Closing entity gui when player moves away

[mrvn]

I'm opening a custom gui for a constant-combinator type entity in on_gui_opened. But when the player walks out of reach the gui stays open.

How can I automatically close the gui when the player moves out of reach?

[Klonan]

AFAIK It cannot be done automatically with the current features

You would need to check the distance yourself and determine if it is out of range

[inferis]

There's

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[url=https://lua-api.factorio.com/latest/events.html#on_player_changed_position]on_player_changed_position[/url]

and

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[url=https://lua-api.factorio.com/latest/events.html#on_player_changed_surface]on_player_changed_surface[/url]

.

The refresh rate at which the first is called is not very high, but it should do the trick.

[eradicator]

The refresh rate at which the first is called is not very high, but it should do the trick.

The "refresh rate" of on_changed_position are the tile boundaries. If that's "not very high"...why are you moving inside a single tile so much ;).

[inferis]

The refresh rate at which the first is called is not very high, but it should do the trick.

The "refresh rate" of on_changed_position are the tile boundaries. If that's "not very high"...why are you moving inside a single tile so much .

Well of course, that makes sense.