SendMessage doesn't work on capsule

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1

I have been following tutorial at 1 and got stuck trying to make the capsule game object receive message sent from another object.

I am using built in controller object and added a script to its camera:

var TheDamage : int = 50;
var Distance : float;
var MaxDistance : float = 1.5;

function Update()
{
	if(Input.GetButtonDown("Fire1"))
	{
		var hit : RaycastHit;
		if(Physics.Raycast(transform.position, transform.TransformDirection(Vector3.forward), hit))
		{
			Distance = hit.distance;
			
			print ("Did Hit");

			if(Distance < MaxDistance)
			{
				print ("message sent");
				hit.transform.SendMessage("ApplyDamage", TheDamage, SendMessageOptions.DontRequireReceiver);
			}
		}
	}
}

I created a capsule object and added this script:

var Health = 100;

function ApplyDamage (damage : int) 
{
	Health -= damage;
	print ("message received");
}

In game view, when I move really close to the capsule and click on it, nothing happens.
I see message saying the message has been sent but i don’t see “message received” in console. The capsule has collider component.

When i add the same script to another cube object, it does the right thing.
Is this a bug?

2

ah i figured out what the problem was.
In the tutorial, the object that had Update script had its transform x position different from the camera so RayCast start point was not from the player camera.
The fix is to set 0,0,0 as transform to the camera