This asset allows users to view raycasts as the user fires them.

Supports both the 2D and 3D api.

GIF Examples Of All Visuals

3D API (click to expand)

Raycast / Linecast

RaycastAll / RaycastNonAlloc

CapsuleCast

CapsuleCastAll / CapsuleCastNonAlloc

CheckCapsule

OverlapCapsule / OverlapCapsuleNonAlloc

BoxCast

BoxCastAll / BoxCastNonAlloc

CheckBox

OverlapBox / OverlapBoxNonAlloc

SphereCast

SphereCastAll / SphereCastNonAlloc

CheckSphere

OverlapSphere / OverlapSphereNonAlloc

Compute Penetration

Closest Point

2D API (click to expand)

Raycast

RaycastAll / RaycastAll / RaycastNonAlloc

CapsuleCast

CapsuleCastAll / CapsuleCastAll / CapsuleCastNonAlloc

OverlapCapsule

OverlapCapsuleAll / OverlapCapsuleNonAlloc

BoxCast

BoxCastAll / BoxCastAll / BoxCastNonAlloc

OverlapBox

OverlapBoxAll / OverlapBoxNonAlloc

CircleCast

CircleCastAll / CircleCastAll / CircleCastNonAlloc

OverlapCircle

OverlapCircleAll / OverlapCircleNonAlloc

OverlapPoint

OverlapPointAll / OverlapPointNonAlloc

OverlapArea

OverlapAreaAll / OverlapAreaNonAlloc

OverlapCollider

Closest Point

Distance

GetContacts

GetContacts (points)

IsTouching

IsTouchingLayers

GetRayIntersection

GetRayIntersectionAll / GetRayIntersectionNonAlloc

Installation

Using Unity Package Manager

1. Open the Package Manager from Window/Package Manager
2. Click the '+' button in the top-left of the window
3. Click 'Add package from git URL'
4. Provide the URL of this git repository: https://github.com/nomnomab/RaycastVisualization.git
5. Click the 'add' button

Usage

To get a visual to show up for a physics call simply do the following:

For 3D:

• Replace Physics. with VisualPhysics..

For 2D:

• Replace Physics2D. with VisualPhysics2D..
• Some 2D functions rely more on a 3D perspective in the editor depending on the orientation of the casts.

// Example
void SomeFunction() {
    if (VisualPhysics.Raycast(position, direction)) {
        Debug.Log("Hit!");
    }
}

API Switching:

You can also use a trick to automatically swap between the two APIs (useful for when you want to use the visual API in the editor, but the normal API in builds):

• Using VisualPhysics in a build will use the normal Physics API, however the method call may not be inlined depending on the compiler's mood.

#if UNITY_EDITOR
using Physics = Nomnom.RaycastVisualization.VisualPhysics;
#else
using Physics = UnityEngine.Physics;
#endif

void SomeFunction() {
    if (Physics.Raycast(position, direction)) {
        Debug.Log("Hit!");
    }
}

Defining a Visual's Lifetime:

Using VisualLifetime.Create(seconds) you can define how long a cast will display for:

// will display the raycast for a second, rather than a single frame
using (VisualLifetime.Create(1f)) {
    if (VisualPhysics.Raycast(position, direction)) {
        Debug.Log("Hit");
    }
}

User Options

The user options are located under Edit/Preferences/RaycastVisualization