nearEntities

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Description

Description:

Finds entities inside a sphere with the given radius. If the alternative syntax is used, only entities of given types or subtypes are listed. Entities returned are not sorted by distance.

The main syntax does not return dead entities or entities inside vehicles. If you need to return those, use the alternative syntax (with includeCrew set to true) or the entities command.

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This command is much faster than nearestObjects for on-foot soldier and vehicle detection.

Groups:

Object Detection

Syntax 1

Syntax:

position nearEntities radius

Parameters:

position: Object or Array in format PositionAGL or Position2D - search centre

radius: Number - radius of the sphere

Return Value:

Array of Objects - not sorted

Syntax 2

Syntax:

position nearEntities [type, radius]

Parameters:

position: Object or Array in format PositionAGL or Position2D - search centre

type: String or Array of Strings - type(s) to search for. See isKindOf

radius: Number - radius of the sphere

Return Value:

Array of Objects - not sorted

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Syntax 3

Syntax:

area nearEntities [types, matchExactType, aliveOnly, includeCrew]

Parameters:

area: String, Object or Array:

• String - marker name
• Object - trigger
• Array - format [center, a, b, angle, isRectangular, c] or since 2.22 [center, a, b, angle, isRectangular, c, usePosWorld] (see inArea)

types: Array of Strings - type(s) to search for or [] empty array to return every type

matchExactType: Boolean - (Optional, default false) true for an exact type match, false for an isKindOf match

aliveOnly: Boolean - (Optional, default true) true to ignore dead entities, false to include them

includeCrew: Boolean - (Optional, default false) true to include crew of vehicles in search

Return Value:

Array of Objects - not sorted

Examples

Example 1:

_list = player nearEntities 20; _list = ASLToAGL getPosASL player nearEntities 50; _list = player nearEntities ["Man", 1000]; _list = ASLToAGL getPosASL player nearEntities ["LaserTarget", 3000]; _list = player nearEntities [["Car", "Motorcycle", "Tank"], 50]; _list = ASLToAGL getPosASL player nearEntities [["Man", "Air", "Car", "Motorcycle", "Tank"], 200];

Additional Information

See also:

entities findNearestEnemy nearestBuilding nearestObject nearestObjects nearObjects nearestLocation nearTargets nearSupplies nearestLocationWithDubbing nearObjectsReady nearRoads nearestMines

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