How to create a proper solid sphere? [Solved]

[Kyuande]

How would I create a sphere in 4x4 cubes (using 2 positions) properly? Could I get an example of two functions which one is using x y and z and the other one using sine, cosine and two other ones in a loop?

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[phflack]

do you want to create it client or server side? (building with bricks + super shift or just place with console)
and which part of the brick must be inside the sphere to be placed, any part, the center, or fully enclosed?

edit:
this is what I used to use to build the top half of spheres

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function sphere(%diameter)
{
%a = 0;
if(!(%diameter % 2))
%a += 0.5;
for(%z = 0; %z < %diameter / 2; %z++)
{
for(%y = %diameter / -2; %y < %diameter / 2; %y++)
{
for(%x = %diameter / -2; %x < %diameter / 2; %x++)
{
if(mSqrt(mPow(%x + %a, 2) + mPow(%y + %a, 2) + mPow(%z + %a, 2)) <= %diameter / 2)
commandtoserver('plantbrick');
commandtoserver('supershiftbrick', 0, -1, 0);
}
commandtoserver('supershiftbrick', -1, %diameter, 0);
}
commandtoserver('supershiftbrick', %diameter, 0, 1);
}
commandtoserver('supershiftbrick', 0, 0, %diameter / 2);
}


[Kyuande]

Oh yeah, I wanted to do this server side with creating bricks. I have a function to easily create the brick just want to know how to create a sphere with them. I would like to have it fully enclosed

[phflack]

do you just want the edges or to be completely filled?

[Kyuande]

Completely filled. I am trying to do this for a mining server but unfortunately it lags pretty bad the larger the area is. I'm currently using search containers but that lags after hitting over 100k bricks.

[phflack]

in that case you may want to delay the placements of the bricks

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function sphere(%diameter)
{
%delay = 0;
%a = 0;
if(!(%diameter % 2))
%a += 0.5;
%radius = %diameter / 2;
for(%z = %radius * -1; %z < %radius; %z++)
for(%y = %radius * -1; %y < %radius; %y++)
for(%x = %radius * -1; %x < %radius; %x++)
if(mSqrt(mPow(%x + %a, 2) + mPow(%y + %a, 2) + mPow(%z + %a, 2)) <= %radius)
schedule((%delay++) * 33, 0, placeBrick, %x, %y, %z); //forgot how to pass args in schedule, have fun with that
}

function placeBrick(%x, %y, %z)
{
//you get to do this part
}

something along those lines should work
it does loop in empty areas needlessly, but that shouldn't lag the server, placing bricks will slow things down a ton

[Kyuande]

This is waay better than the 2 methods I have been trying.

Yeah I put some checks to see if it already tried that position. Thank you so much.