Finding nearest brick - Is there a more efficient way?

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I am looking for a way to find the nearest brick to a given position from the client side.  This function works, but it lags in busier servers.
The find next radius search does not work on the client side.

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function getnearestbrick(%pos)
{
for(%a=0; %a<serverconnection.getcount(); %a++)
{
if((%b=serverconnection.getobject(%a)).getclassname() $= "fxDTSBrick" && %b.isplanted())
{
%bpos = %b.getposition();
%dist = msqrt(mpow(getword(%bpos, 0) - getword(%pos, 0), 2) + mpow(getword(%bpos, 1) - getword(%pos, 1), 2) + mpow(getword(%bpos, 2) - getword(%pos, 2), 2));

if(%dist < %bestdist || %bestdist $= "")
{
%bestdist = %dist;
%bestid = %b;
}
}
}
return %bestid;
}
Is there a more efficient way of doing this?

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[Destiny/Zack0Wack0]

Using the accelerated vector libraries would help.

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%dist = vectorDist(%pos,%bpos);

Everytime the serverConnection count changes, make a new fxDtsBrick cached list rather than having to loop through every server object. Not much else you can do.