Why not use NavMeshAgent.SetDestination?

[raccoon]

I noticed that when the component NavMeshAgent is returned, the instructor sets direction in the property “direction”.
Why not use NavMeshAgent.SetDestination(hit.point) instead?

thanks in advance and sorry if that’s a silly question.

[Brian_Trotter]

Here’s the actual code used (from the Github repo)

private void MoveToCursor()
    {
        Ray ray = Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition);
        RaycastHit hit;
        bool hasHit = Physics.Raycast(ray, out hit);
        if (hasHit)
        {
            GetComponent<NavMeshAgent>().destination = hit.point;
        }
    }

What we’re setting is the destination.
You can use either SetDestination(hit.point) or destination=hit.point; The difference is that SetDestination returns true if a path was found, false if not. Setting it as destination=hit.point simply doesn’t return a false if the destination couldn’t be found. You could use SetDestination if you wish, or if you need the result.