getpos nearest player?

[Wilsdorf 1]

Hello everybody,

I have one civilian and I want to know the nearest player.

And then the civilian move to his position.

Thanks

[Benny. 15]

Adapt or place this in whatever file fits your needs.

//--- Sorting function
SortByDistance = {
Private["_current","_nearest","_nearestDistance","_object","_objects","_sorted"];

_object = _this select 0;
_objects = +(_this select 1);

_sorted = [];
for '_i' from 0 to count(_objects)-1 do {
	_nearest = ObjNull;
	_nearestDistance = 100000;

	for '_j' from count(_objects)-1 to 0 step -1 do {
		_current = _objects select _j;
		_distance = _current distance _object;
		if (_distance < _nearestDistance) then {_nearest = _current;_nearestDistance = _distance};
	};

	_sorted = _sorted + [_nearest];
	_objects = _objects - [_nearest];
};

_sorted
};

//--- Determine the players if MP, else use player itself.
_units = [player];
if (isMultiplayer) then {
_units = [];
{if (isPlayer _x) then {_units = _units + [_x]}} forEach playableUnits;
};

//--- civxyz can be replaced by the center (your civilian for instance).
_sorted = [civxyz, _units] Call SortByDistance;

//--- The array return units by order, in our case, we want the closest one.
_closest = _sorted select 0;

//--- Move the civilian to the position of the closest player.
civxyz move (position _closest);

[celery 8]

Shorter method of getting nearest player:

_nearest=objNull;
_nearestdist=10000;
{
_dist=vehicle _x distance civ1;
if (isPlayer _x and _dist<_nearestdist) then {
	_nearest=_x;
	_nearestdist=_dist;
};
} forEach playableUnits;

if (!isNull _nearest) then {civ1 move getPos vehicle _nearest};