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Golelorn

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Posted: 19th Jun 2019 21:17

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I thought I had this figured out, but I keep getting inconsistent results. Or perhaps, I have forgotten what I learned, since I haven't messed with this command in awhile.

If I do ObjectRayCast(1,x,y,z,nx,ny,nz) Shouldn't it return a 0 if there is another object between the ray? Or is this only testing to see if the one object is in the ray path?

Conversely, if I send out a ray of ObjectRayCast(0,x,y,z,nx,ny,nz) should it not return the first object hit? Instead I get the object hit at the end of the ray, and the object in-between is only hit if I put that object ID in(so I know its not a case of me inadvertently turning off collision mode).

I could have sworn I have mentioned this before, but the documentation is wrong. ObjectRayCast() only returns a 1 if you put in the ObjectID.

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Quote: "will return the number of the object hitt first, or 0 for no collision"

Would be nice to get that fixed.

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Posted: 20th Jun 2019 02:05

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The easiest way to raycast I find is to check for object collision with the below function

//EDITED as I noticed I was using x when y and z calculations were needed 
function checkCollision(objID as integer)

local width# as float
local height# as float
local depth# as float
local x# as float
local y# as float
local z# as float
local start_x# as float
local start_y# as float
local start_z# as float
local end_x# as float
local end_y# as float
local end_z# as float 
local object_Hit as integer

//this checks for colliion between an object with any other object and returns its id
width#=(GetObjectMeshSizeMaxX(objID,1)-GetObjectMeshSizeMinX(objID,1))/2 
height#=(GetObjectMeshSizeMaxY(objID,1)-GetObjectMeshSizeMinY(objID,1))/2 
depth#=(GetObjectMeshSizeMaxZ(objID,1)-GetObjectMeshSizeMinZ(objID,1))/2 
 
x#=getObjectWorldX(objID)
y#=GetObjectWorldY(objID)
z#=getObjectWorldZ(objID)

// calculate the start of the ray cast
start_x# = x#-width#
start_y# = y#+height#
start_z# = z#-depth#

// calculate the end of the ray cast
end_x# = x#+width#   
end_y# = y#-height#
end_z# = z#+depth#
 
// determine which object has been hit
object_Hit = ObjectRayCast(0,start_x#,start_y#,start_z#,end_x#,end_y#,end_z#) :rem returns the object ID
rem if you change this to object_Hit = ObjectRayCast(obj2ID,start_x#,start_y#,start_z#,end_x#,end_y#,end_z#) it will return 1 or 0
endfunction object_Hit

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//EDITED as I noticed I was using x when y and z calculations were needed 
function checkCollision(objID as integer)

local width# as float
local height# as float
local depth# as float
local x# as float
local y# as float
local z# as float
local start_x# as float
local start_y# as float
local start_z# as float
local end_x# as float
local end_y# as float
local end_z# as float 
local object_Hit as integer	

//this checks for colliion between an object with any other object and returns its id
width#=(GetObjectMeshSizeMaxX(objID,1)-GetObjectMeshSizeMinX(objID,1))/2 
height#=(GetObjectMeshSizeMaxY(objID,1)-GetObjectMeshSizeMinY(objID,1))/2 
depth#=(GetObjectMeshSizeMaxZ(objID,1)-GetObjectMeshSizeMinZ(objID,1))/2 
 
x#=getObjectWorldX(objID)
y#=GetObjectWorldY(objID)
z#=getObjectWorldZ(objID)


// calculate the start of the ray cast
start_x# = x#-width#
start_y# = y#+height#
start_z# = z#-depth# 

// calculate the end of the ray cast
end_x# = x#+width#   
end_y# = y#-height#
end_z# = z#+depth#
 
// determine which object has been hit
object_Hit = ObjectRayCast(0,start_x#,start_y#,start_z#,end_x#,end_y#,end_z#) :rem returns the object ID
rem if you change this to object_Hit = ObjectRayCast(obj2ID,start_x#,start_y#,start_z#,end_x#,end_y#,end_z#) it will return 1 or 0
endfunction object_Hit

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Ortu

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Posted: 20th Jun 2019 23:33 Edited at: 20th Jun 2019 23:34

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If it isn't returning the first object hit, then yeah that's probably a bug.

I did notice this in the docs though as a work around:

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     n=GetObjectRayCastNumHits()
     print("GetObjectRayCastNumHits "+str(n))
     for i=0 to n-1
      obj = GetObjectRayCastHitID(i)
      print("Obj " +str(obj))
      print(GetObjectRayCastY(i))
     next

Looks like if multiple objects are hit, it keeps a list of all of them that you can scan through.

If it's actually returning the last object hit instead of the first, then possibly you just want the hit at the other end of the list...

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Golelorn

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Posted: 21st Jun 2019 15:29

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Thanks, Ortu. I will see if that is the case.

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