Vkm::Engine::RayHit Struct Reference

What a query struck: which entity, where, and the surface it hit. More...

#include <query.h>

Public Attributes
EntityId	entity = {}
	The body that was struck.
float	distance = 0.0f
	Along the ray, in metres.
glm::vec3	point = {0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f}
	World-space contact point.
glm::vec3	normal = {0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f}
	Outward surface normal.

Detailed Description

What a query struck: which entity, where, and the surface it hit.

normal points out of the surface, back along the ray. A ray starting inside a body hits it at distance zero; where the shape gives no outward direction (inside a box) the normal points at the caster.

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The documentation for this struct was generated from the following file:

• system/physics/query/query.h