Possibility of $within_cylinder()?

[greatguys1]

Is it possible to get a script function to return if an entity is within a cylinder?
Similar to $within_cone, I'd like it to have the params, <test_origin>,<cylinder_origin>,<cylinder_angles>,<cylinder_length>,<cylinder_radius>.
Would this be possible? Or is there a way to hack it with the current functions

An example would be:
$within_cylinder($vec(0,0,0),$vec(-50,0,0),$vec(0,0,0),100,10)


It, of course, doesn't have to have those params in that order, but just to get the point across

 

[Thothie]

https://www.msremake.com/threads/priority-m-difficulty-m-more-area-scan-options.7058/

Meanwhile, your best bet is probably to use a $within_box or $within_cone - especially since I didn't think to request being able to define the angles on the cylinder.

//$within_box(<target|origin>,<testbox_org|0>,<testbox_mins>,<testbox_maxs>)
//- Tests if <target>'s bounding box intersects with test box area, or if <origin> is inside test box.
//- If testbox_org is zero, origin is calced from mins/maxs, and abs min/max vectors must be supplied.
//- When client side, <target> accepts idx but cannot currently extract bounding boxes from client side entities

There's also the really ugly manual way, but you wouldn't want to do it very frequently - this is a PoC script where the box turns red when occupied:

{ check_box

	//. createnpc other/box_test ME

	dbg check_box $get(MY_OWNER,name)

	local L_OWNER_POS $get(MY_OWNER,origin)
	local L_OWNER_ANG $get(MY_OWNER,viewangles)

	setvard BOX_CENTER L_OWNER_POS
	vectoradd BOX_CENTER $relpos($vec(0,$vec.yaw(L_OWNER_ANG),0),$vec(0,BOX_LENGTH,0)) //placing box half distance forward
	setvard BOX_MINS BOX_CENTER
	vectoradd BOX_MINS $relpos($vec(0,$vec.yaw(L_OWNER_ANG),0),$vec($neg(BOX_WIDTH),$neg(BOX_LENGTH),0))
	setvard BOX_MAXS BOX_CENTER
	vectoradd BOX_MAXS $relpos($vec(0,$vec.yaw(L_OWNER_ANG),0),$vec(BOX_WIDTH,BOX_LENGTH,0))
	
	setvard ALL_ENTS $get_tsphere(any,1024,L_OWNER_POS)
	local L_BOX_OCCUPIED $func(func_check_box_occupied)

	if ( L_BOX_OCCUPIED )
	{
		local L_BOX_COLOR $vec(255,0,0)
	}
	else
	{
		local L_BOX_COLOR $vec(0,255,0)
	}

	//draw box
	local L_BEAM_START BOX_MINS
	local L_BEAM_END L_BEAM_START
	vectoradd L_BEAM_END $relpos($vec(0,$vec.yaw(L_OWNER_ANG),0),$vec(0,$math(multiply,BOX_LENGTH,2),0))
	effect beam point lgtning.spr 5 L_BEAM_START L_BEAM_END L_BOX_COLOR 200 0 0.5
	local L_BEAM_START BOX_MAXS
	local L_BEAM_END L_BEAM_START
	vectoradd L_BEAM_END $relpos($vec(0,$vec.yaw(L_OWNER_ANG),0),$vec(0,$neg($math(multiply,BOX_LENGTH,2)),0))
	effect beam point lgtning.spr 5 L_BEAM_START L_BEAM_END L_BOX_COLOR 200 0 0.5

	callevent 0.5 check_box
}

{ func_check_box_occupied
	setvard T_BOX_OCCUPIED 0
	calleventloop $get_token_amt(ALL_ENTS) func_check_box_occupied_loop
	return T_BOX_OCCUPIED
}

{ func_check_box_occupied_loop
	local L_CUR_ENT $get_token(ALL_ENTS,game.script.iteration)
	local L_CUR_ENT_ORG $get(L_CUR_ENT,origin)
	if $vec.x(L_CUR_ENT_ORG) >= $vec.x(BOX_MINS)
	if $vec.x(L_CUR_ENT_ORG) <= $vec.x(BOX_MAXS)
	if $vec.y(L_CUR_ENT_ORG) >= $vec.y(BOX_MINS)
	if $vec.y(L_CUR_ENT_ORG) <= $vec.y(BOX_MAXS)
	setvard T_BOX_OCCUPIED 1
	breakloop
}

It's a 2D box, but simple enough to add a z component to.