<function name="FindInSphere" parent="ents" type="libraryfunc"> <description> Gets all entities within the specified sphere. This function internally calls <page>util.IsBoxIntersectingSphere</page> for every entity on the map based on their Orientated Bounding Box. </description> <realm>Shared</realm> <args> <arg name="origin" type="Vector">Center of the sphere.</arg> <arg name="radius" type="number">Radius of the sphere.</arg> </args> <rets> <ret name="" type="table<Entity>">A table of all found <page>Entity</page>s.</ret> </rets> </function></function>⤶ ⤶ <example>⤶ <description>Visualises the FindInSphere function, ignoring entities attached to the player.</description>⤶ <code>⤶ ⤶ local entities = {}⤶ local entities_sv = {}⤶ local pos = Vector()⤶ local rad = 50⤶ ⤶ if ( SERVER ) then util.AddNetworkString( "send_sv_ents" ) end⤶ ⤶ hook.Add( "Think", "VisualizeFindInSphere", function()⤶ local ply = Entity( 1 )⤶ if ( IsValid( ply ) and ply:KeyDown( IN_USE ) ) then⤶ pos = ply:GetPos()⤶ entities = ents.FindInSphere( pos, rad )⤶ ⤶ local newTab = {}⤶ for id, ent in pairs( entities ) do⤶ if ( ent:GetParent() == ply || ent == ply || ent:GetClass() == "gmod_hands" ) then⤶ // Ignore this entity⤶ else⤶ table.insert( newTab, { ent = ent, pos = ent:GetPos(), ang = ent:GetAngles(), mins = ent:OBBMins(), maxs = ent:OBBMaxs(), class = ent:GetClass() } )⤶ end⤶ end⤶ entities = newTab⤶ ⤶ if ( SERVER ) then⤶ net.Start( "send_sv_ents" )⤶ net.WriteTable( entities )⤶ net.Broadcast()⤶ end⤶ end⤶ end )⤶ ⤶ net.Receive( "send_sv_ents",function( len, ply )⤶ entities_sv = net.ReadTable()⤶ end )⤶ ⤶ local function RenderEnts( enti, clr, isCl )⤶ for id, tabl in pairs( enti ) do⤶ local ent = tabl.ent⤶ if ( !IsValid( ent ) ) then continue end⤶ ⤶ debugoverlay.EntityTextAtPosition( tabl.pos, isCl and 1 or 0, (isCl and "CL " or "SV ") .. "Entity " .. ent:EntIndex() .. " " .. tabl.class, FrameTime() )⤶ render.DrawWireframeBox( tabl.pos, tabl.ang, tabl.mins, tabl.maxs, clr, true )⤶ end⤶ end⤶ ⤶ local mat = Material( "models/wireframe" )⤶ hook.Add( "PostDrawTranslucentRenderables", "VisualizeFindInSphere", function()⤶ ⤶ render.SetMaterial( mat )⤶ render.DrawSphere( pos, rad, 8, 8 )⤶ render.DrawSphere( pos, -rad, 8, 8 )⤶ ⤶ local clr = Color( 255, 128, 0 )⤶ RenderEnts( entities, clr, true )⤶ ⤶ clr = Color( 0, 128, 255 )⤶ RenderEnts( entities_sv, clr )⤶ ⤶ end )⤶ </code>⤶ ⤶ <output>⤶ <upload src="70c/8dd5b4059c0bef5.png" size="1555311" name="image.png" />⤶ </output>⤶ ⤶ </example>