koobas.hobune.stream
Object.Find distance?
When you are using GameObject.Find, is there a way to only find objects that are within a certain distance from the object that has the script?
var hand : GameObject;
// This will return the game object named Hand in the scene.
hand = GameObject.Find("Hand");
For example, if there is an object that is more than 10 units away, the script will just ignore it?
Yes, but it requires you do some iterating. It would probably be faster to use a trigger.
var hand : Transform; var scriptObjs : YourScript[];
var nearDist : float = 10.0;
function Start () { hand = GameObject.Find("Hand").transform;
scriptObjs = FindObjectsOfType(YourScript) as YourScript[];
//AFIK there is no generic implementation of FindObjectsOfType().
}
function Update () { for(var possibleObj : YourScript in scriptObjs) { if(Vector3.Distance(hand.position, possibleObj.transform.position) < nearDist) { //Do whatever you need to the object is closer than nearDist; } } }
Im sorry but I am a little confused. If I want to find the closest object with the tag "block" what would I do to your script?
Also, would this work with two objects (I want to find the closest one that is more than 1 unit away and the closest one that is less than -1 unit away)?
that is a little more complicated, you could do it though. You need to find the closest object with a dot product ((objPos - transform.position).normalized, transform.forward) greater than 0 and the other less than 0. I'll give an example later if I get a chance.
