Get the pointed entity at a further distance (making a gun)

[LC Creations]

So, I want to make a gun. The objective is to point the gun at another object like up to 50 nodes away and punch it with the specified tool capabilities. I have created a method to get a pos at a specified distance in the look direction of the player but this isn't good enough. Even if someone pointed out a existing mod that does this, that would help.

[sirrobzeroone]

I'm not very good at using it myself but I know raycast is the way to go - check out runs bow mod:

viewtopic.php?t=24512&p=370856

[LC Creations]

I'm not very good at using it myself but I know raycast is the way to go - check out runs bow mod:

viewtopic.php?t=24512&p=370856

I heard raycast does NOT pick up any entities. The only option would be to actually pick up the entity or player object.

[Zughy]

Didn't test it but it should work. Let's say you have a raycast called your_raycast

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local pointed_thing = your_raycast.next() 
if pointed_thing and pointed_thing.type == "object" and pointed_thing.ref and not pointed_thing.ref:is_player() then
	local pointedEntity = hit.ref
end

[sirrobzeroone]

Pretty sure the entity bug thing was a pre the full release of 5. Im fairly sure it was fixed as below 6241 says merged:

https://github.com/minetest/minetest/pull/6241

https://github.com/minetest/minetest/issues/6157

[runs]

Crafter the game get the pointed thing all the time. Check it.

Anyway, a engine method to expose it would be cool.