local textx = 50 --center of the text on the x axis (% of screen)
local texty = 90 --position of the text on the y axis (% of screen)
local textsize = 3 --text size (1 = small, 5 = large)
local use_range = 120 --how close player needs to be to object to "interact" with it
local prompt_line = "Press *E* to check" --first line that appears (2nd line onwards is taken from object 'name'
local line_number = {}
local line = {}
local str = {}
local state = {}
local a = nil
obj_pressed = 0

--remember name should be filled with text and separated with fullstop/period between lines
function interact_object_init_name(e,name)
state[e] = "active"
str[e] = name
line[e] = {}
line[e][1] = prompt_line
a = 2
for word in string.gmatch(str[e], '([^.]+)') do
    line[e][a] = word 
    a = a + 1 
end
line_number[e] = 1
end 

function interact_object_main(e)

if PlayerLooking(e,use_range,10) == 1 then
if state[e] == "active" then
TextCenterOnX(textx,texty,textsize,line[e][line_number[e]])
if g_KeyPressE == 1 and obj_pressed == 0 then
obj_pressed = 1 
if line[e][line_number[e]+1] ~= nil then
line_number[e] = line_number[e] + 1 
else 
state[e] = "inactive"
end 
end 
end 

else
state[e] = "active"
line_number[e] = 1 
end 

if g_KeyPressE == 0 then
obj_pressed = 0
end

end 


function interact_object_exit(e)

end

function PlayerLooking(e,dis,v)
if g_Entity[e] ~= nil then
if dis == nil then
dis = 3000
end
if v == nil then
v = 0.5
end
if GetPlayerDistance(e) <= dis then
local destx = g_Entity[e]['x'] - g_PlayerPosX
local destz = g_Entity[e]['z'] - g_PlayerPosZ
local angle = math.atan2(destx,destz)
angle = angle * (180.0 / math.pi)

if angle <= 0 then
angle = 360 + angle
elseif angle > 360 then
angle = angle - 360
end
while g_PlayerAngY < 0 or g_PlayerAngY > 360 do
if g_PlayerAngY <= 0 then
g_PlayerAngY = 360 + g_PlayerAngY
elseif g_PlayerAngY > 360 then
g_PlayerAngY = g_PlayerAngY - 360
end
end
local L = angle - v
local R = angle + v
if L <= 0 then
L = 360 + L 
elseif L > 360 then
L = L - 360
end
if R <= 0 then
R = 360 + R
elseif R > 360 then
R = R - 360
end

if (L < R and math.abs(g_PlayerAngY) > L and math.abs(g_PlayerAngY) < R) then
return 1
elseif (L > R and (math.abs(g_PlayerAngY) > L or math.abs(g_PlayerAngY) < R)) then
return 1
else
return 0
end
else
return 0
end
end
end