Raycast get_collision_point always returning same coordinates

Question

Within a for loop, I:

• Create a new Transform() and give it a random origin point.
• Set my RayCast to that transform using setglobaltransform.
• Print getcollisionpoint of the RayCast.

However, the coordinates from getcollisionpoint always equal the starting position of the RayCast (except for the y coordinate, which has changed to the floor where it is casting.)

Does anyone know why this could be happening?

var new_t = Transform(Vector3(1,0,0), Vector3(0,1,0), Vector3(0,0,1), Vector3(randi() % 100,50,randi() % 100))
$RayCast.set_global_transform(new_t)
print($RayCast.get_collision_point())

Comments

It is difficult to reproduce your error without a test scene to debug.
That being said it seems that your Raycast has an origin but does not cast_to any particular vector.
I've found success in this method of using Raycasting:

$RayCast.translation = new_t.origin
$RayCast.cast_to = *SomeVector3*
$RayCast.force_raycast_update()
print($RayCast.get_collision_point())

Answer 1

Have you tried using

$Raycast.force_raycast_update( )

before printing?

When you move the raycast, it will acknowledge the movement in the next _physics_process call. If you want it immediately you have to force it with that function.

https://docs.godotengine.org/en/3.1/classes/class_raycast.html#method-descriptions

Comments

That's exactly what I needed! I was unaware of the physics process call. I can't believe I missed that function in the documentation.
Thank you very much.