<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 `32768` units along a specified direction.</description>⤶ <description>Utility function to quickly generate a trace table that starts at the players view position, and ends `32768` units along a specified direction.⤶ ⤶ For usage with <page>util.TraceLine</page> and similar functions.</description>⤶ <realm>Shared and Menu</realm> <file line="32-L49">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>⤶ <arg name="dir" type="Vector" default="ply:GetAimVector()">The direction of the trace. By default falls back to the direction the player is looking in.</arg>⤶ </args> <rets> <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>