GetTransmitterDistance - ObjectReference

Member of: ObjectReference Script

Returns the distance between this radio transmitter and the player (Pipboy radio).

Syntax

float Function GetTransmitterDistance() native

Parameters

None.

Return Value

• The distance between this radio transmitter and the player.
• FLT_MAX (an extremely large value) if the ref is not a transmitter, is disabled, is not currently filling a Quest Alias, is out-of-range, or is using a frequency not detectable by the Pipboy radio.
• 0.0 if the ref is an active, unlimited-range transmitter.

Examples

; Find out how far away the player is from the transmitter ref.
Debug.Trace("Player is " + MyTransmitterRef.GetTransmitterDistance() + " units away from MyTransmitterRef.")

Notes

• When called on a repeater, you get the distance to that specific repeater.
• When called on a source transmitter with active repeaters, you get the range to the closest of those refs.

Some key differences between this function and GetDistance:

• This function is only valid when run on active, limited-range radio transmitters on frequencies detectable by the Pipboy. Transmitter refs become active when they are both Enabled and filling a Quest Alias.
• This function only returns a valid distance if the player is within the transmitter's outer radius (Max Weak Distance). OnPipboyRadioDetection can be used to determine when this is the case.
• This function will 'go through teleport doors', returning the cumulative straight-line distance from the ref to the player based on a pathfinding search.
• Distance to active transmitters is updated twice a second if no pathfinding search is required (ref & player in the same space), and once every 5 seconds otherwise.

See Also

• ObjectReference Script
• IsPlayerInRadioRange - Game
• OnPipboyRadioDetection - ObjectReference