<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> <example> <description>Visualises the FindInSphere function, ignoring entities attached to the player.</description> <description>Visualises the FindInSphere function when holding Use key, ignoring entities attached to the player.</description> <code> local entities = {} local entities_sv = {} local pos = Vector() local rad = 50⤶ local rad = 1000⤶ 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 if ( ent:GetParent() == ply || ent == ply || ent:GetClass() == "gmod_hands" || ent:GetClass() == "viewmodel" ) 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() } ) local entTable = { ent = ent, pos = ent:GetPos(), ang = ent:GetAngles(), mins = ent:OBBMins(), maxs = ent:OBBMaxs(), class = ent:GetClass() } -- spawnpoints have no size, so we fake it⤶ if ( ent:GetClass() == "info_player_start" ) then⤶ entTable.mins = ply:OBBMins()⤶ entTable.maxs = ply:OBBMaxs()⤶ end⤶ table.insert( newTab, entTable )⤶ 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() )⤶ ⤶ local test = "NULL"⤶ if ( IsValid( ent ) ) then test = ent:EntIndex() end⤶ ⤶ debugoverlay.EntityTextAtPosition( tabl.pos, isCl and 1 or 0, (isCl and "CL " or "SV ") .. "Entity " .. test .. " " .. 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>