[0.15.6] player.can_reach_entity(entity_ghos) returning true

[Mylon]

In this screenshot, I placed a ghost far away and ran a console command to check. The expected behavior (for something over 10 tiles away) is to return false. I also tested character.can_reach_entity().

http://imgur.com/a/wWmQx

[Rseding91]

The character can reach ghosts at any distance - that's why you can place/mine them at any distance.

That's by design.

[Nexela]

Rseding has added in a way for us to get the players total reach distance (prototype + modifier(s)) using this we can do a simple distance check on ghosts to see if they are reachable.
luaControl.reach_distance

build_distance :: uint [Read-only]

The build distance of this character or max uint when not a character or player connected to a character.

[Mylon]

I found that! build_distance is definitely new and I already wrote the latest version of Bluebuild to use it. However I'm stuck trying to figure out how to implement the builds per second as a setting.

Edit: This is what I'm using:

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-- Need a fudge factor since my distance formula seems off.  Game likely measures from nearest colliding point?
if distance(builder, ghost) < builder.build_distance + 1 then

Not sure why I need to do (a^2 + b^2)^0.5 - 1 to match the in-game build distance, but there it is.