<function name="FindInBox" parent="ents" type="libraryfunc"> <description> Returns all entities within the specified box. ⤶ <note>This internally uses a Spatial Partition to avoid looping through all entities.</note>⤶ <note>Clientside entities will not be returned by this function. Serverside only entities without networked edicts(ent indexes), such as point logic or Constraints are not returned either</note> ⤶ This internally uses a Spatial Partition to avoid looping through all entities, so it is more efficient than using <page>ents.GetAll</page> for this purpose.⤶ <note>Clientside entities will not be returned by this function. Serverside only entities without networked edicts (entity indexes), such as point logic or Constraints are not returned either</note> </description> <realm>Shared</realm> <args> <arg name="boxMins" type="Vector">The box minimum coordinates.</arg> <arg name="boxMaxs" type="Vector">The box maximum coordinates.</arg> </args> <rets> <ret name="" type="table">A table of all found entities.</ret> </rets> </function> <example> <description>Returns a table of players in a box using ents.FindInBox</description> <code> function ents.FindPlayersInBox( vCorner1, vCorner2 ) local tEntities = ents.FindInBox( vCorner1, vCorner2 ) local tPlayers = {} local iPlayers = 0 for i = 1, #tEntities do if ( tEntities[ i ]:IsPlayer() ) then iPlayers = iPlayers + 1 tPlayers[ iPlayers ] = tEntities[ i ] end end return tPlayers, iPlayers end </code> </example>