How To detect if ped is near a player / player is near a ped

[flomix77]

Hello i have a problem with my script..

i need help to get if a player is near a ped.. or conversely..

someone can help me? Thank you

[Castillo]

Calculate the distance.

getElementPosition 
getDistanceBetweenPoints3D 

[Karuzo]

getDistanceBetweenPoints3D

//Edit: aw solid D:

[flomix77]

Thanks but now i have another question, i have this code:

function check3DDistance(leader) 
    local pX, pZ, pY  = getElementPosition( leader ) 
    local bX, bZ, bY  = getElementPosition( source )     
    local distancia = getDistanceBetweenPoints3D ( pX, pZ, pY, bX, bZ, bY ) 
    outputChatBox ( "the distance between "..getPlayerName(leader).." and the zombie is of "..tonumber(distancia)) 
end 
addEventHandler("onBotFollow", getRootElement(), check3DDistance) 

but dont works.. what "callback" i can use to check the distance when the ped is moving..?

[Citizen]

Well you can create a timer when onBotFollow is triggered and will call check3DDistance function every secs or 2 secs with the argument leader.

[Saml1er]

function check3DDistance(leader) 
    local pX, pZ, pY  = getElementPosition( leader ) 
    local bX, bZ, bY  = getElementPosition( source )     
    outputChatBox ( "the distance between "..getPlayerName(leader).." and the zombie is of "..getDistanceBetweenPoints3D ( pX, pZ, pY, bX, bZ, bY ) ) 
end 
addEventHandler("onBotFollow", getRootElement(), check3DDistance) 

[Citizen]

function check3DDistance(leader) 
    local pX, pZ, pY  = getElementPosition( leader ) 
    local bX, bZ, bY  = getElementPosition( source )     
    outputChatBox ( "the distance between "..getPlayerName(leader).." and the zombie is of "..getDistanceBetweenPoints3D ( pX, pZ, pY, bX, bZ, bY ) ) 
end 
addEventHandler("onBotFollow", getRootElement(), check3DDistance) 

What's the point of doing that ? to make this line even longer ?

[flomix77]

I need detect the distance between the player and ped if the player is 5.0 meters of distance of the ped, the ped kill be make an action...

sorry for my bad english.. but someone knows how to detect the distance everytime?

[flomix77]

someone can help me?

[Citizen]

function onBotTargeting( player ) 
    setElementData( source, "playerTargeted", player) 
end 
addEventHandler("onBotFollow", getRootElement(), onBotTargeting) 
  
function check3DDistance(leader) 
    for k, bot in ipairs ( getElementsByType("ped") ) do 
        local targetedPlayer = getElementData(bot, "targetedPlayer") 
        if targetedPlayer then 
            local pX, pZ, pY  = getElementPosition( targetedPlayer ) 
            local bX, bZ, bY  = getElementPosition( bot ) 
            local distance = getDistanceBetweenPoints3D ( pX, pZ, pY, bX, bZ, bY ) 
            if distance < 5 then 
                --do your stuff here 
                outputChatBox ( "the distance between "..getPlayerName(leader).." and a zombie is under 5 ("..distance..")" ) 
            end 
        end 
    end 
end 
setTimer(check3DDistance, 1000, 0)