Question Making an enemy no spawn zone for wave-based top down shooter

hey, im making a wave based top down shooter and was trying to figure out a way to make a dead-zone around the player where enemies can't spawn. my current spawn script chooses a random position and then spawns the enemy there after a certain delay, but then the problem arises where sometimes enemies spawn on top of the player, and they then take unfair damage. i was thinking some way to check the distance from the player on start, then re-randomizing the position of the enemy if it's too close. any pointers on this would be appreciated, thanks!

 

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Vector3.Distance() is your friend

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got it to work. heres the code for anyone interested:

Code (CSharp):

1. private void Update()
2.     {
3.         if(!finishedSpawn)
4.         {
5.             if (Vector3.Distance(transform.position, playerTransform.position) < 15)
6.             {
7.                 transform.position = new Vector2(Random.Range(-38, 38), Random.Range(-38, 38));
8.             }
9.             else
10.             {
11.                 finishedSpawn = true;
12.                 aiScript.enabled = true;
13.                 sr.enabled = true;
14.             }
15.         }
16.     }