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Description

Description:

Detects whether position is within area (Since Arma 3 v1.57 an engine solution is available inArea) or calculates distance to the nearest edge of trigger area by using optional params.

Execution:

call

Groups:

Uncategorised

Syntax

Syntax:

[area, position, returnDistance, includeFloorCeiling] call BIS_fnc_inTrigger

Parameters:

area: Object - trigger, String - marker, Location - location or Array - in format [center, distance] or [center, [a, b, angle, rect]] or [center, [a, b, angle, rect, height]]

position: Object or Array - Position to check (e.g. player) or Position

returnDistance (Optional): Boolean - true to return distance to nearest edge of trigger area. Default: false

includeFloorCeiling (Optional): Boolean - true to include trigger area floor and ceiling in calculation when calculating distance to nearest edge. Default: false

Return Value:

Boolean - true when position is in area, false if not
or
Number - (when returnDistance is true) - distance from closest border: negative distance - from inside, positive distance - from outside

Examples

Example 1:

_trigger = createTrigger ["EmptyDetector", getPosATL player]; _trigger setTriggerArea [10, 10, 0, false]; _inTrigger = [_trigger, player] call BIS_fnc_inTrigger; //_inTrigger = true

Additional Information

See also:

createTriggercreateMarkersetTriggerAreasetMarkerSizetriggerAreamarkerSizeinAreainAreaArrayBIS_fnc_getArea

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