Player (Left 4 Dead series)

This entity is not in the FGD by default.
It should not be put directly in a map.

Source Engine

Team Fortress 2

Portal 2

Left 4 Dead series

Half-Life series

Counter-Strike series

Class hierarchy
CTerrorPlayer ↳CCSPlayer ↳CBaseMultiplayerPlayer ↳CBasePlayer ↳CBaseCombatCharacter ↳CBaseFlex ↳CBaseAnimatingOverlay ↳CBaseAnimating ↳CBaseEntity

player is a point entity available in Left 4 Dead series. Human players of any team are this entity.

Note:Bot zombies' player entity exists for 7 seconds after they died while 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 player.

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!

Important:This is a preserved entity in .
If the game has round restart mechanics this entity may not behave as expected:

More info

On a new round entities with this classname will intentionally not reset. You can use logic_auto to emulate resetting it. Killing it removes it forever, as it is not respawned on a new round. It cannot be spawned with a point_template. Parenting this with non-preserved entities may have undesirable effects.

Keyvalues

Note:These keyvalues should be changed on a player with AddOutput.

Health (health) <integer>

The player's health.

Maximum Health (max_health) <integer>

The value of "health" cannot exceed this.

Inputs

SetHealth <integerRedirectInput/integer>

Sets the player's health. Values clamped between 0 and max_health.

SetHUDVisibility <booleanRedirectInput/boolean>

Hides or displays the HUD.

Warning:Can't switch items when HUD is disabled

SetFogController <stringRedirectInput/string>

Sets the env_fog_controller to use.

SpeakResponseConcept <stringRedirectInput/string>

Speak the specified response concept immediately.

IgnoreFallDamage <floatRedirectInput/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).

IgnoreFallDamageWithoutReset <floatRedirectInput/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.

SetCommentaryStatueMode <booleanRedirectInput/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

DisableLedgeHang

Disable ledge hanging by player.

EnableLedgeHang

Enable ledge hanging by player.

TeleportToSurvivorPosition <stringRedirectInput/string>

Teleport a player to an info_survivor_position entity, then freezes them. To unfreeze them, use the ReleaseSurvivorPositions input from info_director or the player's ReleaseFromSurvivorPosition input.

ReleaseFromSurvivorPosition

Unfreezes and releases the player from an info_survivor_position entity if they are at one.

CancelCurrentScene

Cancels scene that's currently playing. Used in c6m3 to stop L4D2 survivors talking with L4D1 survivors when they start the elevator.

OnRescueZoneTouch

Todo: Leftover from ?

SetGlowEnabled <booleanRedirectInput/boolean> (only in )

Sets if this player is allowed to glow through walls if not visible.

RemoveWeaponUpgrades  (only in )

Removes laser sights from guns.

See also

• tank
• spitter
• smoker
• jockey
• charger
• hunter
• boomer