# How to get PlayerApi using raycast or similar to raycast?

**URL:** <https://ask.vrchat.com/t/how-to-get-playerapi-using-raycast-or-similar-to-raycast/41313>\
**Category:** Udon\
**Tags:** world, udon\
**Created:** [February 14, 2025, 4:01am UTC](https://ask.vrchat.com/t/how-to-get-playerapi-using-raycast-or-similar-to-raycast/41313 "2025-02-14T04:01:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![SVLeopard](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/vrchat/user_avatar/ask.vrchat.com/svleopard/32/30014_2.png) [@SVLeopard](https://ask.vrchat.com/u/SVLeopard)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 4:01am UTC](https://ask.vrchat.com/t/how-to-get-playerapi-using-raycast-or-similar-to-raycast/41313/1 "2025-02-14T04:01:57Z")

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I’m working on a udon can select player form far away, but Physics.Raycast can only get gameobject in scene. Any way to get the playerapi when raycast hit on player?

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**Author:** ![Lezzbean](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/vrchat/user_avatar/ask.vrchat.com/lezzbean/32/38200_2.png) [@Lezzbean](https://ask.vrchat.com/u/Lezzbean)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 9:45pm UTC](https://ask.vrchat.com/t/how-to-get-playerapi-using-raycast-or-similar-to-raycast/41313/2 "2025-03-02T21:45:20Z")

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Heya,  
Because of the very strict limitations on player data in Udon Sharp, as far as I know, there is no way to find players through collision detection outside of the built-in OnPlayerCollision methods. Although, I have found a really clunky solution to the problem by comparing the position of the hit point in the raycast with each player position. Something like this:

```auto
Vector3 position = new Vector3(0, 0, 0);
        Vector3 direction = transform.forward;
        float distance = 1;

        VRCPlayerApi targetPlayer;
        VRCPlayerApi[] players = new VRCPlayerApi[20];

        RaycastHit hit;
        if (Physics.Raycast(position, direction, out hit, distance))
        {
            foreach (VRCPlayerApi tPlayer in players) //loop through each player and determine if they meet similar position requirements
            {
                if (tPlayer == null)
                    continue;

                Vector3 playerPos = tPlayer.GetPosition();
                if (Vector3.Distance(new Vector3(hit.point.x, 0, hit.point.z), new Vector3(playerPos.x, 0, playerPos.z)) < 3f) //for the distance formula, id recommend checking it against a value calculated based on player size. I didnt write that portion cause I didnt need it for my use case.
                {
                    targetPlayer = tPlayer;
                    return;
                }
            }
        }

```

Of course, Id recommend editing the function to reduce a chance of incorrectly detecting a player when they were not hit.