checkVisibility

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Description

Description:

Affected by	Not affected by
terrain grid obstacles particles (with `blockAIVisibility = 1`)	daylight distance overcast fog

Checks if one position is visible from another position and how much.

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Particles that have blockAIVisibility set to 1 will influence the result, but will never make checkVisibility return 0; an extremely small number will be returned instead.

Groups:

Math - Geometry

Syntax

Syntax:: [ignore, LOD, ignore2] checkVisibility [beg, end]
Parameters:: ignore: Object - object to exclude from calculations
: LOD: String - level of details to use. Possible values are: "FIRE", "VIEW", "GEOM", "IFIRE", and 2.02 "PHYSX"
since 1.62: ignore2: Object - (Optional, default objNull) second object to exclude from calculations
: beg: Array - start position in format PositionASL
: end: Array - end position in format PositionASL
Return Value:: Number - how much end position is visible to start position in range 0..1, where 1 is fully visible.

Examples

Example 1:: private _canSee = [objNull, "VIEW"] checkVisibility [eyePos player, eyePos unit1];

Additional Information

See also:: lineIntersectsWith lineIntersectsSurfaces lineIntersectsObjs intersect terrainIntersect terrainIntersectASL terrainIntersectAtASL lineIntersects cursorObject cursorTarget disableRemoteSensors

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