<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>⤶ <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 mins, maxs = Vector( -5, -5, -5 ), Vector( 5, 5, 5 ) ⤶ 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{ 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 ) ) filter = { ply } }) ⤶ debugoverlay.Box( trace.HitPos, mins, maxs ) 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> <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>