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Question by Gabo-bz · May 10 at 09:33 AM · uiraycastvrui imagesteam

SteamVR Laser OnPointerClick not work with UI Element

GM everyone, I'm having issues with UI and SteamVR laserpointer interaction. I'm trying to use a wrapping class to override the SteamVR input with eventdata and using them in RectTransformUtility.ScreenPointToLocalPointInRectangle. My problem is that is not working at all. What I'm missing? I already followed this guide this guide and now I can't understand why the controller doesnt pass the actions as events. At the moment it only instantiate a cube on that position so I can see it when (and IF) happens, but my main aim is to select a target through the map and make appear an arrow in front of the player that looks to my selected target. I will also add my code:

 using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using UnityEngine;
 using UnityEngine.EventSystems;
 using UnityEngine.UI;
 using UnityEditor;
 using Valve.VR;
 using Valve.VR.Extras;
 
 public class TargetSelection : MonoBehaviour, IPointerClickHandler
 {
     public Transform mousePos;
     public Camera cameraMap;
 
     public void OnPointerClick(PointerEventData eventData)
     {
         if (RectTransformUtility.ScreenPointToLocalPointInRectangle(GetComponent<RawImage>().rectTransform, eventData.pressPosition, eventData.pressEventCamera, out Vector2 localCursorPoint))
         {
             Rect imageRectSize = GetComponent<RawImage>().rectTransform.rect;
             Debug.Log("PRIMO IF SUPERATO!");
             //localCursorPoint is the distance on x and y axis from the rect center point
             //off we add the imageRectSize (by substracting because it's negative) which is the half size
             //the rectangle so we can get the local coordinates x and y inside the rectangle
             //then we divide them by the rectSize so we can get their ratios (between 0.0 - 1.0)
             localCursorPoint.x = (localCursorPoint.x - imageRectSize.x) / imageRectSize.width;
             localCursorPoint.y = (localCursorPoint.y - imageRectSize.y) / imageRectSize.height;
 
             CastMiniMapRayToWorld(localCursorPoint);
         }
          
     }
     private void CastMiniMapRayToWorld(Vector2 localCursor)
     {
         //we multiply the local ratios inside the minimap image rect with the minimap camera's pixelWidth so we can get the right pixel coordinates for the ray
         Ray miniMapRay = cameraMap.ScreenPointToRay(new Vector2(localCursor.x * cameraMap.pixelWidth, localCursor.y * cameraMap.pixelHeight));
         Debug.Log("...cast the ray...");
         Debug.DrawRay(miniMapRay.origin, miniMapRay.direction, Color.green, 10000);
         //we cast the ray through the minimap camera, which will hit the world point that it pointed towards
         if (Physics.Raycast(miniMapRay, out RaycastHit miniMapHit, Mathf.Infinity))
         {
             if(miniMapHit.collider.CompareTag("target"))
             {
                 GameObject cube = GameObject.CreatePrimitive(PrimitiveType.Cube);
                 cube.transform.position = miniMapHit.point;
                 Debug.Log("WE DID IT! Cube is in " + cube.transform.position);
                 EditorApplication.isPaused = true;
             }
             Debug.Log("Target missed. Loser.");
         }
     }
 }

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