Getting cast ray to ignore mouse rotation

[ItHadToComeToThis]

I am having an issue with this cast ray in that when I go into mouse look the ray starts firing from the direction I am looking. How do I make this ignore mouse look and only focus in the forward direction that the avatar is facing?.

rCast=llCastRay(llGetPos(),llGetPos()+<2.0,0.0,0.5>*llGetRot(),[RC_REJECT_TYPES,RC_REJECT_AGENTS|RC_REJECT_LAND,RC_DETECT_PHANTOM,FALSE,RC_DATA_FLAGS,RC_GET_ROOT_KEY,RC_MAX_HITS,1]);

[Wulfie Reanimator]

Welcome to the world of quirks. llGetRot returns the camera's exact rotation in mouselook, otherwise an approximate rotation of the avatar. (Unless the avatar is sitting.)

Simplest solution I can think of is to just "flatten" the vector.

vector avatar = llGetPos();
vector end = <2,0,0.5> * llGetRot();
end.z = avatar.z;

Now the ray should always fire along a horizontal plane, no matter which way you're looking.

You might want to normalize and re-scale the vector (and add the 0.5 meter elevation back), otherwise the ray will be really short if you look straight up/down.

Edited June 19, 2020 by Wulfie Reanimator

[ItHadToComeToThis]

Amazing wulfie thank you