Making an object go to ray.hitNormal

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How come I keep getting: ‘str’ object has no attribute “worldPosition”? How do I make the object go to the ray hit position?

    laser = owner['laser']
    
    if ray.positive:
        laser.worldPosition = Vector (ray.hitPosition) + (Vector(ray.hitNormal) * .006)
        laser.alignAxisToVect(ray.hitNormal, 2)

Thanks

2

This means owner[‘laser’] is a string, not a KX_GameObject that you seem to be expecting. Check the code where you originally assign owner[‘laser’].

3

Thanks for that!

4

What kind of behavior are you looking for, if I may ask? Is this script supposed to find a target and go towards it?

5

Mobious said it.

owner[‘laser’] is a string object meaning it doesn’t have the worldPosition variable in its class.

An easy fix would be this:



laser = bge.logic.getCurrentScene().objects[owner['laser']];

Just use the string as the key for the objects dictionary.