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<function name="EyePos" parent="Global" type="libraryfunc">⤶ <description>⤶ Returns the origin of the current render context as calculated by <page>GM:CalcView</page>.⤶ ⤶ <bug issue="2516">This function is only reliable inside rendering hooks.</bug>⤶ </description>⤶ <realm>Client</realm>⤶ <rets>⤶ <ret name="" type="Vector">Camera position.</ret>⤶ </rets>⤶ </function>⤶ ⤶ <example>⤶ <description>Print the view position</description>⤶ <code>print(EyePos())</code>⤶ ⤶ </example>⤶ ⤶ ⤶ <example>⤶ <description>Ensuring EyePos returns the correct value outside of render hooks.</description>⤶ <code>⤶ hook.Add("PreDrawTranslucentRenderables", "FixEyePos", function() EyePos() end)⤶ hook.Add( "Think", "Use Eyepos outside of render function", function()⤶ local start = EyePos()⤶ local dir = gui.ScreenToVector(gui.MousePos())⤶ local trace = util.TraceLine{⤶ start = start,⤶ endpos = start + ( dir * 10000 ),⤶ filter = { ply },⤶ }⤶ debugoverlay.Box( trace.HitPos, Vector( -5, -5, -5 ), Vector( 5, 5, 5 ) )⤶ end )⤶ </code>⤶ <output>Draws a white box in the world where you point the mouse to. Requires the **developer** convar to be set to 1.</output>⤶ ⤶ </example>

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