Multi Theft Auto: Wiki:GetNearestVehicle

Syntax

vehicle getNearestVehicle( element thePlayer, float distance )

Required Arguments

• thePlayer: The player you want to get the nearest vehicle of.
• distance: The distance to search for vehicles in.

Returns

Return a vehicle element if success, returns false if thers no vehicles in the specified distance.

Code

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Server- and/or clientside Script

function getNearestVehicle(player,distance)
	local tempTable = {}
	local lastMinDis = distance-0.0001
	local nearestVeh = false
	local pint = getElemnetInterior(player)
	local pdim = getElementDimension(player)
	local px,py,pz = getElementPosition(player)
	for _,v in pairs(getElementsByType("vehicle")) do
		local vx,vy,vz = getElementPosition(v)
		local dis = getDistanceBetweenPoints3D(px,py,pz,vx,vy,vz)
		local vdim = getElementDimension(v)
		local vint = getElemnetInterior(v)
		if dis < distance and vint == pint and vdim == pdim then
			if dis < lastMinDis then 
				lastMinDis = dis
				nearestVeh = v
			end
		end
	end
	return nearestVeh
end