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isInsideRadarArea

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This function checks if a 2D position is inside a radar area or not.

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Syntax 

​bool isInsideRadarArea ( ​radararea theArea, ​float posX, ​float posY )
Required arguments
  • theArea: The radar area you're checking the position against.
  • posX: The X coordinate of the position you're checking.
  • posY: The Y coordinate of the position you're checking.

Returns

Returns true if the position is inside the radar area, false if it isn't or if any parameters are invalid.

  • bool: value

Code Examples

shared

This function checks if an element is within a radar area.

function isElementInsideRadarArea ( theElement, theArea )
  -- get the x, y coordinates from getElementPosition (z gets silently discarded)
  local posX, posY = getElementPosition( theElement )
  -- call isInsideRadarArea with those coordinates and return its result
  return isInsideRadarArea ( theArea, posX, posY )
end

See Also

Radar Area Functions
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