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No valid Normal data in NavMeshHit

Discussion in 'Navigation' started by Kevin-LCF, Oct 10, 2017.

  1. Kevin-LCF

    Kevin-LCF

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    When using NavMesh.SamplePosition to get NavMeshHit, there's no valid Normal data in result, which is always Vector3.zero. Anyone knows what's going on?
     
    Kevin-LCF, Oct 10, 2017
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  2. Murgilod

    Murgilod

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    Murgilod, Oct 10, 2017
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  3. Wen-Li

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    So do I. Anybody knows?
     
    Wen-Li, Apr 17, 2018
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  4. mons00n

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    Did you ever figure this out? Just ran into the same issue and can't find much about it.
     
    mons00n, Dec 29, 2019
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  5. castor76

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    After all these years this is still a mystery. What purpose does navmeshhit.normal do? It's always Vector3.zero.

    And this is not documented properly. Anyone?
     
    castor76, Jun 21, 2020
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  6. hadynlander

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    It returns the normal of the NavMesh polygon boundary when NavMesh.Raycast gets a hit - i.e. the direction "away from" the boundary you hit, along the surface of the NavMesh.
     
    hadynlander, Aug 4, 2020
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  7. benthroop

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    This is handy for walking back from cliffs, which is exactly how I ended up on this thread.
     
    benthroop, Nov 11, 2022
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