Object Selection in TGE/A 1.7 trying to kill me slowly

void GameTSCtrl::onMouseDown(const GuiEvent &evt)
{
	MatrixF mat;   
	Point3F vel;
	if ( GameGetCameraTransform(&mat, &vel) )    
	{   
		//get the camera position      
		Point3F pos;  
		mat.getColumn(3,&pos);
		//take our mouse coordinates and create (x,y,z) screen coordinates      
		Point3F screenPoint(evt.mousePoint.x, evt.mousePoint.y, -1); 
		//take our screen coordinates and get the corresponding       
		//world coordinates (this is what unproject does for us)      
		Point3F worldPoint;      
		if (unproject(screenPoint, &worldPoint))       
		{         
			mMouse3DPos = pos; 
			//create a vector that points from our starting point (the          
			//camera position) and heads towards our point we have chosen         
			//in the world         
			mMouse3DVec = worldPoint - pos; 
			mMouse3DVec.normalizeSafe();
			Con::executef(this, "1", "onMouseDown");  
		}   
	} 
}

function serverCmdSelectObject(%client, %mouseVec, %cameraPoint)
{
   //Determine how far should the picking ray extend into the world?
   %selectRange = 1000; //200;

   // scale mouseVec to the range the player is able to select with mouse
   %mouseScaled = VectorScale(%mouseVec, %selectRange);

   // cameraPoint = the world position of the camera
   // rangeEnd = camera point + length of selectable range
   %rangeEnd = VectorAdd(%cameraPoint, %mouseScaled);

   // Search for anything that is selectable - below are some examples
   %searchMasks =  $TypeMasks::StaticObjectType | $TypeMasks::InteriorObjectType | $TypeMasks::ShapeBaseObjectType | $TypeMasks::StaticShapeObjectType |  $TypeMasks::PlayerObjectType | $TypeMasks::ItemObjectType | $TypeMasks::VehicleObjectType |  $TypeMasks::CorpseObjectType | $TypeMasks::DebrisObjectType | $TypeMasks::PhysicalZoneObjectType |  $TypeMasks::StaticTSObjectType | $TypeMasks::DamagableItemObjectType | $TypeMasks:AIPlayerObjectType; 

   // Search for objects within the range that fit the masks above
   // If we are in first person mode, we make sure player is not selectable by    
   // setting fourth parameter (exempt
   // from collisions) when calling ContainerRayCast

   if ($firstPerson)
   {
	  %scanTarg = ContainerRayCast (%cameraPoint, %rangeEnd, %searchMasks, %player);
	  
   }
   else //3rd person - player is selectable in this case
   {
	  %scanTarg = ContainerRayCast (%cameraPoint, %rangeEnd, %searchMasks);
   }

   // a target in range was found so select it
   if (%scanTarg)
   {
      %name = %scanTarg.getClassName();
      %targetObject = firstWord(%scanTarg);
      %client.setSelectedObj(%targetObject);
   }
   else
   {
      %client.DeselectObj();
   }
}

function PlayGui::onMouseDown(%this, %modifiers, %point, %doubleClick)
{
   // mouseVec = vector from camera point to 3d mouse coords (normalized)
   %mouseVec = %this.getMouse3DVec();

   // cameraPoint = the world position of the camera
   %cameraPoint = %this.getMouse3DPos();

   commandToServer('SelectObject', %mouseVec, %cameraPoint);
}