Player Entity

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The Player Entity representing the Player Character is understandably a rather special kind of Entity.

Collision Hull

The Player Collision Hull is a simple, convex box; very similar to an NPC Hull.

• By default, the Player Hull is 32 units wide and 32 units deep, and 72 units high for a Standing/Running/etc Player or 36 units high when Crouching. (By contrast, an NPC Hull#human_hull is
  Todo: somewhere between 26 and 29 units wide and deep
  ).
• Note however, any passageway must allow for the 'extra friction unit' required in addition to the Hull dimension, ... see Dimensions#Player Collision Hull.

Configuration

• The Player Hull is defined in the uncompiled C++ code in src/game/shared/gamerules.cpp by:

static CViewVectors g_DefaultViewVectors(
	Vector( 0, 0, 64 ),		//VEC_VIEW 		(m_vView)
								
	Vector(-16, -16, 0 ),		//VEC_HULL_MIN 		(m_vHullMin)
	Vector( 16,  16,  72 ),		//VEC_HULL_MAX 		(m_vHullMax)
													
	Vector(-16, -16, 0 ),		//VEC_DUCK_HULL_MIN 	(m_vDuckHullMin)
	Vector( 16,  16,  36 ),		//VEC_DUCK_HULL_MAX	(m_vDuckHullMax)
	Vector( 0, 0, 28 ),		//VEC_DUCK_VIEW		(m_vDuckView)
													
	Vector(-10, -10, -10 ),		//VEC_OBS_HULL_MIN	(m_vObsHullMin)
	Vector( 10,  10,  10 ),		//VEC_OBS_HULL_MAX	(m_vObsHullMax)
													
	Vector( 0, 0, 14 )		//VEC_DEAD_VIEWHEIGHT 	(m_vDeadViewHeight)
);

where

• VEC_VIEW is the Standing Player's Viewpoint (ie 64 units above origin), and VEC_HULL_MIN and VEC_HULL_MAX are diagonally opposite corners of the Standing Player's Hull.
• Todo: confirm that VEC_OBS_HULL_MIN...MAX defines the Spectator mode Hull (20x20x20 units) ?
• Todo: confirm that the Player Hull must have a square footprint (like all the NPC Hulls), ie it can be as tall as you like, but width & depth must be the same.

See Also

• Other Entities which affect only a Player Entity include:
  • info_player_start and the multiplayer variants theron
  • game_player_equip
  • All the HUD and GUI effects entities.