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How can I get the closest character to the player?
I've been messing around with this script for a bit, until I finally realized I can't use table.sort() on a table of objects (the characters). So after that revelation, I realized I needed a way to return the character and also sort a table to get the smallest distance with the first index.
Any ideas? I'm stumped.
local function GetClosestCharacter()
local distTable = {}
for i, plr in pairs (Players:GetPlayers()) do
if plr ~= Player then
if Functions.IsTeamMate(plr, Player) then
if plr.Character and Character then
local distance = (plr.Character.HumanoidRootPart.Position - Character.HumanoidRootPart.Position).Magnitude
if distance <= Configuration.HealMaxDistance.Value then
table.insert(distTable, i, plr.Character)
end
end
end
end
end
table.sort(distTable)
return distTable[1]
end
Heres what I had so far, which obviously trying to compare objects is syntactically incorrect, I just cant think of a way to return the character with the shortest distance to the player.
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lol i promise that indentation isnt my fault; rip text editor on SH, needs a larger window lul Psudar 882 — 4y
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well, you can have two variables at the top of the function that both represent the ClosestCharacter and the ClosestDistance.
--just a proof of concept
local distTable = {0,1,1,2,3,5,8}
local ClosestDist,ClosestChar = math.huge
for i,dist in distTable do
if dist<ClosestDist then
ClosestChar = i
end
end
print(ClosestDist,ClosestChar) --0, 1
This, applied in your example, could be similar to:
local function GetClosestCharacter()
local closestDist,closestChar = math.huge
for i, plr in pairs (Players:GetPlayers()) do
if plr ~= Player then
if Functions.IsTeamMate(plr, Player) then
if plr.Character and Character then
local hrp = plr.Character.HumanoidRootPart
local hrp2 = Character.HumanoidRootPart
local distance = (hrp.Position - hrp2.Position).Magnitude
if distance <= Configuration.HealMaxDistance.Value then
if distance < closestDist then
closestDist,closestChar =distance,plr.Character
end
end
end
end
end
end
return closestChar
end