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<function name="WithinAABox" parent="Vector" type="classfunc"> <description>Returns whenever the given vector is in a box created by the 2 other vectors. <upload src="22674/8d9276d7e6dd0af.png" size="6279" name="image.png" /> </description> <realm>Shared</realm> <args> <arg name="boxStart" type="Vector">The first vector.</arg> <arg name="boxEnd" type="Vector">The second vector.</arg> </args> <rets> <ret name="" type="boolean">Is the vector in the box or not</ret> <ret name="" type="boolean">Is the vector in the box or not.</ret> </rets> </function> <example> <description>Checks if player is within a certain area on the map.</description> <code> -- Position to test, we get the position of first player on the server local testPos = Entity( 1 ):GetPos() -- Positions to test, in this case we test if the player is in spawn area of gm_construct local pos1 = Vector( 1119, 895, 63 ) local pos2 = Vector( 656, -896, -144 ) -- This will return true if the player is within the tested area print( testPos:WithinAABox( pos1, pos2 ) ) </code> </example> </example> <example> <description>Implement a function to check if world position is inside an entity by converting it to local coordinates that are always axis aligned. Do not check when entity is invalid</description> <description>Implement a function to check if world position is inside an entity by converting it to local coordinates that are always axis aligned. Do not check when entity is invalid.</description> <code> local function IsInside(pos, ent) if( not IsValid(ent) ) then return false end local vmin = ent:OBBMins() local function IsInside( pos, ent ) if ( not IsValid( ent ) ) then return false end local vmin = ent:OBBMins() local vmax = ent:OBBMaxs() local vpos = ent:WorldToLocal(pos) return vpos:WithinAABox(vmax, vmin) local vpos = ent:WorldToLocal( pos ) return vpos:WithinAABox( vmax, vmin ) end print(IsInside(trace.HitPos, trace.Entity)) -- Trace hit position a part of the entity print( IsInside( trace.HitPos, trace.Entity ) ) -- Trace hit position a part of the entity </code> </example> </example>