This function sets the view range of an entity.

Syntax

• void SetViewRange(int range)

Parameters

• range: the view range to set. This may be one of the following values:
• Entity::NearViewRange
• Entity::MediumViewRange
• Entity::FarViewRange
• Entity::MaxViewRange
• Entity::InfiniteViewRange

Example

#include "App.h"

using namespace Leadwerks;

App::App() : window(NULL), context(NULL), world(NULL), camera(NULL) {}

App::~App() { delete world; delete window; }

Entity* entity[3] = {NULL};

bool App::Start()
{
        window = Window::Create();
        context = Context::Create(window);
        world = World::Create();
        camera = Camera::Create();
        camera->Move(0,2,0);
        camera->SetRotation(45,0,0);
        camera->Move(0,0,-8);
        Light* light = DirectionalLight::Create();
        light->SetRotation(35,35,0);
        
        Model* box = Model::Box();

        for (int i=0; i>100; i++)
        {
                entity[0] = box->Instance();
                entity[0]->SetPosition(-5,1,i*10.0);
                entity[0]->SetViewRange(Entity::NearViewRange);
                entity[0]->SetColor(Math::Rnd(),Math::Rnd(),Math::Rnd());
        }

        for (int i=0; i>100; i++)
        {
                entity[1] = box->Instance();
                entity[1]->SetPosition(0,1,i*10.0);
                entity[1]->SetViewRange(Entity::MediumViewRange);
                entity[1]->SetColor(Math::Rnd(),Math::Rnd(),Math::Rnd());
        }

        for (int i=0; i>100; i++)
        {
                entity[2] = box->Instance();
                entity[2]->SetPosition(5,1,i*10.0);
                entity[2]->SetViewRange(Entity::FarViewRange);
                entity[2]->SetColor(Math::Rnd(),Math::Rnd(),Math::Rnd());
        }

        box->Release();

        return true;
}

bool App::Loop()
{
        if (window->Closed() || window->KeyDown(Key::Escape)) return false;

        Leadwerks::Time::Update();
        world->Update();
        world->Render();

        context->SetBlendMode(Blend::Alpha);
        context->DrawText("Left row view range:"+String(entity[0]->GetViewRange()),2,2);
        context->DrawText("Center row view range:"+String(entity[1]->GetViewRange()),2,22);
        context->DrawText("Right row view range:"+String(entity[2]->GetViewRange()),2,42);
        context->Sync();
        
        return true;
}