Best way to check if a player is within radius of something?
I need the best way, that is, the way that will put the least load on the client, since I'm planning on doing this client-side.
I need to check if the player is within range of anything that is labeled as "loot". That means that it's a lot more than one thing that I need to check if the player is within range of.
I've read things that say an endless while loop will do, but I was planning on doing the checks in a RenderStepped function. Is this the best place to do the checks? Again, I'm not checking if the player is within range of just one thing. I need to check if the player is within range of anything on the map labeled loot.
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First, I would use a Region3 to detect the objects within the player's area, to limit the number of parts that the client searches through. For example, this function would create a Region3 "box" that is 10 studs wide around the position it is given:
local RegionSize = 10
local function MakeRegion(Pos)
return Region3.new(Pos - Vector3.new(1,1,1)*(RegionSize/2), Pos + Vector3.new(1,1,1)*(RegionSize/2))
end
Then, every 0.1 seconds (or whatever delay you desire), you could iterate through the parts detected in the box, and check their magnitude to the character (checking the magnitude would make the detection spherical rather than a cube):
while wait(0.1) do
local Reg = MakeRegion(Character.HumanoidRootPart.Position)
local Parts = workspace:FindPartsInRegion3(Reg,Character,math.huge) --ignore parts from the character
for _,Part in pairs(Parts) do
if Part.Name == "loot" then
if (Part.Position - Character.HumanoidRootPart.Position).magnitude <= RegionSize/2 then
print("loot is within 5 studs of the character")
end
end
end
end
So basically, the Region3 would reduce the number of parts you iterate through to just the parts around the character, and the magnitude would check if the detected parts are within the radius of the character.
Hope this helps!
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