ability_tongue
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ability_tongue is a point entity available in 
Left 4 Dead series. It's the smoker's tongue attack. This entity is located at the tip of his tongue.
NetProps
[Todo]
CTongue
- m_currentTipTarget <targetname*>
-
Player the smoker started his tongue attack at
Tip: set to null to abort tongue attack in state 2
- m_potentialTarget <targetname*>
- Some player that smoker can start tongue attack at from his current position and angles
- m_tongueHitRange <float>
- distance from last caught survivor
- m_tongueGrabStartingHealth <integer>
- health of a smoker at the moment he caught a survivor
- m_tongueHitWasAmbush <todo>
- m_tongueVictimLastOnGroundTime <float>
- server time of the last time caught survivor was touching the ground
- m_bendPositions <array of vectors>
-
points where tongue is bent
Note: only first bend point can be read with the current vscript functions
- m_bendPointCount <integer>
- number of bent points
- m_tongueState <integer>
-
0 = not being used
1 = tongue attack was launched with no potential target so will fail
2 = in the air attempting to catch something
3 = pulling a survivor
4 = tongue broke
- m_tongueVictimPositionTime <float>
- the last server time when caught survivor changed position
- m_tipPosition <vector>
- Position of the tip of the tongue
- m_tongueHitTimestamp <float>
- server time of the last caught survivor
- m_tongueVictimDistance <float>
CBaseAbility
- m_owner <targetname*>
- owner of the ability
- m_hasBeenUsed <boolean>
- the ability was used at least once
- m_nextActivationTimer.m_duration <integer>
- determined by tongue_miss_delay or tongue_hit_delay cvars
- m_nextActivationTimer.m_timestamp <integer>
- server time smoker's next attempt of doing tongue attack is ready
- m_activationSupressedTimer.m_duration <float>
- m_activationSupressedTimer.m_timestamp <float>
ConVars
| Cvar/Command | Parameters or default value | Descriptor | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| tongue_allow_voluntary_release | 0 | bool | Can a Smoker let go with his tongue by clicking or turning away? |
| tongue_bend_point_deflection | 5 | units | How far off the first obstacle the tongue bends. |
| tongue_bend_point_needs_LOS | 0 | bool | Does a bent tongue still need LOS from the bend point? |
| tongue_break_from_damage_amount | 50 | damage | How much damage to the smoker makes him let go of his victim. |
| tongue_bullet_radius | 6 | units | |
| tongue_choke_damage_amount | 10 | damage | How much damage the choke does. |
| tongue_choke_damage_interval | 1 | seconds | How often the choke does damage. |
| tongue_cone_start_tolerance | 0.1 | [confirm]steradian | How wide the cone is for a tongue hit. |
| tongue_debug | 0 | bool | Print debug info for tongue |
| tongue_drag_damage_amount | 3 | damage | How much damage the tongue drag does. |
| tongue_dropping_to_ground_time | 2 | seconds | A miss or a wall hit will wait this long before pulling back. |
| tongue_fly_speed | 1000 | units per second | How fast a tongue flies through the air. |
| tongue_force_break | 0 | bool | Force an existing attached tongue to break, for debugging |
| tongue_gravity_force | 4000 | The speed that gravity tries to pull us downwards while being tongued. | |
| tongue_health | 100 | int | Tongue health |
| tongue_hit_delay | 20 (15 if versus) | seconds | How long a smoker must wait to shoot his tongue after a hit, from the time he lets go. |
| (only ) tongue_kill_smoker_on_detach |
1 | Do we kill the smoker when they take enough damage to detach the tongue? | |
| tongue_los_forgiveness_time | 1.0 | seconds | A traveling tongue can lose LOS for this amount of time and still hit. |
| tongue_miss_delay | 15 (3 if versus) | seconds | How long a smoker must wait to shoot his tongue after a miss. |
| tongue_no_progress_break_interval | 10 | seconds | How long of the victim making no progress until we break the tongue. |
| tongue_no_progress_choke_early_ambush_delay | 0.5 | seconds | Use a smaller delay if the smoker started choking us from behind. So this plus TongueNoProgressChokeTime equals the earliest start of a ground choke in the event of an ambush. |
| tongue_no_progress_choke_early_delay | 1.5 | seconds | We won't think about ground choking for this long after the hit. So this plus TongueNoProgressChokeTime equals the earliest start of a ground choke. |
| tongue_no_progress_choke_time | 0.5 | seconds | If our victim doesn't make tongue_no_progress_tolerance progress towards in this time, start to hurt him. |
| tongue_no_progress_damage_interval | 0.5 | seconds | How long of the victim making no progress until we start choking him. |
| tongue_no_progress_tolerance | 25 | If our victim doesn't make this much progress in tongue_no_progress_release_time, start to hurt him. | |
| tongue_player_dropping_to_ground_time | 1 | seconds | How long after the tongue disconnects will a player need to wait. |
| tongue_range | 750 | units | How far a smoker can shoot his tongue. |
| tongue_release_fatigue_penalty | 2500 | How much fatigue the victim gets when released, to slow him down. | |
| tongue_start_pull_delay | 0.1 | seconds | How long from tongue contact to tongue pulling. |
| tongue_unbend | 1 | bool | Can the smoker tongue unbend? |
| tongue_vertical_choke_dot | 0 | DotProduct between tongue and vertical required to start choking. | |
| tongue_vertical_choke_height | 40 | units | Need to have victim this high off ground to choke him. |
| tongue_vertical_choke_time_off_ground | 0.5 | seconds | Need to have victim off ground for this long to choke him. |
| tongue_victim_acceleration | 30 | Acceleration while tongued. | |
| tongue_victim_accuracy_penalty | 0.133 | How much someone's accuracy suffers while being dragged by a tongue. | |
| tongue_victim_max_speed | 175 | units per second | The fastest the tongue can get you going. |
| tongue_vs_cone_start_tolerance | 0.015 | How wide the cone is for a tongue hit in versus. | |
| z_witch_tongue_range | 100 | units | If a tongue passes this close to a witch's head, she will snap it |
| smoker_tongue_delay | 1.5 | seconds | |
| survivor_hanging_from_tongue_eye_height | 40 | units | |
| survivor_incap_tongued_decay_rate | 12 | ||
| survivor_max_tongue_stagger_distance | 200 | units | |
| survivor_max_tongue_stagger_duration | 1.5 | seconds |