fov

[obsidian marlin]

making a thread

reposting the code --

float angle = Vector3.Angle(eyeVec, toPlayer);

if (angle < fov) {
  if (!Physics.Raycast(...)) {
    // player is in FOV, nothing is in the way!
  }
}

This measures the angle between two vectors:

• a vector in the direction the enemy is looking
• a vector from the enemy to the player

That includes both horizontal and vertical differences

It won't match the rectangular shape you showed, though

[last elk]

so which one would be the eyeVec

[obsidian marlin]

none of these. it would be transform.forward for whatever transform represents the enemy's head

er

[last elk]

oh alright

[obsidian marlin]

maybe visionPosition, then !

[last elk]

yup

[obsidian marlin]

visionPosition.forward

then Vector3 toPlayer = player.transform.position - visionPosition.position;

If the enemy is looking right at the player, the angle between the two vectors will be zero

[last elk]

so like this?

im a bit lost

[obsidian marlin]

your angle calculation is wrong

it's trying to find the angle between the forward vector of the view transform and...the player's position

those are two different things

[obsidian marlin]

notice how your code isn't actually using toPlayer

compute the angle between visionPosition.forward and toPlayer

[last elk]

@obsidian marlin how would you go about making the fov

[last elk]

like if you needed to look similar to this

would you even do it with a raycast

or like a collider

[obsidian marlin]

fov is just a number

if the angle is lower than fov, the player is in the enemy's field of view