Hello,

I'm trying to get 5 raycast systems to work but I'm having difficultly trying to offset them.

What I'm trying to do is to have a raycast come from my Input.mousePosition, but also have 4 other raycasts around that, that are slightly offset. But I suck when it comes to vectors.

So basically, this is how I want my set up:

var hit : RaycastHit;
var ray = Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay (Input.mousePosition);
var layerMask = 1 << 14;

Physics.Raycast (ray, hit, 200, layerMask); // center line

Physics.Raycast (ray, hit.(z + 2) (x -2), 200, layerMask); // upper left

Physics.Raycast (ray, hit.(z + 2) (x +2), 200, layerMask); // upper right

Physics.Raycast (ray, hit.(z - 2) (x -2), 200, layerMask); // lower left

Physics.Raycast (ray, hit.(z - 2) (x +2), 200, layerMask); // lower right

This obversely isn't going to work, but thats what I am trying to achieve. So each raycast that is being shot from the Input.mousePosition is to be offset by +2/-2. I also have a feeling that it has nothing to do with the 'hit', but is to do with the ray that I need to be adjusting?

I would appreciate any help with this.

------ UPDATE ------

Okay, so I'm making some progress. I have 5 raycasts that are shot with an offset from the camera, but towards the other end of the shot, they are angling towards each other. Here is a screen shot to help explain:

Here is my current code:

var hit : RaycastHit;
    var ray = Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay (Input.mousePosition);
    var layerMask = 1 << 14;
    var hitPoint : RaycastHit;

    if(debugClick){//chooseLocation){
       layerMask = ~layerMask;
       // center line
       Physics.Raycast (ray, hit, 200, layerMask);
       Debug.DrawLine (ray.origin, hit.point);

       // line 1
       var offset = Vector3(ray.origin.x + 2, ray.origin.y, ray.origin.z);
       var direction = transform.position;
       Physics.Raycast (offset, direction, hit, 200);
       Debug.DrawLine (offset, hit.point, Color.green);

       // line 2
       var offset2 = Vector3(ray.origin.x - 2, ray.origin.y, ray.origin.z);
       var direction2 = transform.position;
       Physics.Raycast (offset2, direction2, hit, 200);
       Debug.DrawLine (offset2, hit.point, Color.red);

       // line 3
       var offset3 = Vector3(ray.origin.x, ray.origin.y, ray.origin.z + 2);
       var direction3 = transform.position;
       Physics.Raycast (offset3, direction3, hit, 200);
       Debug.DrawLine (offset3, hit.point, Color.blue);

       // line 4
       var offset4 = Vector3(ray.origin.x, ray.origin.y, ray.origin.z - 2);
       var direction4 = transform.position;
       Physics.Raycast (offset4, direction4, hit, 200);
       Debug.DrawLine (offset4, hit.point, Color.yellow);123

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