How to get contact points from a trigger?

Question

I'm in a situation where I need a 2d sensor that will not collide but will also give me contact points for a collision.

Triggers don't give me contact points and colliders give me contact points but cause a collision.

I've tried disabling collisions when using colliders in the hopes of getting a collision enter callback but not having the collision actually occur, but no luck.

So how do I get contact points from a trigger? Or how do I get a collision callback with rigidbodies without causing a collision?

Basically I have a circle that I want to act as radar, but I'd like it to be fairly accurate with contact points too.

Answer 1

You should use OnCollisionEnter but add a rigidbody to it and set isTrigger to false and set rigidbody isKinematic to true then it will act like a trigger and you can get the contact points like this

 void OnCollisionEnter(Collision collision) {
        foreach (ContactPoint contact in collision.contacts) {
            Debug.DrawRay(contact.point, contact.normal, Color.white);
        }

Answer 2

You can get point of contact using OnTriggerEnter function

OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
{
    RaycastHit hit;
    if (Physics.Raycast(transform.position, transform.forward, out hit))
    {
        Debug.Log("Point of contact: "+hit.point);
    }
}