Turn off collisions for 3 seconds after respawning

Author: adamgraham

Assets/Scripts/Player.cs

@@ -49,6 +49,16 @@ private void Awake()
         _rigidbody = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
     }
 
+    private void OnEnable()
+    {
+        // Turn off collisions for a few seconds after
+        // spawning to ensure the player has enough
+        // time to safely move away from asteroids
+        this.gameObject.layer = LayerMask.NameToLayer("Ignore Collisions");
+
+        Invoke(nameof(TurnOnCollisions), 3.0f);
+    }
+
     private void Update()
     {
         // Activate thrust when pressing the 'w' key or 'up arrow' key
@@ -91,6 +101,11 @@ private void Shoot()
         bullet.Project(this.transform.up);
     }
 
+    private void TurnOnCollisions()
+    {
+        this.gameObject.layer = LayerMask.NameToLayer("Player");
+    }
+
     private void OnCollisionEnter2D(Collision2D collision)
     {
         // Check if the player crashed into an asteroid

ProjectSettings/Physics2DSettings.asset

@@ -53,4 +53,4 @@ Physics2DSettings:
   m_ColliderAsleepColor: {r: 0.5686275, g: 0.95686275, b: 0.54509807, a: 0.36078432}
   m_ColliderContactColor: {r: 1, g: 0, b: 1, a: 0.6862745}
   m_ColliderAABBColor: {r: 1, g: 1, b: 0, a: 0.2509804}
-  m_LayerCollisionMatrix: fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffcfffffffcfffffff3fffffff3ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
+  m_LayerCollisionMatrix: ffefffffffefffffffefffffffffffffffefffffffefffffffffffffffffffffffecffffffecffffffe3ffffffe3ffffc8e0ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff

ProjectSettings/TagManager.asset

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ TagManager:
   - Bullet
   - Asteroid
   - Boundary
-  - 
+  - Ignore Collisions
   - 
   - 
   -