How would I invert the magnitude value?

[TangyBlockmaster100 (Tangy_Dev)]

Hello there!

I’m currently working on a horror game which will have a spirit box like item inside (similar to Phasmophobia). I have got the distance between 2 parts using .Magnitude already but the further away the part is, the bigger the value.

I don’t want this to be the case as I want the value to increase as the parts get closer.

Anyone know how to do this?
Thanks in advance.

[Galactiq (Matthew)]

You could do a reciprocal function. A number (for example 1) divided by the magnitude.

[Jxl_s]

You can use startMagnitude - currentMagnitude, the value will increase as they get closer

[dthecoolest]

Yep like @Galactiq and @Jxl_s said you can use those formulas:

To make sure you understand what you are doing its best to plot it out on desmos like in this example here which uses @Jxl_s formula which is linear.

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Thanks for the explanation for measuring the distance between two points, but if you watched the gyazo and I don’t blame you please don’t use gyazo it doesn’t embed into the dev forum share x is better @Charl_iey has already measured the distance towards the goal. The question is making a value that goes 0-1 rather than the distance value which goes 1(some distance)-0. And I believe the official term for it is linear curve fitting: You plot the points and numbers you want and connect them in…

[Galactiq (Matthew)]

For clarification, my suggestion would be a rational function, whereas the suggestion made by @Jxl_s is linear. Just keep those in mind when deciding which is best for your need.