PhysicsBody in Range

Question

I want to get a array of all physicsBody within certain range....
So that i can process them and choose the closest one.
If you know any other option to find closest physics body from player's position
....please consider replying

Answer 1

There are many ways to achieve this.
The easiest being to use the area node then compare the distances of all overlapping_bodies

Comments

Can you explaine how to accomplish this

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1. Connect the body_entered, body_exited signals of the area node
2. Add/Remove bodies to an array/group

var bodies

func _on_body_entered(body):
    bodies.append(body)

func _on_body_exited(body):
    bodies.remove(body)

1. Loop through that array or group to find the closest node

func find_closest():
    var closest = bodies[0]
    for body in bodies:
        var old = closest.global_transform.origin.distance_to(global_transform.origin)
        var new = body.global_transform.origin.distance_to(global_transform.origin)
        if new < old:
            closest = body
    return closest

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Thanks bro it helped alot