Raycast.Instance is nil

[bolzpy (timed)]

I’m standing directly infront of a wall, and ray.Instance is nil.
It doesnt print as all.
I dont really work with raycasting, cframes and stuff so yea

--// VARS

local UIS = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local PlayerService = game:GetService("Players")

local Player = PlayerService.LocalPlayer
local Character = Player.Character or Player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local HRP = Character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")

local params = RaycastParams.new()

--// VFX EMMITERS

local Shard = ReplicatedStorage.VFX.Shards

--// FUNCTIONS

UIS.InputBegan:Connect(function(Input, IsTyping)
	if Input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.F and not IsTyping then
		local LookVector = HRP.CFrame.LookVector
		local ray = workspace:Raycast(HRP.Position, Vector3.new(LookVector * 50), params)
		if ray and ray.Instance then
			ray.Instance.Color = Color3.new(1,0,0)
			print(ray.Position)
		end
		
		local NewPart = Instance.new("Part")
		NewPart.Transparency = 1
		NewPart.Anchored = true
		NewPart.Size = Vector3.new(1, 1, 1)
		NewPart.CanCollide = false
	end
end)

[7z99 (cody)]

@bolzpy

Vector3.new(LookVector * 50)

This needs to be LookVector * 50 as LookVector will already be a Vector3

[ExercitusMortem (Exercitus)]

I wrote a simple raycasting module, here you go. Even has Input-based casting.

local RaycastModule = {}

-- Constants
local RAYCAST_DISTANCE = 1000

local Params = RaycastParams.new()
Params.FilterDescendantsInstances = {workspace.CurrentCamera}

local function rayCast(origin, direction,passed_Params)
	local raycastParam = passed_Params or Params
	local worldRay = Ray.new(origin, direction.Unit * RAYCAST_DISTANCE)
	local raycastResult = workspace:Raycast(worldRay.Origin, worldRay.Direction * RAYCAST_DISTANCE, raycastParam)

	-- Optional beam visualization
	if raycastResult then
		local size = Vector3.new(0.2, 0.2, (worldRay.Origin - raycastResult.Position).Magnitude-2)
		local cframe = CFrame.lookAt(worldRay.Origin, raycastResult.Position) * CFrame.new(0, 0, -(size.Z/2)-2)
	else
		print("no hit")
	end

	return raycastResult
end

function RaycastModule.rayCastInDirection(origin, direction,passed_Params)
	return rayCast(origin, direction,passed_Params)
end

function RaycastModule.rayCastToPoint(origin, goalPos,passed_Params)
	local direction = goalPos - origin
	return rayCast(origin, direction,passed_Params)
end

function RaycastModule.rayCastToInput(origin, inputObject,passed_Params)
	local Camera = workspace.CurrentCamera
	local worldRay = Camera:ScreenPointToRay(inputObject.Position.X, inputObject.Position.Y)
	return rayCast(origin, worldRay.Direction,passed_Params)
end

return RaycastModule

[bolzpy (timed)]

Even though the solution above worked, I will definitely look into this module!