# Sphere Trace Or Capsule Overlap In Godot

If you want to detect all overlapping bodies of a sphere moving along a line segment in Godot, you can use intersect\_shape with a capsule oriented along the sphere's path.

Here's an example function you can use to do this in GDScript:

```python
func get_overlapping_colliders_in_capsule(
	start_position: Vector3,
	end_position: Vector3,
	radius: float = 0.2,
	collision_mask: int = 4294967295,
	max_results: int = 32) -> Array[Dictionary]:

	var space := get_world_3d().direct_space_state
		
	var query := PhysicsShapeQueryParameters3D.new()
	query.collision_mask = collision_mask
	query.collide_with_bodies = true	
	
	var distance := (end_position - start_position).length()
	
	# Setup the query shape as a capsule where one tip touches start_position
	# and the other tip touches the end_position.
	var capsule := CapsuleShape3D.new()
	var capsule_shape := CapsuleShape3D.new()
	capsule_shape.height = distance
	capsule_shape.radius = radius

	query.shape = capsule_shape	
	query.transform.origin = start_position
	query.transform = query.transform.looking_at(end_position) \
		.translated_local(Vector3.FORWARD * (distance / 2.0)) \
		.rotated_local(Vector3.RIGHT, PI / 2.0)
		
	var results := space.intersect_shape(query, max_results)
	return results
```

If you want to get the active camera position, you can do the following:

```python
var viewport := get_viewport()
var camera := viewport.get_camera_3d()
var camera_position := camera.global_position
```