Class KX_GameObject -- Blender Game Engine 2.49b

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getDistanceTo

getDistanceTo(other)

Returns the distance between 2 objects/points. No x , y or z values. Just the distance.

Return type: float

other:

Type: KX_GameObject ( a game object)
or
list [ x, y, z] (a point)

Sample Code

# get the controller

controller = GameLogic.getCurrentController()

# get the game object that the controller is attached to.

obj = controller.owner

# get the current scene

scene = GameLogic.getCurrentScene()

# get a list of the objects in the scene

objList = scene.objects

# get object named Box

box = objList["OBBox"]

# get the distance between them

distance = obj.getDistanceTo(box)

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