How do you cast ray to the ground

#1 Ok, I think I've got it...this returns where I hit the ground:

%ray = ContainerRayCast(%playerLocation,%downvec,$TypeMasks::TerrainObjectType);
									%hitPosition = getWords(%ray,1,3);

where my "down" vector is just the playerLocation with 10 subtracted from its z value.

#2 You should exclude the player from the raycast.

%hitObject = containerRayCast(%startPosition, %endPosition, $TypeMasks, %id_of_the_player);

%ray is not the position of the ray-collision. It is the id of the object found by the raycast. If %ray is zero then no object was hit.

#3 you mean "include" the player? I excluded it in my example.

#4 No, your containerRayCast has three parameters.
I used the function with four parameters.

I excluded the player (the fourth parameter).

#5 I am using the English word "exclude" to mean "leave out".

I left out the last parameter.

#6 Then you should include the fourth parameter to exclude the player from the ray.

#7 Oh, I see.... so the fourth parameter identifies what SHOULD BE excluded, so it doesn't hit my own player. got it. In this case, since I'm only targeting terrain, it doesn't hit my player, but that's a very good 'heads up' that you provided....thanks, I will definitely use the last parameter especially when I'm checking for "All Types".

#8 And don't forget: The return value is not a position. It is the ID of the hit object. Or zero if you did'nt hit a object with the ray.