Finding a nearest entity

[Orion]

Hi, is there a way to search for the nearest entity using find/findradius?

I know that findradius() searches in a specified sphere size, but what if I don't know how far is that entity?


Example:

A bot is running around the map, right? He want to follow the nearest enemy from his position. How can I do that?

I think find/findradius searches entities from a specified order, but I think it isn't from nearer from farther.

Thanks!

[Dr. Shadowborg]

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[Spike]

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[Orion]

[Sajt]

[Orion]

[Preach]

Since I've got an answer out of this thread and sent it off topic like that, I suppose I should help : -p. You need two distance variables, lowestdist and dist, along with an entity variable called nearestent. These can be variables local to the function. The idea is you store the nearest entity you've found so far in nearestent, and the distance that was found at in lowestdist. Then you calculate dist for the next entity, and compare to see if dist is smaller than lowestdist. If so, then assign the value of dist to lowestdist, and assign the current entity to nearestent. Once the while loop has completed, nearestent will be the entity that had the least distance between it and the player.

The one important snag you have to be careful of is that you need a starting value for lowestdist, otherwise it will default to 0 and nothing can be closer than 0 distance. So when you find the first player, assign that player to nearestent and the distance of that player to lowestdist before the while loop. Another pitfall you're going to have to watch out for in the specific code you've written is what happens if there are no players other than self, or if all of them are dead.

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