GE Lua Documentation

getNearestPoliceVehicle

Definition

-- @/lua/ge/extensions/gameplay/police.lua:158

local function getNearestPoliceVehicle(targetId, isVisible, isUsable) -- returns the nearest police car from the given vehicle, with a few options
  local bestId
  local bestDist, bestInterDist = math.huge, math.huge -- best distance, best interactive distance (police driver looking ahead)

  for id, veh in pairs(policeVehs) do
    if getObjectByID(id):getActive() then
      local target = veh.role.validTargets[targetId or 0] -- gets cached data
      if target then
        if (not vars.useVisibility or not isVisible or target.visible) and (not isUsable or veh.role.state ~= 'disabled') then
          if target.dist < bestDist then
            bestDist = target.dist
            bestInterDist = target.interDist
            bestId = id
          end
        end
      end
    end
  end

  return bestId, bestDist, bestInterDist
end

Callers

    local pursuit = veh.pursuit
    local bestPoliceId, bestDist, bestInterDist = getNearestPoliceVehicle(id, true, true)

      gameplay_police.setPursuitMode(self.pursuitMode, self.veh.id, policeIds) -- police start chasing the wanted suspect
      local bestId = gameplay_police.getNearestPoliceVehicle(self.veh.id, true, true)
      self:setTarget(bestId or policeIds[1])