<function name="GetPlayerTrace" parent="util" type="libraryfunc"> <description>Utility function to quickly generate a trace table that starts at the players view position, and ends 16384 units along a specified direction.</description> <realm>Shared and Menu</realm> <file line="31-L48">lua/includes/extensions/util.lua</file> <args> <arg name="ply" type="Player">The player the trace should be based on</arg> <arg name="dir" type="Vector" default="ply:GetAimVector()">The direction of the trace</arg> </args> <rets> <ret name="" type="table">The trace data. See <page>Trace</page></ret>⤶ <ret name="" type="table">The trace data. See <page>Structures/Trace</page></ret>⤶ </rets> </function> <example> <description>Prints the entity's model the local player is looking at to console</description> <code> local tr = util.TraceLine( util.GetPlayerTrace( LocalPlayer() ) ) if IsValid(tr.Entity) then print("I saw a "..tr.Entity:GetModel()) end local trground = util.TraceLine( util.GetPlayerTrace( LocalPlayer(), Vector(0,0,-1) ) ) if IsValid(trground.Entity) then print("I'm standing on a "..trground.Entity:GetModel()) end </code> </example>