How can I refer to the object my raycast is hitting?

Questions & Answers
1

I’m trying to hit an item with a raycast and then use the SendMessageUpwards function to subtract from that items health but I keep getting the “Object reference is not set to an instance of an object” error. Here is the code with the raycast

var shootAudio : AudioClip ;
var damage = 100;
var Range = 10.0;



function Start () {

}

function Update () {




if(Input.GetButtonDown("Shoot/Attack")){

Shoot();	

}

}

function Shoot(){

var hit : RaycastHit;
var collider : Collider;
Debug.DrawRay(transform.position, transform.forward*Range, Color.green);
	audio.PlayOneShot( shootAudio);
	if(Physics.Raycast(transform.position, transform.forward, Range)){
	
	
	hit.collider.SendMessageUpwards("ApplyDamage" , damage , SendMessageOptions.DontRequireReceiver);
	
	}
	
}

Here is the health script
var healthLeft = 100;

function Start () {

}

function Update () {

if(healthLeft <= 0){

	Destroy(gameObject);

	}

}

function ApplyDamage( damage : int ) {

healthLeft -= damage;

}
2

Var health script = hit.collider.getcomponent(health script);
health script.dosomething;

3

I figured it out. I didn’t set up the RayCast right the first time. It should have looked like this. (Physics.Raycast(transform.position, transform.forward, hit, Range))