[SOLVED] Raycasts in a sphere shape

[ImmortalRemy (Remy)]

Hey Dev form!

I’m working on a project that uses a lidar type effect, I’m wanting multiple type of scans (Cone, Line, Etc…) One of them I thought of was a sphere scan I started working on it getting it to make a “circle” but im not sure how to make it a 3d.

This is what it looks like right now (Top Down)

And this is the code I have for it:

function LidarController:LidarInSphere(ammount, origin, lidarFrame)
	for i = 1, ammount do
		local angle = math.pi * 2 * (i / ammount )
		local direction = Vector3.new(math.cos(angle), 0, math.sin(angle))
		local result = workspace:Raycast(origin, direction*self.LidarDistance, self.rayParams)

		if result then
			self:PlacePart(lidarFrame, result)
		end
	end
end

I cant use a sphere cast due to I need the individual points of hit for my effect.

(Close up)

Thanks in advance!

[ImmortalRemy (Remy)]

I cant use sphere casts (I saw your post before you deleted it)

[ImmortalRemy (Remy)]

I found a post about it! No idea how i didnt find it until after I posted it (I was searching for a good hour)

Raycast in a sphere?

EDIT: I fixed it, I just added the original Y value as “l” local center = cframe.Position local h,l,k = center.X,center.Y,center.Z if light:IsA("PointLight") then for i=1,360,numSamples do local rad = math.rad(i) local x = h+radius*math.cos(rad) local z = k+radius*math.sin(rad) for t=0,360,numSamples do local y = l+radius*math.cos(math.rad(t)) local n = Vector3.new(x,y,z) DrawLine(center,n,(center-n).Magnitude,folder) end end end [image]