onCollisionEnter2D not behaving as expected

Question

I have two game objects. They both have a Rigid Body 2D and a Box Collider 2D components.

One of them also has script component. Below is the full script

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
public class Col : MonoBehaviour
{
void Start ()
{
}
void Update ()
{
}
void onCollisionEnter2D(Collision2D col)
{
Debug.Log("collision detected");
}
}

When I start the project, go to the Scene view and drag one GameObject over another i don't get the Log message i am expecting to see.

What am i doing wrong here? Seems so simple.

Last pic is the size of the box colliders so you can see that they are correct size.

I've seem other very similar question and they are all in regards to unity5.0 (i am using 5.0 as well)

Answer 1

Feel weird answering my own question but the problem is the

void onCollisionEnter2D(Collision2D col)

It needs to be

void OnCollisionEnter2D(Collision2D col)

(With the capital 'O').

Hope this help someone over there as it is rather easy to overlook for beginners

Answer 2

Collisions in the physics space (stuff using onCollision, not onTrigger) need to have a Rigidbody2D attached to the objects. This Rigidbody2D component is what places the objects into the physics simulation and allows for the objects to collide with each other.

If you only want to know when the objects touch each other, and not simulate physics or collision responses, use onTriggerEnter2D (Making sure to set your colliders to triggers).

Also, you'll need to ensure your method signatures are correct:

void onCollisionEnter2D(Collision col)

is wrong. You want

void OnCollisionEnter2D(Collision2D coll)

Notice the 2D type of collision is the correct way to implement this method, in addition to the capital O at the beginning.

I started a new scene. Added two 2D sprites. I added colliders to both. I then added a rigid body to one and attached a new script to the other. The script contained your code above for OnCollisionEnter2D. When I moved the rigidbody object over the other object, the debug text was printed.

You either need to start over because you've done something wrong or you need to reexamine your assumptions.