Really bad problem

[tyguy]

I'm checking the distance of an entity and then setting a player variable if it's under 200, if it isn't then it will set it back off. The problem is, there's more then just one of those entities, so say if I got close to one entity but it still won't work because i'm not close enough to another.

(SORRY for undescriptive title)

[Rubat]

Tried using for loops?

[tyguy]

I'm using them with the distance to get the entity, but it doesn't help (is that what you mean?)

[Netheous]

How about hooking a function to your movement (something like OnPlayerStep) and put ents.FindInSphere() inside it ?
And then perhaps make the variable auto-vanish after some time

[tyguy]

The variable will disappear once the player is out of range of it. i don't know how i would do the onplayerstep

[Donkie]

So you need to be within 200 units of all of these entities at the same time?
If so, during a Think hook, loop through all of them and compare the distances to the player, if one of them is greater than 200 break the loop and ignore the rest.

[tyguy]

will test and post back

[editline]22nd April 2013[/editline]

still won't work

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[Nak]

-- Ninja'ed by mod .. but lets the post stand for others --

Sorry, but I didn't really catch what you're searching for.
So I made both functions

[lua]local entity_type = "ent_potato"
local distance_to = 200

local Tab = ents.FindByClass( entity_type )
function UpdateEntites()
// This will reduce the lag
// If you call this each time the specific entity gets spawned or removed.
Tab = ents.FindByClass( entity_type )
end

meta = FindMetaTable( "Player" )
local function meta:IsWithin(n) // Returns true if a player is nearby the entity
for _, v in pairs(Tab) do
if v:GetPos():Distance(self:GetPos())<=n then
return true
end
end
return false
end

local function meta:IsWithinAll(n) // Returns true if a player is nearby all the entities on the map.
if #Tab<1 then return false end // If there aren't any entities on the map. Just return false.
for _, v in pairs(Tab) do
if v:GetPos():Distance(self:GetPos())>n then
return false
end
end
return true
end[/lua]

ply:IsWithin(n) If the player is within n unites to just one entity (Aka the closest)
ply:IsWithinAll(n) If the player is within x unities to all entites on the map