Request collision detection functions for hitscan attacks.

[PM]

sysFindObject helps find objects along a given angle, but is useless for finding hit positions of targets struck. ObjGetDistance only works with objects' centers, which is useless for finding the equivalent of aHitPos when some objects like planets have a diameter of range 10+. Below are the requests.

* Function that accepts a vector (point in space) and checks if that point is inside the white (or non-black) of an object's mask. If so, return the (topmost) object hit, else return Nil.

* Function that accepts two vectors (points in space), source and destination, and check if the line from source to destination intersects with the first object struck. If so, return hit position and/or object struck, else return Nil.

[RPC]

Seconded, but maybe this can be merged with SysFindObject?

[PM]

Another thing I discovered about (sysFindObject ...) when an angle is passed to it is it only detects the object if the line passes through it at a distance of at least its approximate radius. For example, the line needs to travel at least 5 light-seconds through a big gas giant with a radius of 5. To put it another way, the line may not detect a big gas giant if the line barely clips its edge.

A seemingly simple function that determines if a point hits something/anything would be really useful.

[pixelfck]

+1 this would be useful functionality.

~Pixelfck