how to get near elements?

[mrvicio]

hi all, there is a way to get the elements near a player without using a colShape?

[Castillo]

Why don't you want to use a colshape? what's wrong with them?

[mrvicio]

nothing, just asking if there are better ways

but thanks

[arezu]

getDistanceBetweenPoints3D or getDistanceBetweenPoints2D

[mrvicio]

thanks my friend, but that will be the second step

[Kenix]

Function: getElementsInRadius

  
table getElementsInRadius( float Radius,element toEl,[ string el ] ) 
  

Required Arguments

• Radius:Radius.
  
• toEl:Element
  

Optional Arguments

• el:Elements are in the distance ("player", "object" etc) to see..
  

Return

Returns a table with elements that are in range.

function getElementsInRadius( Radius,toEl,el ) 
    if type( Radius ) == "number" and type( toEl ) == "userdata" then 
        local Table = { } 
        local x,y,_ = getElementPosition( toEl ) 
        local shape = createColCircle ( x,y,Radius ) 
         
        local function _getElementsWithinColShape ( shape,el ) 
            if not el then 
                return getElementsWithinColShape( shape ) 
            end 
            return getElementsWithinColShape( shape,el ) 
        end 
         
        for _,v in ipairs( _getElementsWithinColShape( shape,el ) ) do 
            table.insert( Table,v ) 
        end 
        return Table 
    end 
    return false 
end 

[Castillo]

Kenix, he asked without using colshapes, but anyway, I guess he may use it .