// adjust the size of the laser depending on objects in the way
void AdjustLaserDistance()
{
// escape if we don't have a laser child
if (_laserChild == null)
{
return;
}
// check for any object that's not an ActiveAttachable
RaycastHit2D hit = Physics2D.Raycast(_laserChild.transform.position, facing.ToVector2(), Mathf.Infinity, ~layerMask);
if (hit.collider != null)
{
// calculate where the laser will stop based off the offset edge of the object we hit
Vector2 endpoint = (Vector2)hit.collider.gameObject.transform.position + PhysicsUtilities.OffsetToEdgeCollider2D(hit.collider, oppositeFacing);
// distance between the gun beginning of the laser and the endpoint
float dist = Mathf.Sqrt(Mathf.Pow(_laserChild.transform.position.x - endpoint.x, 2) + Mathf.Pow(_laserChild.transform.position.y - endpoint.y, 2));
// set localScale of the laser - always in y because of how parent-child works on transforms in Unity
_laserChild.transform.localScale = new Vector3(laserSizeX, dist, 0);
}
}
