1

So i have the simple scene:

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I simply cannot understand why my raycast hit the ground

In my script i have the following:

Ray ray = Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition);
RaycastHit hit;
if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out hit, 1000, LayerMask.NameToLayer("Terrain")))
{
    Debug.Log(hit.point);
}
Debug.Log(hit.transform.name);

However whenever i attempt to cast the ray it returns nothing (meaning that it doesnt seem to hit anything)

Can anyone tell me why this is happening?

2

You want to use LayerMask.GetMask("Water"), which returns the appropriate mask.
LayerMask.NameToLayer("Water") returns the integer associated with that Layer. A mask is a 32-bit sequence where each bit represents whether the layer with that number should be considered. So if Terrain is your number 9 layer, NameToLayer(“Terrain”) returns 9 and GetMask(“Terrain”) returns 1000000002 ( 1<<9 )

3

I assume you have this code wrapped within a input.getmouse?