how to make something happen if a ray cast 2d hits a specific node.

ColboldSky

I currently have a ray-cast set up that is working as a hit scan gun and it detects if the fire button is hit and it is colliding and then emits particles on the collision location.

I want to get it so that if it is hitting a certain static body 2d it will emit a signal that will cause the static body to vanish. I have the sending a signal and vanishing part all good but i have no way to tell what the ray-cast is hitting. Currently when anything is hit the static body vanishes. I have seen the func get_collider and am amusing that this is what i need for the ray-cast but don't know how to use this to tell what I am hitting

my plan is if i can get the ray-cast to tell me what node it is hitting i can then do this

if (however i tell what i am hitting) == "node i want to hit" emit_signal "vanish"

Thanks for any help in advance.

TwistedTwigleg

I would recommend using the has_method function to see if the collider you hit has a method like hit_by_gun_raycast (or something) and then call the function and pass any data along with it. Something like this:

var node_hit = raycast_data.get_collider()
if (node_hit.has_method("hit_by_gun_raycast") == true):
	node_hit.hit_by_gun_raycast(raycast_data)