AlliedModders - [L4D2] Charger Actions (1.14) [25-Sep-2023]

Related Plugins:

Thanks:

"Sev" for the initial idea and testing
"paul92" for lots of help testing version 1.2.

Features:

Jumping:
The cvar l4d2_charger_jump lets chargers jump while charging.

Collision:
The cvar l4d2_charger_charge controls if charging into a survivor grabs them (default game behaviour) or throws them out the way.

Pummel:
The cvar l4d2_charger_finish will drop survivors after charging with them instead of default game behaviour to pummel.

Pickup:
The cvar l4d2_charger_pickup allows chargers to melee punch survivors to grab and drop them.

Survivor Shove:
The cvar l4d2_charger_shove allows survivors to shove chargers and release a survivor being pummeled or carried.

ConVars:

Saved to l4d2_charger_action.cfg in your servers \cfg\sourcemod\ folder.

PHP Code:


		
			
// 0=Plugin off, 1=Plugin on.

l4d2_charger_allow      "1"



// Bots can: 0=Grab survivor on contact (game default). 1=Fling survivors on contact instead of grab. 2=Random choice.

l4d2_charger_bots       "1"



// Humans can: 0=Grab survivor on contact (game default). 1=Fling survivors on contact instead of grab.

l4d2_charger_charge     "1"



// Amount of damage to deal on collision when hitting or grabbing a survivor

l4d2_charger_damage     "10"



// After carrying and charging: 0=Pummel (game default). 1=Drop survivor. 2=Drop when a carried survivor is incapped. 3=Both 1 and 2. 4=Continue to carry.

l4d2_charger_finish     "3"



// Allow chargers to automatically pick up incapacitated players whilst charging over them. 0=Off. 1=On. 2=Only when not pinned by other Special Infected.

l4d2_charger_incapped   "1"



// Allow chargers to jump while charging. 0=Off. 1=When alone. 2=Also when carrying a survivor.

l4d2_charger_jump       "2"



// 0=Unlimited. Maximum number of jumps per charge.

l4d2_charger_jumps      "0"



// Allow chargers to carry and drop survivors with the melee button (RMB). 0=Off. 1=Grab Incapped. 2=Grab Standing. 4=Drop Incapped. 8=Drop Standing. 16=Grab while charging (requires l4d2_charger_punch cvar). Add numbers together.

l4d2_charger_pickup     "31"



// Allow pummel to be started and stopped while carrying a survivor (LMB) or Scope/Zoom (MMB/M3) when l4d2_charger_repeat is on. 0=Off. 1=Incapped only. 2=Any survivor.

l4d2_charger_pummel     "2"



// 0=Off. 1=Allow punching while charging.

l4d2_charger_punch      "1"



// 0=Off. 1=Allow charging while carrying either after charging or after grabbing a survivor and after the charge meter has refilled.

l4d2_charger_repeat     "0"



// Survivors can shove chargers to release pummeled victims. 0=Off. 1=Release only. 2=Stumble survivor. 4=Stumble charger. 7=All. Add numbers together.

l4d2_charger_shove      "7"

Changes:

Code:

1.14 (25-Sep-2023)

    - Fixed not resetting variables causing some rare bugs. Thanks to "Voevoda" for reporting.



1.13 (25-May-2023)

    - Changed cvar "l4d2_charger_incapped" to control if the Charger can pickup incapped players who are pinned while charging. Requested by "fortheloveof98".

    - Fixed incapped players being revived when a Charger carrying them dies. Thanks to "Mosey" for reporting.



1.12 (10-Feb-2023)

    - Added cvar "l4d2_charger_incapped" to automatically pick up incapacitated Survivors when Charging over them. Requested by "Voevoda"

    - Picking up an incapacitated Survivor now shows the carry animation on the Survivor.

    - Fixed the 3rd person view positioning of a carried survivor. This will somewhat obscure the Chargers 1st person view unfortunately.

    - Fixed punching whilst Charging allowing to steer for a split second. Thanks to "alasfourom" for reporting.



1.11 (05-Jul-2022)

    - Fixed invalid entity error caused by some 3rd party plugins. Thanks to "Voevoda" for reporting.



    - Plugin is now compiled with SourceMod 1.11.



1.10 (15-Jun-2022)

    - Fixed small mistake in coding when detecting incapacitated players.



1.9 (20-Mar-2022)

    - Minor change to block pressing attack key when repeat charge is off.

    - Updated GameData signatures to avoid breaking when detoured by the "Left4DHooks" plugin version 1.90 or newer.



1.8 (14-Nov-2021)

    - Changes to fix warnings when compiling on SourceMod 1.11.

    - Updated GameData signatures to avoid breaking when detoured by the "Left4DHooks" plugin.



1.7 (23-May-2020)

    - Added check and fix for Survivors stuck in the falling animation. Thanks to "hoanganh81097" for reporting.



1.6 (15-May-2020)

    - Re-added blocking listen servers.

    - Replaced "point_hurt" entity with "SDKHooks_TakeDamage" function.



1.5 (10-May-2020)

    - Added better error log message when gamedata file is missing.

    - No longer blocking listen servers.

    - Various changes to tidy up code.



1.4 (20-Jan-2020)

    - Added cvar "l4d2_charger_jumps" to limit number of jumps per charge. Requested by "Ethan Max".

    - Optimized cvars for faster CPU processing.



1.3 (17-Jan-2020)

    - Fixed "l4d2_charger_punch" not working unless "l4d2_charger_pickup" was enabled. Thanks to "Ethan Max" for reporting.



1.2 (01-Nov-2019)

    - Big thanks to "paul92" for lots of help testing.

    - Added cvar "l4d2_charger_damage" to deal damage when hitting or grabbing a survivor.

    - Changed cvar "l4d2_charger_finish" by adding "4" to allow carrying after charging.

    - Fixed cvar "l4d2_charger_repeat" not working. Pummel is moved to Scope/Zoom button (MMB/M3) when on.

    - Fixed punching while charging not working without the "Charger Steering" plugin.

    - Players will be able to steer very slightly for 1 frame when punching while charging.

    - This is the only method I know to enable punching while charging. Other attempts failed.



1.1 (10-Oct-2019)

    - Added cvar "l4d2_charger_bots" to control if bots can grab or push survivors when Charging.

    - Fixed not being able to pickup Survivors during Charging.



1.0.2 (10-Sep-2019)

    - Removed PrintToChatAll "Attack time" debug spew...



1.0.1 (01-Jun-2019)

    - Minor changes to code, has no affect and not required.



1.0 (21-Jul-2018)

    - Initial release.

Requirements:

SourceMod 1.11 or newer
-OR-
Extension: DHooks (Experimental dynamic detour support) and compile plugin manually

Installation:

Download the .zip and extract the files to their respective folders in your servers \addons\sourcemod\ folder.

Updating from 1.3 or older:

New cvars have been added: use the Cvar Configs Updater, or delete the old cvars config or manually add them.