Bug Directonal Collisions

Heyo! I have been trying to make my own version of Beat Saber in unity, designed for preformance, however, in Update() it won't get past the first if statement when I try to slice a cube. It is supposed to Destroy the cube.
I put the script on my hand anchors, and the saber is inside of the hand anchors. I tried putting the script on the saber, I tried everything, I searched on google. I tried getting help on a discord server, no help.

Heres the Update Method:

Code (CSharp):

1. void Update()
2.     {
3.         RaycastHit hit;
4.         if (Physics.Raycast(transform.position, transform.forward, out hit, 1, layer))
5.         {
6.             UnityEngine.Debug.Log("Passed first if statement");
7.             GameObject g = hit.transform.gameObject;
8.             if (Vector3.Angle(transform.position-previousPos, hit.transform.up) > 130)
9.             {
10.                 UnityEngine.Debug.Log("Reached");
11.                 UnityEngine.Object.Destroy(g);
12.                 UnityEngine.Debug.Log("Destroyed");
13.             }
14.         }
15.         previousPos = transform.position;
16.     }

Please help!

 

You have some log statements in there. Which ones are printing and which are not?

 

none

 

Have you tried visualizing the ray that you are raycasting in OnDrawGizmos so you're sure your ray origin and direction are correct? That would be the next step

After that, if the rays look correct, I'd double check the layermask you're using in Raycast.

 

I didn't understand a word you just said, this is my first time EVER writing any script in C# other than a web browser

 

Put a Debug.DrawRay above your first if. Something like this:

Code (CSharp):

1. Debug.DrawRay(transform.position, transform.forward, Color.red);

And observe if the line pointing to the right direction. and if it is long enough (1 unit)

 

You are only casting like 1 unit away. And no telling what layer you are masking for or what layer your target is on from that example.