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Utility
Nov 23, 2025
Closest Player
T
by terrorsoul
Loops through all players and returns the ID of the one closest to a specific position, excluding the caller.
LUA
function GetClosestPlayer(originPos, ignoreId)
local players = tm.players.CurrentPlayers()
local closestId = -1
local closestDist = 999999
for _, p in pairs(players) do
if p.playerId ~= ignoreId then
local targetPos = tm.players.GetPlayerTransform(p.playerId).GetPosition()
local dist = tm.vector3.Distance(originPos, targetPos)
if dist < closestDist then
closestDist = dist
closestId = p.playerId
end
end
end
return closestId
end