feat(imports): server-side entity iterators (#458)

Co-authored-by: Linden <65407488+thelindat@users.noreply.github.com>

imports/getClosestPlayer/server.lua

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+---@param coords vector3 The coords to check from.
+---@param maxDistance number The max distance to check.
+---@return number? playerId
+---@return number? playerPed
+---@return vector3? playerCoords
+function lib.getClosestPlayer(coords, maxDistance)
+    local players = GetActivePlayers()
+    local closestId, closestPed, closestCoords
+    maxDistance = maxDistance or 2.0
+
+    for i = 1, #players do
+        local playerId = players[i]
+        local playerPed = GetPlayerPed(playerId)
+        local playerCoords = GetEntityCoords(playerPed)
+        local distance = #(coords - playerCoords)
+
+        if distance < maxDistance then
+            maxDistance = distance
+            closestId = playerId
+            closestPed = playerPed
+            closestCoords = playerCoords
+        end
+    end
+
+    return closestId, closestPed, closestCoords
+end
+
+return lib.getClosestPlayer

imports/getClosestVehicle/shared.lua

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---@param coords vector3 The coords to check from.
 ---@param maxDistance number The max distance to check.
----@param includePlayerVehicle boolean Whether or not to include the player's current vehicle.
+---@param includePlayerVehicle boolean Whether or not to include the player's current vehicle. Ignored on the server.
 ---@return number? vehicle
 ---@return vector3? vehicleCoords
 function lib.getClosestVehicle(coords, maxDistance, includePlayerVehicle)
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ function lib.getClosestVehicle(coords, maxDistance, includePlayerVehicle)
 	for i = 1, #vehicles do
 		local vehicle = vehicles[i]
 
-		if not cache.vehicle or vehicle ~= cache.vehicle or includePlayerVehicle then
+		if lib.context == 'server' or not cache.vehicle or vehicle ~= cache.vehicle or includePlayerVehicle then
 			local vehicleCoords = GetEntityCoords(vehicle)
 			local distance = #(coords - vehicleCoords)
 

imports/getNearbyObjects/shared.lua

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---@param coords vector3 The coords to check from.
----@param maxDistance number The max distance to check.
+---@param maxDistance? number The max distance to check.
 ---@return { object: number, coords: vector3 }[]
 function lib.getNearbyObjects(coords, maxDistance)
 	local objects = GetGamePool('CObject')

imports/getNearbyPeds/shared.lua

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---@param coords vector3 The coords to check from.
----@param maxDistance number The max distance to check.
+---@param maxDistance? number The max distance to check.
 ---@return { ped: number, coords: vector3 }[]
 function lib.getNearbyPeds(coords, maxDistance)
     local peds = GetGamePool('CPed')

imports/getNearbyPlayers/client.lua

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---@param coords vector3 The coords to check from.
----@param maxDistance number The max distance to check.
----@param includePlayer boolean? Whether or not to include the current player.
+---@param maxDistance? number The max distance to check.
+---@param includePlayer? boolean Whether or not to include the current player.
 ---@return { id: number, ped: number, coords: vector3 }[]
 function lib.getNearbyPlayers(coords, maxDistance, includePlayer)
     local players = GetActivePlayers()

imports/getNearbyPlayers/server.lua

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+---@param coords vector3 The coords to check from.
+---@param maxDistance? number The max distance to check.
+---@return { id: number, ped: number, coords: vector3 }[]
+function lib.getNearbyPlayers(coords, maxDistance)
+    local players = GetActivePlayers()
+    local nearby = {}
+    local count = 0
+    maxDistance = maxDistance or 2.0
+
+    for i = 1, #players do
+        local playerId = players[i]
+        local playerPed = GetPlayerPed(playerId)
+        local playerCoords = GetEntityCoords(playerPed)
+        local distance = #(coords - playerCoords)
+
+        if distance < maxDistance then
+            count += 1
+            nearby[count] = {
+                id = playerId,
+                ped = playerPed,
+                coords = playerCoords,
+            }
+        end
+    end
+
+    return nearby
+end
+
+return lib.getNearbyPlayers

imports/getNearbyVehicles/shared.lua

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---@param coords vector3 The coords to check from.
----@param maxDistance number The max distance to check.
----@param includePlayerVehicle boolean Whether or not to include the player's current vehicle.
+---@param maxDistance? number The max distance to check.
+---@param includePlayerVehicle? boolean Whether or not to include the player's current vehicle.
 ---@return { vehicle: number, coords: vector3 }[]
 function lib.getNearbyVehicles(coords, maxDistance, includePlayerVehicle)
 	local vehicles = GetGamePool('CVehicle')
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ function lib.getNearbyVehicles(coords, maxDistance, includePlayerVehicle)
 	for i = 1, #vehicles do
 		local vehicle = vehicles[i]
 
-		if not cache.vehicle or vehicle ~= cache.vehicle or includePlayerVehicle then
+		if lib.context == 'server' or not cache.vehicle or vehicle ~= cache.vehicle or includePlayerVehicle then
 			local vehicleCoords = GetEntityCoords(vehicle)
 			local distance = #(coords - vehicleCoords)
 

init.lua

@@ -222,6 +222,33 @@ else
     function lib.notify(playerId, data)
         TriggerClientEvent(notifyEvent, playerId, data)
     end
+
+    local poolNatives = {
+        CPed = GetAllPeds,
+        CObject = GetAllObjects,
+        CVehicle = GetAllVehicles,
+    }
+
+    ---@param poolName 'CPed' | 'CObject' | 'CVehicle'
+    ---@return number[]
+    ---Server-side parity for the `GetGamePool` client native.
+    function GetGamePool(poolName)
+        local fn = poolNatives[poolName]
+        return fn and fn() --[[@as number[] ]]
+    end
+
+    ---@return number[]
+    ---Server-side parity for the `GetPlayers` client native.
+    function GetActivePlayers()
+        local playerNum = GetNumPlayerIndices()
+        local players = table.create(playerNum, 0)
+
+        for i = 1, playerNum do
+            players[i] = tonumber(GetPlayerFromIndex(i - 1))
+        end
+
+        return players
+    end
 end
 
 for i = 1, GetNumResourceMetadata(cache.resource, 'ox_lib') do