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Gp Interaction Detection TriggersDifficulty 1
An overlap query tells you whether a shape currently intersects other shapes. Compared to a raycast or a sweep, what can a basic overlap query not report?
  • aWhich layer or group the shape belongs to
  • bWhether the shape is static or can move
  • cA contact point or a surface's direction✓
  • dWhich scene the shape currently exists in
Explanation:Overlap answers only a yes/no intersection question; with no path to measure along, it has no contact point or surface direction to report. (a), (b), and (d) are unrelated to what overlap fundamentally lacks.
Gp Interaction Detection TriggersDifficulty 1
How does a sweep query fundamentally differ from a raycast?
  • aIt moves an actual volume shape along a path instead of testing a thin line✓
  • bIt can only ever be used against geometry that never moves
  • cIt never returns a surface normal at the point of impact
  • dIt can only find sensor-style volumes, never solid geometry
Explanation:A raycast tests a line with no thickness; a sweep moves a real shape through space and finds where it first touches something. (b), (c), and (d) misdescribe sweeps.
Gp Interaction Detection TriggersDifficulty 1
In its default mode, when several objects along a query's path could block it, which single result does the query report?
  • aThe object that was placed first when the scene was built
  • bAn arbitrary blocking object, picked without comparing distances
  • cEvery blocking object at once, from farthest to nearest
  • dThe single blocking object with the smallest hit distance✓
Explanation:The default mode is a closest-hit search: among all qualifying blockers, it reports the one with minimum distance. (a), (b), and (c) describe arbitrary or multi-result behavior that isn't the default.
Gp Interaction Detection TriggersDifficulty 2
A system only needs a yes/no answer -- is anything blocking this path -- and doesn't care which object answers it. Which query mode fits, and why?
  • aClosest-hit mode, since gameplay should always know the single nearest object
  • bAny-hit mode, since the search can stop at the first qualifying result✓
  • cMultiple-hit mode, since more results are always more useful
  • dOverlap mode, since it is the only mode that allows early exit
Explanation:Any-hit is a performance hint: the search doesn't need the truly closest object, so it stops at the first qualifying hit. (a), (c), and (d) add unneeded work or misattribute the early-exit behavior.
Gp Interaction Detection TriggersDifficulty 2
A line-of-sight check should ignore small decorative props but still be blocked by walls and furniture, without custom per-object logic inside the query loop. What is the standard mechanism?
  • aSort every object in the level by size before running the query
  • bAssign objects to filter groups the query can target✓
  • cRun the query twice and discard prop hits by hand afterward
  • dShrink the query's maximum distance until props fall out of range
Explanation:Filter groups let a query cheaply skip shapes it shouldn't care about before any expensive test, exactly the tool for category-based exclusion. (a), (c), and (d) are workarounds that don't solve it cleanly.
Gp Interaction Detection TriggersDifficulty 3
A character casts a ray from a point inside its own chest to see what's ahead. The query keeps reporting the character's own collider at distance 0.
result = raycast(origin = chestPosition, dir = forward, maxDistance = 5.0)

What is the standard fix?
  • aRandomize the ray's origin every frame until the problem stops
  • bPermanently disable the character's own collider
  • cIncrease maxDistance so the ray goes farther
  • dFilter the character's own colliders out of the query✓
Explanation:Casting from inside your own collider means it's already overlapped, so it reports itself first; the fix is to keep your own shapes out of the search, not change distance or randomize origin. (b) and (c) don't address the cause, (a) isn't a real technique.

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