Trouble using Ray.Intersect method on bounding boxes in a 2D XNA game
- by getsauce
I am trying to use a ray and bounding box to determine if a box is between the player and the mouse pointer in 2D space. When I try testing the code, the collision will return true when pointed at the box but it also returns true under other circumstances where it shouldn't.
For instance. If I have a player on the left and a box directly to the right, I can put the mouse pointer a few hundred pixels above the box or a few hundred below and it will still return true. Also, I can put my mouse pointer to the left of the player and in a certain area it will still return true. Does anyone have any idea what might cause this?
I have left out definitions for some of my members and properties just to make this code sample easier to read. The position property is just a Vector2 for where each object is located.
ray = new Ray(new Vector3(player.Position, 0), new Vector3(mouse.Position, 0);
box = new BoundingBox(new Vector3(box.Position, 0), new Vector3(
new Vector2(box.Position + box.Width, box.Position + box.Height), 0);
if (ray.Intersects(box) != null)
collision = true;
else
collision = false;
