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bluegreysky
Hello, I’m a beginner so please explain in detail and simple steps if possible!
I’m working in 3.5 in the 3D Space.
I have a rigidbody item called Ball and then a spatial node which is a UI, as a child of Ball that gives me the name of it on a rectangular nameplate. Currently the nameplate is hovering over the ball item. I want the nameplate to only be visible when the user’s mouse is on it, how do I get this to work?
I tried using Area node and mouse_entered but that wasn’t working, and was recommended to use a raycast. I’m struggling with implementing the raycast.
Add a CollisionObject3D to the Ball and use its mouse_enter and mouse_exit signals:
You could use a raycast here but godot is already doing the work for you with collisions. An alternative may look something like:
func _physics_process(delta):
var space_state = get_world_3d().direct_space_state
# Get the mouse position
var mousePos = get_global_mouse_position()
# Check if there is a collision at the mouse position
if space.intersect_point(mousePos, 1):
print("hit")
