Limit number of near players

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#1

Hi there, I have a problem and can’t find a solution, seems like I am missing something
Scenario:

  1. I’m joining a server and there are two other players online
  2. One of those players gets loaded, while other is not, since it doesn’t go trough nearPlayersLoadedLimit
  3. The loaded player gets very far from player and is unloaded, thus other player gets loaded now
  4. The problem: When there are 1 loaded player and other player comes into distance, it is loaded again, seems like it doesn’t respond to nearPlayersLoadedLimit and isAllowed = ‘True’ gets attached
   var nearPlayers = [];  
        var nearPlayersLoaded = []; 
        var nearPlayersAllowedFar = [];
        var nearPlayersLoadedLimit = 1;
var closestDistance = 30;
playerPosition = this.player.getPosition();
  var otherPlayers = this.app.root.findByTag('otherPlayer');
 otherPlayers.forEach( function(otherPlayersEntity){
        var distance = playerPosition.distance(otherPlayersEntity.getPosition());
            if (distance < closestDistance) {
            if (otherPlayersEntity.id) {
                otherPlayersEntity.isNear = 'True';
            nearPlayers.push(otherPlayersEntity);  
                 //otherPlayersEntity.close = 'False';
            }
                 if (otherPlayersEntity.id && otherPlayersEntity.isNear == 'True' && nearPlayersLoaded.length < nearPlayersLoadedLimit) {
                    otherPlayersEntity.isAllowed = 'True';
            nearPlayersLoaded.push(otherPlayersEntity);  
                 //otherPlayersEntity.close = 'False';

            }  
        } 
        if (distance > closestDistance) {
      if (otherPlayersEntity.id && otherPlayersEntity.wasAllowed == 'True') {
            nearPlayersAllowedFar.push(otherPlayersEntity);  
                 //otherPlayersEntity.close = 'False';
            }
        }
 }.bind(this));
  console.log(nearPlayers);
  console.log(nearPlayersAllowedFar);
  console.log(nearPlayersLoaded); 

if (this.players[data.id].entity.children[0].animation.data.currAnim !== data.a) {
    this.players[data.id].entity.children[0].animation.play(data.a);
    //console.log(data.a);
}



var v1 = this.player.getPosition();
var v2 = this.players[data.id].entity.getPosition();
var d = v1.distance(v2);
//console.log("The distance between v1 and v2 is: " + d);

if (d < 30 && this.players[data.id].entity.isAllowed == 'True') {
this.players[data.id].entity.enabled = true;
}

if (d > 30 && this.players[data.id].entity.isAllowed == 'True') {
this.players[data.id].entity.wasAllowed = 'True';
this.players[data.id].entity.isNear = '';
this.players[data.id].entity.isAllowed = '';
this.players[data.id].entity.enabled = false;
}
#2 
        var nearPlayers = [];  
        var nearPlayersLoaded = []; 
        var nearPlayersAllowedFar = [];
        var nearPlayersLoadedLimit = 1;
var closestDistance = 30;
playerPosition = this.player.getPosition();
  var otherPlayers = this.app.root.findByTag('otherPlayer');
 otherPlayers.forEach( function(otherPlayersEntity){
        var distance = playerPosition.distance(otherPlayersEntity.getPosition());
            if (distance < closestDistance) {
            if (otherPlayersEntity.id) {
                otherPlayersEntity.isNear = 'True';
            nearPlayers.push(otherPlayersEntity);  
                 //otherPlayersEntity.close = 'False';
            }

                 if (otherPlayersEntity.id && otherPlayersEntity.wasAllowed !== "True" && otherPlayersEntity.isNear == 'True' && nearPlayersLoaded.length < nearPlayersLoadedLimit) {
                    otherPlayersEntity.isAllowed = 'True';
            nearPlayersLoaded.push(otherPlayersEntity);  
                 //otherPlayersEntity.close = 'False';

            }  
            if (locked == true) {
                console.log('this is executing');
                  if (otherPlayersEntity.id && otherPlayersEntity.wasAllowed == "True" && otherPlayersEntity.isNear == 'True' && nearPlayersLoaded.length < nearPlayersLoadedLimit) {
                    otherPlayersEntity.isAllowed = 'True';
                    otherPlayersEntity.wasAllowed = 'False';
            nearPlayersLoaded.push(otherPlayersEntity);  
                 //otherPlayersEntity.close = 'False';

            }
            }

        } 
        if (distance > closestDistance) {
      if (otherPlayersEntity.id && otherPlayersEntity.isAllowed == 'True') {
                    //  otherPlayersEntity.isNear = "";
            otherPlayersEntity.wasAllowed = "True"; 
            otherPlayersEntity.isNear = 'False';
            otherPlayersEntity.isAllowed = undefined;

                 //otherPlayersEntity.close = 'False';
            }
        }
 }.bind(this));
  console.log(nearPlayers);
  console.log(nearPlayersAllowedFar);
  console.log(nearPlayersLoaded); 
  console.log(nearPlayersLoaded.length);

  if (nearPlayersLoaded.length < nearPlayersLoadedLimit) {
      locked = true; 
  } else {
      locked = false;
  }

if (this.players[data.id].entity.children[0].animation.data.currAnim !== data.a) {
    this.players[data.id].entity.children[0].animation.play(data.a);
    //console.log(data.a);
}



var v1 = this.player.getPosition();
var v2 = this.players[data.id].entity.getPosition();
var d = v1.distance(v2);
//console.log("The distance between v1 and v2 is: " + d);

if (d < 30 && this.players[data.id].entity.isAllowed == 'True' && this.players[data.id].entity.isNear == 'True') {
this.players[data.id].entity.enabled = true;
}

if (d > 30 && this.players[data.id].entity.wasAllowed == 'True' && this.players[data.id].entity.isNear == 'False') {
this.players[data.id].entity.enabled = false;
}

This is it, I dont know what I did here but it works as expected: It will limit all incoming (new and existing) players to presetted variable, in this case:1 (could be set to whatever) by distance

Seems like i have to make a post in this forum to get it working :smile:

Update: Script still fails for existing players, Imagine i’m moving through the world and approaching new players, and they all load

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#3

Improoved edition: doesn’t fail for new or existing players, more human-readable code
What’s left is, player model loading-unloading, will have to add checks if model loading/unloading finished in between :face_with_raised_eyebrow:

const playerLimit = 2;
const nearestPlayers = [];

playerPosition = this.player.getPosition();
  var otherPlayers = this.app.root.findByTag('otherPlayer');
 otherPlayers.forEach( function(otherPlayersEntity){
              if (otherPlayersEntity.id) {
          nearestPlayers.push(otherPlayersEntity); 
              }
 }.bind(this));

const enabledPlayers = [];

for (var i = 0; i < nearestPlayers.length; i++) {
    var v1 = this.player.getPosition();
var v2 = nearestPlayers[i].getPosition();
var d = v1.distance(v2);
if (d < 30) {
    if (enabledPlayers.length < playerLimit) {
      nearestPlayers[i].enabled = true;
    } else {
        nearestPlayers[i].enabled = false;   
    }
     } else {
      nearestPlayers[i].enabled = false;   
     }
if (nearestPlayers[i].enabled == true){
enabledPlayers.push(nearestPlayers[i]);
}
}
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