How to make Raycast ignore dead players?

Unity Engine
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Hi,

So in my multiplayer game, if a player dies, their mesh and capsule collider is turned off until they respawn.

If a player kills another player but keeps shooting where the killed player stood, the raycast still hits the dead player even though there is no active capsule collider. I think it’s because of the rigidbody, but how can I either temporarily turn off the rigidbody (if that’s the issue) or make it so that my raycast temporarily can’t hit the dead player?

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Hi,

How about putting the players in another layer when they are dead?
And use a layer mask to only hit the one you want with the ray.

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I like that. I think that would work. Thanks :slight_smile: