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direct a raycast from point a to point b
hello everyone, i am attempting to make a space shooter game, and thought of adding solar pannels to the spaceships, that way people cant hide in a behind an object forever to prevent death. so the best way i could think of doing this is by using a colider on the light to detect when an object is in range to actualy be able to charge from the light and a raycast to be casted from the light to the spaceship`s solarpanel position do detect if there is something in the way. so my question is how do i input the direction to the raycast if i only have 2 positions?
thanks for the help everyone.
p.s. i did not include code simply because i did not think it would be nessesary to answer the question, but if its needed pls tell me and i will repost the question with code
when you said only two positions did you mean the game is 2d?
To get a vector from one position to another simply subtract the source from the destination.
Vector3 fromPosition = source.transform.position;
Vector3 toPosition = destination.transform.position;
Vector3 direction = toPosition - fromPosition;
The same principle applies to any type of vector.
Use Linecast instead of Raycast.
Would that shoot out from the current object's position to the target object?
Try this - It is just a pseudo code(Untested)
RaycastHit hit;
Vector3 fromPosition = source.transform.position;
Vector3 toPosition = destination.transform.position;
Vector3 direction = toPosition - fromPosition;
if(Physics.Raycast(source.transform.position,direction,out hit))
{
print("ray just hit the gameobject: "+hit.collider.gameObject.name);
}
hope this may help you. Nsks
Or how about just using Linecast instead of Raycast? No need to make things complicated.
