///scr_look_for_element(direction), looks for an element in the direction and returns it's array coordinates

var dir = argument[0];
var array = Controller_UI.currentUI;//get the UI array
var testHeight = 1; //how much ahead of the starting point we will test
var testDepth = 0; // how far back from the starting point we will test
var testWidth = 1;//  how many tiles in width at the heighest height we will test( -1 for each test before it)
var maxTestHeight = 15;
var r = false;
r[0] = false;
show_debug_message(string(array));
while(true){
    for(var i = testDepth + 1; i < testHeight; i++){
    show_debug_message("next height loop");
        for(var j = -testWidth; j < testWidth; j++){
            show_debug_message(string(i) + " i / j "+ string(j));

            var testLoc_x = round(lengthdir_x(j,dir));
            var testLoc_y = round(lengthdir_y(i,dir));
            show_debug_message(string(testLoc_x) + " testlocation x / testlocation y " + string(testLoc_y));
            show_debug_message(string(Controller_UI.width)          + "           width / height          " + string(Controller_UI.height));
            if(testLoc_x != 0 && testLoc_y != 0){

            show_debug_message(string("neihter are zero test if in array"));
                if(currentElement_x + testLoc_x < Controller_UI.width && currentElement_x + testLoc_x >= 0 && currentElement_y + testLoc_y < Controller_UI.height && currentElement_y + testLoc_y >= 0){
                    show_debug_message("contents of array at that location: " + string(array[currentElement_x + testLoc_x, currentElement_y + testLoc_y]));
                    if (array[currentElement_x + testLoc_x, currentElement_y + testLoc_y] != 0){
                        r[0] = true;
                        r[1] = currentElement_x + testLoc_x;
                        r[2] = currentElement_y + testLoc_y;
                        show_debug_message(string(r));
                        return r;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
    if(testHeight == maxTestHeight){
        return r;
    }
    testHeight++;
    testWidth++;
}