Raycasting hit is always y = 0?

Unity Engine
1

I’m trying to determine the distance from my raycast hit from the player, but only in the vertical direction. I’ve almost got it, but my RaycastHit.point.y always returns 0 even when it’s way up over 80 in reality. The reference says that RaycastHit.point.y should return in worldspace, but it seems like its returning in local space.

var wayPointPrefab : GameObject;
var cube : GameObject;

private var player : GameObject;

function Awake(){
	player = GameObject.Find("Player");
}

function Update(){

zoomer = GetComponent(cameraZoomer);
mouseLocked = zoomer.mouseLocked;

if(Input.GetButton ("Fire1")!mouseLocked){
	//Debug.Log("Button Clicked");
	
var ray = Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition); 
	var hit : RaycastHit; 
	
	//Debug.Log("Ray Fired");
	
	verticalDistance = player.transform.position.y - hit.point.y;
	print(verticalDistance);
	print("hitpoint y: " + hit.point.y);
    
	if(Physics.Raycast(ray, hit, 10000)) 
    { 
		/*if(cube){
			Destroy(cube.gameObject);
		}*/
        //Debug.Log("hit point:"+hit.point); 
        //hitPoint=Vector3(hit.point.x,hit.point.y,0); 
		
		if(!cube){
			cube = Instantiate(wayPointPrefab); 
        }
		//cube = wayPointPrefab; 
        cube.transform.position = Vector3(hit.point.x,hit.point.y+1,hit.point.z); 
		playerNewTarget = Vector3(hit.point.x,hit.point.y+1,hit.point.z);
			
		//print("go!");
		player.SendMessage("moveActive",playerNewTarget);
     } 
        
}
}

Can anyone tell what I’m doing wrong?

2

Try using Layers and bitmasks to avoid hitting the object you are raycasting from. It is probably hitting itself