GetMouseHitEntity
From Onset Developer Wiki
Description
Get entity type and identifier the mouse pointer hits. This basically traces from the position of the mouse cursor to the next colliding geometry in world space.
Syntax
GetMouseHitEntity()
Parameters
- This function has no parameters.
Return Value
- Returns the hit entity type HitType and entity identifier.
Example
Example from the map editor package. https://github.com/BlueMountainsIO/OnsetLuaScripts/blob/master/mapeditor/client/editor.lua
function OnKeyPress(key)
if key == "Left Mouse Button" then
if IsEditMode then
local x, y, z, distance = GetMouseHitLocation()
AddPlayerChat("Hit: "..x..", "..y..", "..z..", "..distance)
-- if selected location is not valid (i.e. clicking sky) 0.0 is returned. we set it to something high so the check is triggered later on.
if distance == 0.0 then
distance = 999999.9
end
SelectedLoc.x = x
SelectedLoc.y = y
SelectedLoc.z = z
SelectedLoc.distance = distance
SelectedLoc.isValid = true
local EntityType, EntityId = GetMouseHitEntity()
if (EntityType == HIT_OBJECT) then
if (EntityId ~= 0 and SelectedObject ~= EntityId) then
SelectEditorObject(EntityId)
end
end
end
end
end
AddEvent("OnKeyPress", OnKeyPress)
