Talk:Left 4 Dead 2/Scripting/Expanded Mutation System

Super cool! Thanks for this awesome update! I want to be first in line for the Visual Studio extension haha. There are just a couple more things we need interfaced to create some amazing mods:

• Damage detection and modification (internally, a hook to CTerrorPlayer::OnTakeDamage())
• Ability to block game events and/or modify game event params
• Force player to animate in a certain fashion (something like CBaseCombatWeapon::SendViewModelAnim() or CBaseViewModel::SendViewModelMatchingSequence() for view models and the CBaseAnimating function for player animations)
• Get/set entity networked properties (e.g. m_fEffects, m_hOwnerEntity, etc) and datamap offsets
• Ability to send usermessages
• Ability to call AI functions (e.g. Action<SomeClass>::OnCommandApproach())
• Ability to dynamically change entity models

If we have those, we can mod practically anything! I started incorporating vehicles (a controllable boat actually), and it would really help if I had the above features for my map's scripts. I dream of virtual marketplaces in L4D2, a money system, direct AI behavior, etc. :)

- arao6