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How can I test if there is a collision near my rigidbody?
I would like to be able to probe the space around my character to determine if there is any environment colliders nearby.
For example: If the character is less that 1 unit above the ground, I would like to be able to tell this, even though they aren't quite touching.
An obvious method would be to do a raycast down from their position. If the ray hits, then there is something below them.
However, what if there is a gap in the ground directly below their center? Or they are hanging over a cliff or on a spire? In these cases, the ray would (incorrectly) show that there is nothing beneath them, even though they are about to collide with the ground.
Is there such a thing as a 'shape cast'? So I could, say, project a sphere out from the bottom of the player and get information about whether or not it will collide with something?
Have you looked at Physics.SphereCast? It does exactly what you want here. Honestly you should just read through the documentation a bit- there's lots of useful stuff in there!
I missed it the first time through the docs, and then found it after posting the question. Figured I'd leave the question up though for future generations. ;)
