Hello fellow developers, I’ve been developing an attack which teleports you to the nearest player using magnitude and tables. I’ve found a way to get the nearest magnitude but I have no clue how to find out which magnitude it belongs to. For example, I’m next to Dummy6, I use the attack and in the output it prints 2 studs, so the nearest magnitude is 2 studs. But how do I know who it belongs to so I can specify them in the script and only damage them. Heres my script:
script.Parent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr)
local char = plr.Character
local hum = char.Humanoid
local list = {}
local root = char.HumanoidRootPart
for i,v in pairs(workspace:GetChildren()) do
if v:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart") and v ~= char then
local dis = (root.Position - v.HumanoidRootPart.Position).Magnitude
if dis <60 then
table.insert(list,dis)
table.sort(list,function(a,b)
return a < b
end)
end
end
end
print(list[1])
end)
Store the distance into a seperate array, with the index as the distance and the value as the Character. When you get your closest distance, you index your seperate array with your distance! this will give you the character.
vv Add this to your existing code
local Distances = {}
local list = {}
--Your distance stuff
if dis < 60 then
Distances[dis] = Character
end
--
local ClosestCharacter = Distances[list[1]]
Another way to do this is just using a simple sort.
You can do this something like:
local Smallest = math.huge --Set as a high number so that the first condition is met
local Character
--distance would be the distance between player and object
for i,v in pairs(players) do
if (distance < Smallest) then
Character = v
Smallest = distance
end
end
print(Character)
function getclosest(Hunter) --where Hunter is the player that fired the event
local Character = Hunter.Character
local HRP = Character.HumanoidRootPart
--get elements
local found = {}
for _,v in pairs(Character:GetChildren()) do
if v:IsA("Model") and v:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart") and v~=Character then
local distance = (HRP.Position - v.HumanoidRootPart.Position).Magnitude
if distance < 60 then
found[distance] = v
end
end
end
--sort em
local closest = math.huge
for i,_ in pairs(found) do
closest = math.min(closest,i)
end
--return the model of the closest character that isnt themself or nil
return found[closest]
end
How is list supposed to be anything if nothing was inserted into it, what am I doing wrong?
script.Parent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr)
local char = plr.Character
local hum = char.Humanoid
local list = {}
local distances = {}
local root = char.HumanoidRootPart
for i,v in pairs(workspace:GetChildren()) do
if v:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart") and v ~= char then
local dis = (root.Position - v.HumanoidRootPart.Position).Magnitude
if dis <60 then
table.insert(distances,dis)
distances[dis] = v.Name
table.sort(distances,function(a,b)
return a < b
end)
end
end
end
print(distances[list[1]])
end)
You could just add a bunch of magnitudes of every player to a list, then call table.sort on the table and return the first value.
local dists = {1, 10, 20, 21, 50}
table.sort(dists, function(a,b)
return a < b
end)
local closestPlayer = dists[1]
Though a better way to do this would probably be.
local localPlayer = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer
local dists = game:GetService("Players"):GetPlayers()
table.sort(dists, function(a,b)
local aCharacter = a.Character or 1000
local bCharacter = b.Charactor or 1000
return localPlayer:DistanceFromCharacter(a.Character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame.Position) < localPlayer:DistanceFromCharacter(b.Character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame.Position)
end)
local closestCharacter = dists[1]
This is could be better simplified to look better though.
script.Parent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr)
local char = plr.Character
local hum = char.Humanoid
local Smallest, Enemy = math.huge, nil
local root = char.HumanoidRootPart
for i,v in pairs(workspace:GetChildren()) do
if v:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart") and v ~= char then
local dis = (root.Position - v.HumanoidRootPart.Position).Magnitude
if dis < 60 and dis < Smallest then
Smallest = dis
Enemy = v
end
end
end
print(Enemy)
end)
