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{{CD|CTerrorPlayer}}

{{this is a|entity|name=player|series=Left 4 Dead}} Human players of any team are this entity.
{{note|Bot zombies' player entity exists for 7 seconds after they die while a survivor bot's player entity remains forever (or until human player takes their places)}}
{{note|Survivor bots, SI and Tank's classname in-game is also <code>player</code>.}}
{{Warning|This entity is not intended to be placed in a map manually. Doing so will result in an instant fatal error on map load!}}
{{PreservedEnt|all}}

==Inputs==
{{IO|SetHealth|param=integer|Sets the player's health. Values clamped between 0 and <code>max_health</code>.}}
{{IO|SetHUDVisibility|param=boolean|Hides or displays the HUD.
{{warning|Can't switch items when HUD is disabled}}}}
{{IO|SetFogController|param=string|Sets the {{ent|env_fog_controller}} to use.}}
{{IO|SpeakResponseConcept|param=string|Speak the specified [[Response System|response concept]] immediately.}}
{{IO|IgnoreFallDamage|param=float|Prevent the player from taking fall damage for [n] seconds, but reset back to taking fall damage after the first impact (so players will be hurt if they bounce off what they hit).}}
{{IO|IgnoreFallDamageWithoutReset|param=float|Absolutely prevent the player from taking fall damage for [n] seconds.}} 
:{{note|Should use "OnStartTrouch - !activator". Consider the Time to be short, if there's another ledge they could jump off while being in the "no damage" timer.}}
:{{note|Affects AI [[boomer|boomers]] who by default take fall damage}}
{{IO|SetCommentaryStatueMode|param=boolean|When set to 1, player bot will be stopped and have HP set to 1048576 (2^20). Setting it back to 0 will leave the bot with 1 HP}}
{{IO|DisableLedgeHang|Disable ledge hanging by player.}}
{{IO|EnableLedgeHang|Enable ledge hanging by player.}}
{{IO|TeleportToSurvivorPosition|param=string|Teleport a player to an {{ent|info_survivor_position}} entity, then freezes them. To unfreeze them, use the <code>ReleaseSurvivorPositions</code> input from {{ent|info_director}} or the player's <code>ReleaseFromSurvivorPosition</code> input.}}
{{IO|ReleaseFromSurvivorPosition|Unfreezes and releases the player from an {{ent|info_survivor_position}} entity if they are at one.}}
{{IO|CancelCurrentScene|Cancels scene that's currently playing. Used in c6m3 to stop L4D2 survivors talking with L4D1 survivors when they start the elevator.}}
{{IO|OnRescueZoneTouch|{{todo|[[Player (Counter-Strike series)|Leftover from]] {{css}}?}}}}
{{IO|SetGlowEnabled|param=boolean|Sets if this player is allowed to glow through walls if not visible.|only={{l4d2}}}}
{{IO|RemoveWeaponUpgrades|Removes laser sights from guns.|only={{l4d2}}}}

==See also==
* {{l4d2}} [[Left 4 Dead 2/Script Functions#CTerrorPlayer|CTerrorPlayer vscript functions]]
* {{l4d2}} [[spitter]]
* {{l4d2}} [[jockey]]
* {{l4d2}} [[charger]]
* [[smoker]]
* [[hunter]]
* [[boomer]]
* [[tank]]