roadAt

1.58

GAGlobal

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Description

Description:

Returns a road segment containing given position, objNull otherwise. Same as isOnRoad only returns the actual road object instead of boolean.

Groups:

Roads and Airports

Syntax

Syntax:

roadAt position

Parameters:

position: Object or Array - array in format PositionAGL (especially on bridges) or 2.00 Position2D, in which case Z will be automatically deduced as the height of the road surface

Return Value:

Object - road segment or objNull

Examples

Example 1:

_road = roadAt ASLToAGL getPosASL player;

Example 2:

_isOnRoad = !isNull roadAt player;

Example 3:

For detecting bridges, for example:

getModelInfo (roadAt ASLToAGL getPosASL player); // ["bridgesea_01_f.p3d", "a3\structures_f_exp\infrastructure\bridges\bridgesea_01_f.p3d", true]

Additional Information

See also:

nearRoads roadsConnectedTo isOnRoad surfaceIsWater getRoadInfo nearestTerrainObjects

Notes

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OOKexOo - c

Posted on Dec 30, 2016 - 21:40 (UTC)

This command does not necessarily return the segment which center is the closest to the given position.
In order to get such segment use nearRoads.

_closest_road = (_pos nearRoads 0.1) select 0;