How to detect an object in a trigger?

Question

I’ve placed in the scene an object with a trigger and I want the console sends me a message detecting if the player is in or out of the trigger when I click a button . When

Answer 1

Use OnTriggerEnter and OnTriggerExit instead of OnTriggerStay to keep the current state:

public class MapDetect : MonoBehaviour {

    private bool isTriggered;

    void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
    {
        if (other.gameObject.CompareTag("Player"))
            isTriggered = true;
    }

    void OnTriggerExit(Collider other)
    {
        if (other.gameObject.CompareTag("Player"))
            isTriggered = false;
    }

    void Update(){
        if(Input.GetKey(KeyCode.Space)){
            Debug.Log(isTriggered);
        }
    }
}