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GetNearbyObjects Demo

I always assumed GetNearbyObjects() would return a square of objects, but it turns out some objects on the edge of that square would not be found unless the range was set higher. I've read posts about GetNearbyObjects() not being reliable, so I tried to figure out why.

Therefore I made this little test map with a square of sprinklers and a fire alarm scanning those sprinklers to see how many sprinklers it would find in a given range. When turning the stuff on, the riddle was solved immediately: GetNearbyObjects() returns objects in a circle around the scanning object, and not in a square.

I have no idea if this should be a bug report or a feature request - is this intentional behaviour of this commonly used function? If so, then it makes GetNearbyObjects() a lot less reliable and misunderstood by modders.
Anyway, I have filed this issue on the bug tracker.


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