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• ChrisIceBox

  December 2025

  For a 2D or 3D game?

  It should be possible with a custom script, but it's not trivial - particularly if you want it to be based on the shape of Hotspots rather than a straightforward distance check to the Hotspot centre.

  One possible approach may be to inflate a Hotspot's collider, and then - when selected - reduce it again and move the cursor to its centre.
• Alex877

  December 2025

  For a 2D game. I'm sorry, I always forget to share that bit of info. So the best way to approach this would be to detect the hotspot's collision and then snap to its center?
• ChrisIceBox

  December 2025

  The correct approach is a bit open-ended, but snapping to its centre would only be part of it: you'd still need a way to detect if the cursor is "near" a Hotspot without being over its original bounds.

  Here's a sample script you can attach to some Hotspots to see the approach I was getting at. It expands the bounds of the Hotspot's Box Collider when the cursor moves towards it, and shrinks it again when it moves away. It may well need tweaking to suit your needs, however:

  using UnityEngine;
  using AC;
  
  public class SnapToHotspot : MonoBehaviour
  {
  
      bool isExpanded;
      Vector2 lastFrameCursorPosition;
      float moveDot;
      const float Expansion = 0.3f;
  
      void Start()
      {
          lastFrameCursorPosition = KickStarter.playerInput.GetMousePosition();
      }
  
      void OnEnable() => EventManager.OnHotspotSelect += OnHotspotSelect;
      void OnDisable() => EventManager.OnHotspotSelect -= OnHotspotSelect;
  
      void Update()
      {
          if (KickStarter.playerInteraction.GetActiveHotspot() && KickStarter.playerInteraction.GetActiveHotspot().gameObject == gameObject) return;
  
          var cursorPosition = KickStarter.playerInput.GetMousePosition();
          var cursorMoveDirection = (cursorPosition - lastFrameCursorPosition).normalized;
          if (cursorMoveDirection.sqrMagnitude == 0f) return;
  
          var directionToCentre = (GetComponent<Hotspot>().GetIconScreenPosition() - cursorPosition).normalized;
  
          var newMoveDot = Vector2.Dot(cursorMoveDirection, directionToCentre);
          moveDot = Mathf.Lerp(moveDot, newMoveDot, Time.deltaTime * 15f);
          if (moveDot > 0f)
          {
              Expand();
          }
          else
          {
              Shrink();
          }
  
          lastFrameCursorPosition = KickStarter.playerInput.GetMousePosition();
      }
  
      void OnHotspotSelect(Hotspot hotspot)
      {
          if (hotspot.gameObject == gameObject)
          {
              KickStarter.playerInput.SetSimulatedCursorPosition(hotspot.GetIconScreenPosition());
          }
      }
  
      void Expand()
      {
          if (isExpanded) return;
          SetSize(Expansion);
          isExpanded = true;
      }
  
      void Shrink()
      {
          if (!isExpanded) return;
          SetSize(-Expansion);
          isExpanded = false;
      }
  
      void SetSize(float expansion)
      {
          Vector3 localScale = transform.localScale;
  
          if (TryGetComponent(out BoxCollider2D box))
          {
              var expandedWidth = box.size.x + (expansion / localScale.x);
              var expandedHeight = box.size.y + (expansion / localScale.y);
  
              box.size = new Vector2(expandedWidth, expandedHeight);
              box.size = new Vector2(box.size.x + expansion, box.size.y + expansion);
          }
      }
  
  }
  
• Alex877

  December 2025

  Thank you so much for going above and beyond to help devs out! I'll give it a try. Thank you!