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# Capsule Cast

### Description

Casts a capsule against all colliders in the Scene and returns detailed information on what was hit.

The capsule is defined by the two spheres with radius around point 1 and point 2, which form the two ends of the capsule. Hits are returned for the first collider which would collide against this capsule if the capsule was moved along direction. This is useful when a [Raycast ](/ai-tree/nodes/tasks/physics/ray-cast.md)does not give enough precision, because you want to find out if an object of a specific size, such as a character, will be able to move somewhere without colliding with anything on the way.

{% hint style="info" %}
**bool** True when the capsule sweep intersects any collider, otherwise false.
{% endhint %}

{% hint style="warning" %}
Capsule Cast will not detect colliders for which the capsule overlaps the collider. Passing a zero radius results in undefined output and doesn't always behave the same as [Raycast](/ai-tree/nodes/tasks/physics/ray-cast.md).
{% endhint %}

**To create it**, right-click on free space in AI Tree inspector and select <mark style="color:purple;">Create Node/Tasks/Physics/Capsule Cast.</mark>

This task node has a number of fields, that are highlighted in picture below.

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### Fields

| Name                      | Description                                                      |
| ------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Node Name                 | Name of node                                                     |
| Ignore Abort Self         | Whether node ignores abort self or not                           |
| Point 1                   | Center of the sphere at the *start* of the capsule               |
| Point 2                   | Center of the sphere at the *end* of the capsule                 |
| Direction                 | Direction into which to sweep the capsule                        |
| Radius                    | Radius of the capsule                                            |
| Max Distance              | Max length of the cast (by default: *infinity*)                  |
| Culling Layer             | Used to selectively ignore colliders when casting a Capsule Cast |
| Query Trigger Interaction | Specifies whether this query should hit Triggers                 |

### Message

| Name     | Description                                                       |
| -------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Message  | Value of message                                                  |
| Argument | Argument of message in [Blackboard](/ai-tree/basic/blackboard.md) |


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