Checking where the map bounds are with LUA (or an alternative)

[WasabiThumbs]

I want to use a better position for my RenderView. Right now I'm using a position a few units up from the player's position, and don't call it if util.IsInWorld() is true. But all maps are different, so x amount of units up will be different each time. For instance, if you go into a building, I want the camera to be able to see well above the top, and always have it at that height (the height wouldn't change when you enter the building). Would I have to loop forever and slowly increment a vector until it's "in something"? Would util.IsInWorld() even return true if the vector was in the skybox? I just want the camera to be as high as possible for the map without weird stuff happening. If I have to loop until the vector "hits something", do I need to delay the spawning of players until it's calculated, or will it not even take that long (probabaly wont)?

[ubre]

Not sure if it works but have you tried getting the bounding box of the world entity? (http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/game/GetWorld)

[WasabiThumbs]

Wow! Thanks so much! Works like a charm. Went with this.
local minh, maxh = game.GetWorld():GetModelBounds()
local orig = LocalPlayer():GetPos()
orig.z = maxh.z
By the way, when I say I forgot to add a bounty, I mean that I checked the box but left it at 0. So it's still saying I can accept your answer. Huh...
Anyways, here is that diamond.

[stealthpaw]

This is exactly what i was wondering a few days ago before i made a hacky workaround. Thanks!

[c👌de_g🎷]

For future reference, if the map is not a cuboid shape, you can do some maths with PhysObj/GetMesh on the world's physics object.