Issues with Raycasting and Throw Pillows

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Just a note, throw pillows barley matter, that is just bad comedy.

I have a script to highlight game objects with a selectable tag, and the length is set to 5 units. The raycast works with every object with a selectable tag except for a throw pillow. The pillow has a mesh collider, mesh renderer, and has the tag selectable. Here is my script, an image showing the raycast intersecting, and an image showing the inspector tab for my pillow.

Also, if anyone has suggestions on how to better format pictures on this forum, please let me know.

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using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using TMPro;
using Unity.VisualScripting;
using UnityEngine;

public class Select : MonoBehaviour
{
    [SerializeField] private string selectableTag = "Selectable";
    [SerializeField] private Material HighlightMat;
    public int Lentgh;
    private Material NormalMat;
    public Camera cam;

    private Transform _selection;

    void Update()
    {
        // Deselect object
        if (_selection != null) // see if the selection is null or not
        {
            var selectionRender = _selection.GetComponent<Renderer>(); // get renderer component
            selectionRender.material = NormalMat;
            _selection = null;
        }

        Vector3 point = new Vector3(cam.pixelWidth / 2, cam.pixelHeight / 2, 0);
        var ray = Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay(point);
        RaycastHit hit;
        if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out hit, Lentgh)) // Change the raycast length to Lentgh
        {
            Debug.DrawRay(ray.origin, ray.direction * Lentgh, Color.yellow); // Draw the ray in the Scene view

            var selection = hit.transform; // find what object was hit
            if (selection.CompareTag(selectableTag)) // is it selectable?
            {
                var selectionRender = selection.GetComponent<Renderer>(); // get renderer component
                NormalMat = selectionRender.material;
                if (selectionRender != null)
                {
                    selectionRender.material = HighlightMat; //highlight it with the material
                    if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0))
                    {
                        Debug.Log("Maybe this wont suck?");
                    }
                }
                _selection = selection;
            }
        }
    }

}
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Just realized I should let you know that the material should be a transparent dark red.

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Sorry if I’ve misunderstood, it’s not clear to me from the image what the ray is hitting.
I think if you

Debug.DrawRay(ray.origin, ray.direction * hit.distance, Color.yellow);

I’d be able to see what it’s hitting.
I think I’d put breakpoints or Debug.Log statements everywhere and try and figure out what’s going on, like how deep into the if statements is it getting:)

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Yea, that is a good idea, especially if I put debug.log statements with random numbers, so I can differentiate between the collisions. Also, in the upper part of the first image there is a yellow line. That is the raycast.