checkVisibility

1.56

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Description

Description:

Affected by	Not affected by
terrain grid obstacles particles (with blockAIVisibility = 1)	daylight distance overcast fog

Checks if one position is visible from another position and how much.

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Particles that have blockAIVisibility set to 1 will influence the result, but will never make checkVisibility return 0; an extremely small number will be returned instead.

Groups:

Math - Geometry

Syntax

Syntax:

[ignore, LOD, ignore2] checkVisibility [beg, end]

Parameters:

ignore: Object - object to exclude from calculations

LOD: String - level of details to use. Possible values are: "FIRE", "VIEW", "GEOM", "IFIRE", and 2.02 "PHYSX"

since 1.62

ignore2: Object - (Optional, default objNull) second object to exclude from calculations

beg: PositionASL - start position

end: PositionASL - end position

Return Value:

Number - how much end position is visible to start position in range 0..1, where 1 is fully visible.

Examples

Example 1:

private _canSee = [objNull, "VIEW"] checkVisibility [eyePos player, eyePos unit1];

Additional Information

See also:

lineIntersectsWith lineIntersectsSurfaces lineIntersectsObjs intersect terrainIntersect terrainIntersectASL terrainIntersectAtASL lineIntersects cursorObject cursorTarget disableRemoteSensors

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