Detecting objects with a property nearest to the player

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I need to figure out what the closest object with a certain property to the player is, what’s the best way to do this? In Python, not with near sensors

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Well you could subtract the worldPosition of each object from the worldPosition of the player then compare the differences to work out which is smallest.

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Simple solution:

enemy_list = [o for o in bge.logic.getCurrentScene().object if 'property' in o]
closest = [100000, None]

for e in enemy_list:
    if player.getDistanceTo(e) < closest[0]:
        closest = [player.getDistanceTo(e), e]

More complex solutions can be found in the resources forum. Ages ago I posted a whole bunch of functions, one was a
‘getBestToTrackTo’ that involved checking to see if walls were in the way, if I could actually see them etc.

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thanks sdfgeoff, I don’t think I’ll need any of those though. This will work just fine, and I believe its what MrPutuLips suggested too so thanks