Raycasting to find mouseclick on Object in unity 2d games - unity3d

Question

I am trying to delete the object on which the mouse is clicked. I am making a 2D game using the new Unity3D 4.3. Here is the code I'm using
void Update () {
if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0))
{
Ray ray = Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition);
RaycastHit hit;
if(Physics.Raycast(ray,out hit))
{
isHit = false;
Destroy(GameObject.Find(hit.collider.gameObject.name));
}
}
}
The control is not entering the inner if loop. (isHit is not being set as false).

Answer 1

You cannot use 3D physics functions on the new 2D stuff. Use the 2D functions instead. Example:
RaycastHit2D hit = Physics2D.Raycast(Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition), Vector2.zero);
if(hit.collider != null)
{
Debug.Log ("Target Position: " + hit.collider.gameObject.transform.position);
}

Answer 2

This question is a bit old, but I was looking for a a way to get a GameObject with a mouse click in unity 2D, and the Answer from Esa almost helped me, but I couldn't afford to make it to work, so with a bit of research I saw that Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint was returning the center of the screen area of the Camera and to it work right. it required to enter the difference in Z position from the camera and the nearest GameObject. My Camera was set by default in -10 and my GameObject was in 0, so all I needed to do is set my Input.mousePosition.z to 10. So if you are getting problem to work with Esa's code (like me :( )the code bellow may help you:
RaycastHit2D hit = Physics2D.Raycast(Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(new Vector3(Input.mousePosition.x, Input.mousePosition.y, 10)), Vector2.zero);
if(hit.collider != null)
{
Debug.Log ("Target Position: " + hit.collider.gameObject.transform.position);
}

Answer 3

First attach any type of 2D collider to your GameObject, then pick one of those solutions;
1st Case - If there are more than 1 GameObject on top of each other, and you try to understand specific GameObject is clicked:
void Update ()
{
if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown (0)) {
Ray ray = Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay (Input.mousePosition);
RaycastHit2D[] hits = Physics2D.GetRayIntersectionAll (ray, Mathf.Infinity);
foreach (var hit in hits) {
if (hit.collider.name == name) {
MyFunction ();
}
}
}
}
2nd Case - If there is only 1 GameObject, and you try to understand if it is clicked:
void Update ()
{
if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown (0)) {
Ray ray = Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay (Input.mousePosition);
RaycastHit2D hit = Physics2D.GetRayIntersection (ray, Mathf.Infinity);
if (hit.collider != null && hit.collider.name == name) {
MyFunction ();
}
}
}

Answer 4

You've to attach a mesh collider(any collider) with your object first to enter the inner If. Then,
Destroy(hit.collider.gameObject);
will simply do the job.
There's might be an other work around here.
void Update () {
Ray ray = Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition);
RaycastHit hit;
if(Physics.Raycast(ray,out hit))
{
if(Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0))
{
isHit = false;
Destroy(hit.collider.gameObject);
}
}
}