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Andrew_CS
Andrew_CS

Reputation: 2562

Raycast - convert from C# to UnityScript

I was following a tutorial for Unity3D that was written in C# and was attempting to do it in UnityScript. The following line is the only one that I couldn't convert correctly and it has to do with Raycasting.

Here's the C# from the tut.

if(Physics.Raycast(ray, out hit, Mathf.Abs(deltaY), collisionMask)){
    ....
}

Here are my relevant variables that I have.

var ray : Ray;
var hit : RaycastHit;
var collisionMask : LayerMask;
var deltaY : float = moveAmount.y; // moveAmount is a Vector2

Here is the signature for Physics.Raycast

function Raycast (origin : Vector3,
                  direction : Vector3,
                  distance : float = Mathf.Infinity,
                  layerMask : int = kDefaultRaycastLayers) : boolean

I know that my problem is that using UnityScript doesn't recognize what 'out' is and I don't know what to substitute in its place.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1342

Answers (3)

crush
crush

Reputation: 17033

According to the documentation:

static function Raycast(ray: Ray,
                        hitInfo: RaycastHit,
                        distance: float = Mathf.Infinity,
                        layerMask: int = DefaultRaycastLayers): bool;

Parameters (read the description for hitInfo)

ray          The starting point and direction of the ray.
distance     The length of the ray.
hitInfo      If true is returned, hitInfo will contain more information about where the 
             collider was hit (See Also: RaycastHit).
layerMask    A Layer mask that is used to selectively ignore colliders when casting a ray.

In C#, out passes by reference, which allows the function to modify the value outside its scope. In UnityScript, you don't need to define when to pass by reference or value. So, you simply omit the out.

var ray : Ray;
var hit : RaycastHit;
var collisionMask : LayerMask;
var deltaY : float = moveAmount.y; // moveAmount is a Vector2

if (Physics.Raycast(ray, hit, deltaY, collisionMask)) {
    //hit will contain more information about whether the collider was a hit here.
}

Notice, according to the LayerMask documentation, LayerMask can be implicitly converted from an integer.

Upvotes: 1

Luaan
Luaan

Reputation: 63772

It doesn't need the out keyword at all.

var hit : RaycastHit;
if (Physics.Raycast (origin, direction, hit, distance)) {
    var hitDistance = hit.distance;
}

You can use the UnityScript docs for reference: http://docs.unity3d.com/Documentation/ScriptReference/Physics.Raycast.html

out and ref keywords are useful C# constructs that allow you to pass a reference to a structure (or a reference to a class reference), which would usually be passed by value instead.

The C# variant of the method would create a new instance of the RaycastHit type and assign it to the variable you pass as an out parameter.

In UnityScript, this is unnecessary, and you'll get what you expect without using the out keyword.

Upvotes: 1

mason
mason

Reputation: 32699

out means that the parameter passed to it will be passed "by reference", as opposed to "by value". See C# documentation.

I'm not familiar with UnityScript. But one way to create an equivalent function would be to create a new class to be returned that contains the Boolean that would normally be returned, as well as the RaycastHit object.

class MyCustomReturnObject
    Boolean OriginalReturnVariable
    RaycastHit hit

Upvotes: 2

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