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A collection of player and entity utility helpers.

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Player:squaredDistanceFromEnt

Purpose

Returns the squared distance between the player and an entity.

| Name | Type | Description |

| ------- | ------ | ----------- |

| entity | Entity | Target entity. |

Realm

Shared

Returns

number — Squared distance in Hammer units.

Example

local dSqr = client:squaredDistanceFromEnt(ent)

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Player:distanceFromEnt

Purpose

Returns the distance between the player and an entity.

| Name | Type | Description |

| ------- | ------ | ----------- |

| entity | Entity | Target entity. |

Realm

Shared

Returns

number — Distance in Hammer units.

Example

local dist = client:distanceFromEnt(ent)

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Player:isMoving

Purpose

Determines whether the player is currently walking or running.

Parameters

None

Realm

Shared

Returns

boolean — True if the player is moving on the ground.

Example

if client:isMoving() then print("Player is moving") end

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Player:isOutside

Purpose

Checks whether the player has a clear line to the sky.

Parameters

None

Realm

Shared

Returns

boolean — True if the player is outside.

Example

if client:isOutside() then print("It's open air above") end

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Player:openPage

Purpose

Sends the player a request to open a webpage in the Steam overlay.

| Name | Type | Description |

| ---- | ------ | ----------- |

| url | string | HTTP or HTTPS address. |

Realm

Server

Returns

nil

Example

client:openPage("https://example.com")

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Player:openUI

Purpose

Opens a named VGUI panel on the client.

| Name | Type | Description |

| ------ | ------ | ---------------------------- |

| panel | string | Panel identifier registered client-side. |

Realm

Server

Returns

nil

Example

client:openUI("SomePanel")

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Entity:getViewAngle

Purpose

Calculates the angle difference between the entity's view and a position.

| Name | Type | Description |

| ---- | ------ | ----------- |

| pos | Vector | World position to test. |

Realm

Shared

Returns

number — Absolute angle difference in degrees.

Example

local angDiff = ent:getViewAngle(Vector(0,0,0))

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Entity:inFov

Purpose

Determines whether another entity is within this entity's field of view.

| Name | Type | Description |

| ------- | ------ | ----------------------------------- |

| entity | Entity | Target to check. |

| fov | number | Field of view in degrees (default 88). |

Realm

Shared

Returns

boolean — True if the target is within the FOV.

Example

if ent:inFov(target, 60) then ... end

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Entity:isInRoom

Purpose

Checks if there is a direct line between this entity and the target.

| Name | Type | Description |

| ------ | ------ | ----------- |

| target | Entity | Target entity. |

Realm

Shared

Returns

boolean — True if no world geometry blocks the trace.

Example

if ent:isInRoom(other) then ... end

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Entity:isScreenVisible

Purpose

Checks if an entity is visible on screen within distance and FOV limits.

| Name | Type | Description |

| ------- | ------ | --------------------------------------------- |

| entity | Entity | Target entity. |

| maxDist | number | Maximum squared distance (default 512^2). |

| fov | number | Field of view in degrees. |

Realm

Shared

Returns

boolean — True if visible.

Example

if ent:isScreenVisible(target, 1024^2, 70) then ... end

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Entity:canSeeEntity

Purpose

Determines if this entity can see another using line-of-sight and FOV.

| Name | Type | Description |

| ------- | ------ | ----------- |

| entity | Entity | Target entity. |

| fov | number | Field of view in degrees. |

Realm

Shared

Returns

boolean — True if the target is visible.

Example

if ent:canSeeEntity(target) then ... end

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