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    Whay is Raycast()?

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    • pianofire
      pianofire Fuze Team @Ben 2.0 last edited by

      @ben-2-0 I mean it is in the language but it is an experimental feature that may or may not be eventually made official. I will see if I can find out what the parameters are if you want to try it

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      • Ben 2.0
        Ben 2.0 last edited by

        Parameters are currently a position and direction in the form of a vector. The only output is a very large number that starts with 34. Thanks for looking into it @pianofire.

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        • Jonboy
          Jonboy Fuze Team last edited by

          I can't remember right now if this was officially implemented. It was intended to return a distance value from a 3D intersect. For example, if you wanted to measure the distance from four wheels of a vehicle on a sloped surface you would then be able to rotate the vehicle to match the slope. So the position is the point you want to check from. The vector is a 'ray' cast out in the direction given. The return 'should' be the distance from the point the Ray intersects with another 3D object.

          Again however, I can't recall if it was fully implemented so it could do with some testing to be certain.

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          • Ben 2.0
            Ben 2.0 last edited by

            I was using it in a 2d area so that would be why I got a strange output.

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            • vinicity
              vinicity F @Jonboy last edited by

              @jonboy Would that be collision with the actual object or with the object's collision box?

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              • waldron
                waldron F last edited by pianofire

                watched this a while back, would be great to have this fully implemented

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                • Jonboy
                  Jonboy Fuze Team last edited by

                  @vinicity Collision box only - at least I think so! (so sorry..)

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                  • waldron
                    waldron F last edited by


                    Just a single ray so far untill I get the distance height scales worked out.
                    Been trying this for a while, I'v managed to get it fully working using scratch casting 60 rays using distance to control brightness and scaling.

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                    • Ben 2.0
                      Ben 2.0 last edited by

                      Very cool, if anyone wants to see what I made, let me know.

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                      • vinicity
                        vinicity F @Ben 2.0 last edited by

                        @ben-2-0 said in Whay is Raycast()?:

                        Very cool, if anyone wants to see what I made, let me know.

                        Show us!

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                        • Dave
                          Dave Fuze Team last edited by

                          Just because it's relevant here: https://fuzearena.com/forum/topic/1909/undocumented-function-raycastobject-is-functional-and-can-be-used

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