How to stop raycast when hitting an object in Unity?

drpelz

Hi,

in my Unity game (top-down 2D shooter) there are some enemies flying along a path (via DOTween). My player casts a ray into the scene in order to get an enemy-object right in front of the player. So far so good.

Now the problem is that I want only one enemy-object as a result, i.e. the raycast should stop when it hits an enemy-object for the very first time. How do I achieve this?

I need only one enemy-object hit by the raycast because there is a crosshair in my game and when the raycast starts and the enemies fly along the path the crosshair jumps forth and back (and I don't want this - the crosshair should stay at the first enemy hit by the raycast). Any help, please?

Raycast-video

This is my code (attached to the player):

void FixedUpdate() {

//crosshair: Cast a ray straight up.

float _size = 12f;

   Vector2 _direction = this.transform.up;

   RaycastHit2D _hit = Physics2D.Raycast(this.transform.position, _direction, _size);

  if (_hit.collider != null && _hit.collider.tag == "EnemyShipTag") {

   // We touched something!

   Vector2 target = new Vector2(_hit.collider.gameObject.transform.position.x, _hit.collider.gameObject.transform.position.y);

     const float moveTime = 0.1f;

     float step;

   step = Vector2.Distance(crosshairGO.transform.position, target);

     crosshairGO.transform.position = Vector2.MoveTowards(crosshairGO.transform.position, target, step / moveTime * Time.deltaTime);

     Vector2 _pos3 = new Vector2(this.transform.position.x, crosshairGO.transform.position.y);

   crosshairGO.transform.position = _pos3;

   crosshairBegin = false;

  } else {

   // Nothing hit

   Vector2 _pos2 = new Vector2(this.transform.position.x, 4.5f);

   if (crosshairBegin) {

   crosshairGO.transform.position = _pos2;

   } else {

   Vector2 _pos4 = new Vector2(this.transform.position.x, crosshairGO.transform.position.y);

   crosshairGO.transform.position = _pos4;

   }

  }

}