{"name":"distance2D","operator":null,"title":"distance2D","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/distance2D","revid":363614,"updated":"2024-04-08T11:45:05Z","groups":["Math - Geometry"],"status":"ok","replaced_by":[],"games":[{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"1.50"}],"since":{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"1.50"},"arma3_since":"1.50","branch":null,"locality":{"argument":"global","effect":null,"server_exec":false},"exec":null,"description":"Returns a 2D distance (distance projected to X,Y plane) in meters between Objects and/or Positions.","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"from distance2D to","since":null,"effect":null,"exec":null,"params":[{"name":"from","type":"Object, Position2D or Position3D","optional":false,"default":null,"description":null,"types":["Object","Position2D","Position3D"],"since":null,"text":"from: Object, Position2D or Position3D"},{"name":"to","type":"Object, Position2D or Position3D","optional":false,"default":null,"description":null,"types":["Object","Position2D","Position3D"],"since":null,"text":"to: Object, Position2D or Position3D"}],"returns":{"type":"Number","types":["Number"],"description":"distance in meters or 1e10 if distance cannot be calculated","text":"Number - distance in meters or 1e10 if distance cannot be calculated"},"form":"binary","operator":null,"left":{"text":"from","types":["Object","Position2D","Position3D"]},"right":{"text":"to","types":["Object","Position2D","Position3D"]}}],"examples":[{"text":"```sqf\n_meters = player distance2D heli;\n```","code":["_meters = player distance2D heli;"]}],"multiplayer":null,"problems":null,"aliases":[],"see_also":["distance","distanceSqr","vectorDistance"],"notes":[],"categories":["Arma 3: New Scripting Commands","Arma 3: Scripting Commands","Command Group: Math - Geometry","Introduced with Arma 3 version 1.50","Scripting Commands"]}