How Do I Destroy A Specific Object Instance With a Raycast?

I'm trying to set up a condition whereby when an object is intersected by a ray (and the player pushes a button), that specific instance of the object is destroyed. I have been able to set this up so that all instances of the object get destroyed, but not on a per-object basis. Is the best way to do this with UIDs, and if so, what would the event structure look like? My ray is otherwise working as intended and has a pretty straightforward setup, though I can post events if this helps.

Simply put, the cast ray doesn't pick any objects.

You can use the

HitUID

If Ray intersected is true, the UID of the instance that was the first obstacle the ray intersected.

expression in the 'Ray Intersected' event to identify the object hit. In a subevent, use the Sprite - Pick by unique ID condition to pick Object.Lineofsight.HitUID, and destroy object.

Brilliant, thank you very much!

Ahh, thank you for the insight - the event order makes a lot of sense, I'll restructure the events so that the execution order is logical.

I've also just noticed the continually changing values for both of the Recoil values. Are you able to suggest changes to the events that would alleviate this? They're both supposed to return to 0. The recoil events are probably the ones I've struggled with most!

Any help is massively appreciated.

I'd focus on the other aspects first and then when they are working correctly, rethink the recoil.

You want the recoil events to happen after the aim/destroy events so that it does not interfere with the user's aim. I would suggest using Tweens to ensure your values return to what you want them too. Unless you use lerp in a specific way the values will not return to zero. The main thing though is that you don't want those recoil events happening on every tick.

You could have a boolean instance variable called "recoil" and set it to true after the aim/destroy actions. Then use that state to trigger the tweens for your recoil. When the tween that returns the value to the original number then you can set the recoil boolean to false.

Okay, that's really helpful - thank you. Before I go down the path of replacing the Lerp recoil events with Tweens, I just wanted to ask whether you thought they would allow me to implement the recoil more or less as it functions now (ignoring the cycling values from the Lerp of course!)

Something that I have working at the moment is that if the player shoots in rapid succession, the recoil throws off the aim (which is intentional). If I get a Tween working, is it possible to 'interrupt' the animation so that it works in this way?

Tween is good for precise start and end values. It should work fine for your purpose.

You can cancel the previous tween and start a new one for consecutive shots. You can also change the tween ease so that it's not linear.