I'm trying to understand one line specifically in the pickup script:
var playerStatus : ThirdPersonStatus = col.GetComponent(ThirdPersonStatus); The reason is because I'm trying to get a GUI box to pop up on other object that Lerpz collides with, not using this script, but using a simple onGUI/onTrigger function to do this. The trigger isn't working (I triple checked the box was checked on the trigger on the interface). I'm not sure why it's not detecting collisions with this onGUI/onTrigger, so I am trying to understand why the pickup script is referencing the thirdpersonstatus... maybe this is why.

Pickup Script:

enum PickupType { Life = 0, FuelCell = 1 }
var pickupType = PickupType.FuelCell;
var amount = 1;
var sound : AudioClip;
var soundVolume : float = 2.0;


private var used = false;
private var mover : DroppableMover;

function Start ()
{
    // do we exist in the level or are we instantiated by an enemy dying?
    mover = GetComponent(DroppableMover);
}

function ApplyPickup (playerStatus : ThirdPersonStatus)
{
    // A switch...case statement may seem overkill for this, but it makes adding new pickup types trivial.
    switch (pickupType)
    {
        case PickupType.Life:
            playerStatus.AddLife(amount);
            break;

        case PickupType.FuelCell:
            playerStatus.FoundItem(amount);
            break;
    }

    return true;
}

function OnTriggerEnter (col : Collider) {
    if(mover && mover.enabled) return;
    var playerStatus : ThirdPersonStatus = col.GetComponent(ThirdPersonStatus);

    //* Make sure we are running into a player
    //* prevent picking up the trigger twice, because destruction
    //  might be delayed until the animation has finished
    if (used || playerStatus == null)
        return;

    if (!ApplyPickup (playerStatus))
        return;

    used = true;

    // Play sound
    if (sound)
        AudioSource.PlayClipAtPoint(sound, transform.position, soundVolume);



    // If there is an animation attached.
    // Play it.
    if (animation && animation.clip)
    {
        animation.Play();
        Destroy(gameObject, animation.clip.length);
    }
    else
    {
        Destroy(gameObject);
    }
}

// Auto setup the pickup
function Reset ()
{
    if (collider == null)   
        gameObject.AddComponent(BoxCollider);
    collider.isTrigger = true;
}

@script RequireComponent(SphereCollider)
@script AddComponentMenu("Third Person Props/Pickup")