GetDistanceToEntity not documented?

[beo6]

i have seen the GetDistanceToEntity function in the GoblinAI.lua file but havent found it in the Command Reference Documentation.

 

Maybe i am blind but it is really useful and should be in there.

[AggrorJorn]

Didn't know it existed. I use entity.getposition().distance(target).

[beo6]

i think you meant DistanceToPoint. True that would work but is a lot more to write.

 

like

self.entity:GetPosition():DistanceToPoint(self.target:GetPosition())

 

not sure if chaining functions in lua works this way

[cassius]

EntityDistance existed in le2. It seems to be absent from Leadwerks 3. Strange it was VERY usefull.

[beo6]

it does exist in Leadwerks 3. look into the GoblinAI.lua script.

it is just called GetDistanceToEntity.

 

I wonder how many other undocumented functions there are.

[Admin]

Dozens. But if it's not documented, it may change at any time, or may not work correctly.

 

Since we used this in a script, it should be documented.

[cassius]

Vec3 position = entity->GetPosition(true);

float dist = position.DistanceToPoint(otherentity->GetPosition(true));

[Admin]

Confirmed, low priority.

[Josh]

Added Entity::GetDistance:

http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/page/documentation/_/command-reference/entity/entitygetdistance-r800

 

Entity::DistanceToEntity will remain in the engine as an undocumented command, for backwards compatibility.