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Question by BekimS · Dec 07, 2021 at 12:21 PM · raycastbug

Ray Casts not working and sometimes casting in the wrong direction, help!

I have recently had the issue where raycasts will not work no matter what I do. (The code)

 public class Joe : MonoBehaviour  // Doesn't Include Usings for this post as it's just clutter
 {
     public Transform point1;
     public Transform point2;
     // Update is called once per frame
     void Update()
     {
         if (Physics.Raycast(point1.position, point2.position))
         {
             Debug.DrawRay(point1.position, point2.position);
         }
         if (Physics.Raycast(point1.position, point1.forward))
         {
             Debug.DrawRay(point1.position, point1.forward);
         }
     }
 }

What the Ray Casts actually do.

Supposed to be Ray Casting here.

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If the two boxes collide it actually shows the Ray Cast but it's going off in a random direction.

![alt text][2]

I have tried this in different projects and scenes to no avail. Please someone provide a fix to this, I'm dying here. [2]: /storage/temp/189633-2.png

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      if (Physics.Raycast(point1.position, point2.position))
      {
          Debug.DrawRay(point1.position, point2.position);
      }

Does not make sense. Physics.Raycast & Debug.DrawRay take a position (origin) and a direction, not two positions. If you want to provide two positions, use Physics.LineCast & Debug.DrawLine

avatar image BekimS Hellium · Dec 13, 2021 at 04:06 AM 0
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You actual legend thank you so much! It works like a charm now!

avatar image BekimS Hellium · Dec 13, 2021 at 04:20 AM 0
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Now there is a different issue, the line cast only works when the object the line is being casted to is behind something else.

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