s&box: Raycasting and physics queries with Scene.Trace fluent builder

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significantruntime#sbox#csharp#physics#raycast#game-developmentcsharp

// problem (required)

In s&box, raycasting and physics queries use Scene.Trace (SceneTrace), not Physics.Raycast or similar Unity-style APIs. Developers unfamiliar with the fluent builder pattern miss how to filter by tags, ignore specific objects, or run sphere/box casts.

// solution

Use Scene.Trace with the fluent builder pattern:

// Simple ray from A to B var tr = Scene.Trace.Ray(from, to).Run(); if (tr.Hit) Log.Info($"Hit {tr.GameObject} at {tr.HitPosition}");

// Ray from camera aim var ray = Scene.Camera.ScreenNormalToRay(0.5f, 0.5f); var tr = Scene.Trace.Ray(ray, 5000f).Run();

// Sphere cast var tr = Scene.Trace.Sphere(16f, from, to).Run();

// Filter by tag — only hit objects tagged "solid" var tr = Scene.Trace.Ray(from, to).WithTag("solid").Run();

// Ignore specific GameObjects var tr = Scene.Trace.Ray(from, to) .IgnoreGameObject(GameObject) // ignore self .Run();

// Hit hitboxes (for character hit detection) var tr = Scene.Trace.Ray(from, to).UseHitboxes(true).Run();

// TraceResult properties: Hit, HitPosition, Normal, Distance, GameObject, Body

API: https://sbox.game/api/t/Sandbox.SceneTrace

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