BCE0044 : expecting :, found ','. What to do?

Questions & Answers
1

Hey guys,
I’m pretty new on Unity and I tried following some tutorials to get into scripting. I already fixed a lot of errors on my first script but there is still one remaining. I don’t know what to do, could you please help me?
The error is in line 13,17. I also looked into similar questions on this forum but none could help me.
I would really appreciate any suggestions!

#pragma strict

var TheDamage : int = 50;
var Distance : float;

function Update ()
{
    if (Input.GetButtonDown("Fire1"))
    {
    var hit : RaycastHit;
    if (Physics.Raycast)transform.position; transform.TransformDirection(Vector3.forward); (hit);}
       {
        Distance, hit.distance
        hit.transform.SendMessage("ApplyDamage"), TheDamage, SendMessageOptions.DontRequireReceiver);
       }
    }
}
3

Additionally, lose the ) after the (“ApplyDamage” . The closing parenthesis should be at the end of the line.

2

if (Physics.Raycast)transform.position; transform.TransformDirection(Vector3.forward); (hit);}
{
Distance, hit.distance
hit.transform.SendMessage(“ApplyDamage”), TheDamage, SendMessageOptions.DontRequireReceiver);
}

You have placed you Raycast arguments in the wrong place.

Also, I don’t get what you are trying to do here

Distance, hit.distance

Do you mean

Distance = hit.distance;

Is this what you meant?

if (Physics.Raycast(transform.position, transform.TransformDirection(Vector3.forward), hit))
{
    Distance = hit.distance;
    hit.transform.SendMessage("ApplyDamage", TheDamage, SendMessageOptions.DontRequireReceiver);
}