Is there any better ways for GetchildenScript? Thanks for help!

local Ghosts = workspace.Ghosts:GetChildren() -- this is a folder. for i=1,#Ghosts - 1 do local Ghost local Distance = Player:DistanceFromCharacter(Ghosts[i].PrimaryPart.Position) local NextDistance = Player:DistanceFromCharacter(Ghosts[i+1].PrimaryPart.Position) if Distance < NextDistance then Ghost = Ghosts[i] else Ghost = Ghosts[i+1] end end

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If you want to get the closest ghost to the character, you can do something like this:

local Ghosts = workspace.Ghosts:GetChildren()

local function GetClosestGhost(Player)
	if Player.Character and Player.Character:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart") then
		
		local ClosestDist = math.huge
		local ClosestGhost
		for _,Ghost in pairs(Ghosts) do
			local GhostDistance = (Ghost.PrimaryPart.Position - Player.Character.HumanoidRootPart.Position).magnitude
			if GhostDistance < ClosestDist then
				ClosestDist = GhostDistance
				ClosestGhost = Ghost
			end
		end
		print("The closest ghost is", ClosestGhost)
		return ClosestGhost
	end
end

local Ghost = GetClosestGhost(PlayerHere)

This will iterate through every ghost while keeping track of the last closest ghost and the last closest distance. If a ghost is closer than the last closest distance, it will update the closest ghost to be the new one. Then, by the end, whichever ghost was the closest is returned.

AnonymousJun 23, 2018Permalink

Is there any better ways for GetchildenScript? Thanks for help!

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