is smaller than the preset value, then my player is hit.

The question is, which method will have better performance(less calculation)?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 6849

Answers (3)

Rodrigo Rearden
Rodrigo Rearden

Reputation: 86

Shortly, method 1, no dobut about that.

I'll assume that you want to have many players (let's say N), and many bullets (let's say M). Method 2 needs to test all the bullets vs all the players, that's executing your distance test N*M times. On the other hand, you can relay that the physics engine will optimize the testing by using spatial subdivision techniques (Testing only against 'near' objects).

But have in mind that the correct method to use also depends on the velocity of your bullet, while using a collider or checking the distance is ok with fairly slow bullet (ie. Metal Slug bullets), you'll have problems with a fast bullet (ie. fast like a real bullet), two psossible solutions are to play a bit with Project Settings->Physics or, just do a Physcis.Raycast() to get the object with which te bullet impacts instantly.

Upvotes: 3

user920991
user920991

Reputation: 1

In my experience I would say detect collider is faster and better, in any case you are using unity physics and add on collider method to your scrip doesn't decrease performance

Upvotes: 0

8vius
8vius

Reputation: 5836

To answer your question, the colliders I would say are the better way to go, physics detection are a little more optimized than checking EVERY frame for a distance collision.

But this also depends on the number of objects that are gonna be handled, you can use the profiler to see where it's slowing down and switch your code if necessary.

Also this article might help: http://technology.blurst.com/unity-physics-trigger-collider-examples/

Upvotes: 1

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