PhysicsSpace rayTest result sorting

Troubleshooting physics
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Hi, I started a new project recently with jME and I’m playing around with the physics system.

I’m using rayTest() for picking, the problem I have is that the results are sorted in the order the objects were added to the space and not by proximity (like when using Ray collisions).
I want to know which is the nearest so I don’t shot enemies behind walls.
How would you suggest I’d do that?
Doing a Ray collision with the results from the rayTest()? doing a Ray collision from the beginning? Sorting the results manually?

Thanks.

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The “hitFraction” parameter of the PhysicsRayTestResult tells you at what distance (in terms of length of the original picking vector) the collision occurred.
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Oh! That’s great.

Thank you!

:mrgreen:

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