Lengthen a Raycast2d in script?

[randomusername08]

Godot Version

4.3

Question

so this is my question, i want to lengthen the raycast2d in my game using script, and my player structure is something like this,

player(characterbody2d)
|_node2d
|_raycast1
|_raycast2
|_raycast3

added a node2d as a parent for the raycast, I want to create a method inside the player script to be called in another script to lengthen those raycast, (something like a skill upgrade that will lengthen the raycast by a specific amount) is it doable?

[herrspaten]

sure. Something like this should do it:

for child in $Node2D.get_children():
    if child is Raycast2D:
        child.target_position = # put your new target_position here

[randomusername08]

wait, so the raycsst will be moved? not lengthen?

[herrspaten]

no its the position the raycast is looking at, which also defines its length

[randomusername08]

Thank you.