Raycasting to check if a player is visible or not

FiveM Resource Development & Modding Discussion
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I have been looking at: https://runtime.fivem.net/doc/reference.html#_0x377906D8A31E5586
I am new to the whole FiveM modding and such, and Lua aswell.
But my plan is to somehow check if a player is visible or not, and return a boolean.
In that way I can show the player name above his head if he is visible and if not I hide his name.

I do not ask for copy-paste code, that is not what I want.
As for now I want someone to like give me ideas on how to progress.

I assume that I need to do something like:
startRays = StartShapeTestRay(x1, y1, z1, x2, y2, z2, -1, ID, int p8) now the p8 part I do not really understand.

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If a parameter is named p1-p8 or whatever, that just means we don’t know what it does. I have used 0 there, and it works fine.

Just draw a ray from you to the other player. If it hits the player, then draw the name. If it doesn’t return the player, don’t do anything.

3

Perfect, thank you for the fast answer.

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Do you mean visible in your current field of view or do you mean if he is literally invisible?