var
    radarrange = 38 //Increasing the range pretty much has a zoom out effect while decreasing it has a zoom in effect. I find 16 to be the most balanced.
    radarupdate = 7 //This var is the amount of ticks it waits in between each radar update.


proc
    radarupdate()
        for(var/obj/HUD/Pointer/O in world) //delete every pointer object in the world.
            del O
        for(var/mob/M in world) // I've tried range(radarrange,M) for this instead of world. It made the radar behave very wierdly.
            if(!M.client) continue
            for(var/obj/dragonball/N in world)//range( radarrange ,M))
                if(N.z != M.z) continue//Checks Z layer.
                if(N == M) continue
                //if(N.team != M.team) continue //uncomment this line to make enemies NOT show up on radars
                var/r = ((((N.x - M.x)**2)+((N.y - M.y)**2))**0.5) // This nasty piece is the distance formula. It gives me the distance between the two mobs.
                if(round(r) > radarrange) continue// I use the distance and make sure it isn't more than 16 units away
                var/obj/HUD/Pointer/O = new()
                var/x = (N.x - M.x) * round(48/round(radarrange))
                var/y = (N.y - M.y) * round(48/round(radarrange))
                M.client.screen += O

                //if(N.team == M.team) O.icon_state = "ally" //This makes use of a mob var to change the icon of the "Pointer objects."
                //else O.icon_state = "enemy"
                O.icon_state = "ally"
                O.pixel_x = x
                O.pixel_y = y
                O.screen_loc = "WEST+1:[O.pixel_x],NORTH-1:[O.pixel_y]" // This part just makes the pointers move around on all 9 tiles of the radar
                if(get_dir(M,N) == NORTHEAST)
                    O.pixel_x -= 32
                    O.pixel_y -= 32
                    O.screen_loc = "WEST+2:[O.pixel_x],NORTH:[O.pixel_y]"
                if(get_dir(M,N) == SOUTHWEST)
                    O.pixel_x += 32
                    O.pixel_y += 32
                    O.screen_loc = "WEST:[O.pixel_x],NORTH-2:[O.pixel_y]"
                if(get_dir(M,N) == SOUTHEAST)
                    O.pixel_x -= 32
                    O.pixel_y += 32
                    O.screen_loc = "WEST+2:[O.pixel_x],NORTH-2:[O.pixel_y]"
                if(get_dir(M,N) == NORTHWEST)
                    O.pixel_x += 32
                    O.pixel_y -= 32
                    O.screen_loc = "WEST:[O.pixel_x],NORTH:[O.pixel_y]"
                if(get_dir(M,N) == NORTH)
                    O.pixel_y -= 32
                    O.screen_loc = "WEST+1:[O.pixel_x],NORTH:[O.pixel_y]"
                if(get_dir(M,N) == SOUTH)
                    O.pixel_y += 32
                    O.screen_loc = "WEST+1:[O.pixel_x],NORTH-2:[O.pixel_y]"
                if(get_dir(M,N) == WEST)
                    O.pixel_x += 32
                    O.screen_loc = "WEST:[O.pixel_x],NORTH-1:[O.pixel_y]"
                if(get_dir(M,N) == EAST)
                    O.pixel_x -= 32
                    O.screen_loc = "WEST+2:[O.pixel_x],NORTH-1:[O.pixel_y]"
                //world<<"[N]:[N.x],[N.y]. Range:[r]. Dist:[get_dist(M,N)]. Me:[M.x],[M.y]"//debug message

        spawn(radarupdate) radarupdate() //restart the loop!