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Question by uanmanarmy · Mar 15, 2015 at 03:32 PM · vector3mousepositionscreentoworldpoint

Input.mousePosition to ScreenToWorldPoint

Hey I am facing some problems with ScreenToWorldPoint casting, if you could help me.

 Vector3 mouspos = new Vector3 (Input.mousePosition.x,  Input.mousePosition.z, Input.mousePosition.y);
             mouspos = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(mouspos);
             Instantiate (obj, mouspos, Quaternion.identity);


So basically what I want to do, is to use the mouseposition and to instantiate an object only on x,z axis, but it's not working.

If I am just using

 Vector3 mouspos =Input.mousepoint;
 mous.pos.z = 5.0f;
 mouspos = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(mouspos);
 Instantiate (obj, mouspos, Quaternion.identity);
 

With this snippet of code, it will work, but this will place my object on x and y axis.

Would really need a little bit of help ^_^

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mousepos.z is zero, since Input.mouse is in 2D.

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Answer by maccabbe · Mar 15, 2015 at 03:53 PM

Try using the following, it creates a ray in world space that lies on the pixel the pointer is on and intersects it with a plane that lies on y=0.

 Plane plane=new Plane(Vector3.up, Vector3.zero);
 Ray ray=Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition);
 float distance;
 if(plane.Raycast(ray, out distance)) {
     Vector3 point=ray.GetPoint(distance);
     Instantiate (obj, point, Quaternion.identity);
 }

edit: good catch!

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Yes! it's working. Please edit your answear.

 Instantiate (obj, mouspos, Quaternion.identity);

change mouspos with point and I will mark your answer as good.

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