[Silvers]

Related Plugins:

• [L4D & L4D2] Christmas Tree
• WeaponHandling_API

Thanks:

• Lux for the WeaponHandling_API plugin and reward suggestion.

About:

• It's holiday time and servers are spawning Valves Christmas gifts, but they have no reward... (except adding toward an Achievement).

• This rewards players when picking up gifts:
• Health: Restores full health.
• Ammo: Refills full ammo.
• Speed: Increases shooting and reloading speed. Requires the WeaponHandling_API plugin.

• Rewards are chance based using a weighted selection. Only one will trigger per gift.
• Note: game cvar "z_holiday_gift_drop_chance" and plugin cvar "l4d2_gift_rewards_drop" to control the chance of dropping on Special Infected death.
• Gifts expire after 30 seconds. Game default.

Admin Commands: (requires "z" flag)

PHP Code:

sm_gift      // Spawns a gift at where you're looking.
sm_gifter    // Gives yourself a reward. For testing. 


CVars:

Saved to l4d2_gift_rewards.cfg in your servers \cfg\sourcemod\ folder.

PHP Code:

// 0=Plugin off, 1=Plugin on.
l4d2_gift_rewards_allow "1"

// Chance to completely refill a players ammo.
l4d2_gift_rewards_chance_ammo "100"

// Chance to restore a players health to full.
l4d2_gift_rewards_chance_heal "100"

// Chance to reward increased speed for: shooting, reloading and deploying. Requires WeaponHandling API plugin.
l4d2_gift_rewards_chance_speed "100"

// 0=No restriction. This number of Special Infected must die before allowing the drop chance of spawning a Gift.
l4d2_gift_rewards_count "5"

// -1.0=Use games z_holiday_gift_drop_chance cvar value. 0.0=Off. 1.0=Maximum chance. The chance to randomly drop gifts on Special Infected death.
l4d2_gift_rewards_drop "-1.0"

// 0.0=Off. Reduces the size of gifts over this many seconds.
l4d2_gift_rewards_size "20.0"

// Duration the increased speed affects a player.
l4d2_gift_rewards_speed "20.0"

// Turn on the plugin in these game modes, separate by commas (no spaces). (Empty = all).
l4d2_gift_rewards_modes ""

// Turn off the plugin in these game modes, separate by commas (no spaces). (Empty = none).
l4d2_gift_rewards_modes_off ""

// Turn on the plugin in these game modes. 0=All, 1=Coop, 2=Survival, 4=Versus, 8=Scavenge. Add numbers together.
l4d2_gift_rewards_modes_tog "0"

// Gift Rewards plugin version.
l4d2_gift_rewards_version 


Changes:

1.9 (10-Jan-2024)
    - Changed the plugins on/off/mode cvars to use the Left4DHooks (if available) method instead of creating an entity.

1.8 (09-Dec-2022)
    - Fixed refilling ammo giving to wrong client due to Valve code inside "givecurrentammo" command. Thanks to "GL_INS" for reporting.
    - Now optionally uses "Left 4 DHooks" to refill the weapon clip.

1.7 (08-Mar-2022)
    - Fixed cvar "l4d2_gift_rewards_count" not resetting the death count. Thanks to "mikaelangelis" for reporting.

1.6 (04-Jul-2021)
    - Added cvar "l4d2_gift_rewards_count" to control how many SI must die before allowing the chance of dropping a Gift.

1.5 (03-Jul-2021)
    - Added cvar "l4d2_gift_rewards_drop" to control the chance of dropping gifts when Special Infected die.
    - By default the plugin uses the games chance from "z_holiday_gift_drop_chance" cvar.
    - No longer patches the game to drop gifts in all game modes. (Code left for demonstration purposes).

1.4 (16-Jun-2021)
    - L4D2: Compatibility update for "2.2.1.3" update. Thanks to "N.U.S.C." for reporting.
    - GameData .txt file and plugin updated.

1.3a (24-Sep-2020)
    - Compatibility update for L4D2's "The Last Stand" update.
    - GameData .txt file updated.

1.3 (10-May-2020)
    - Added better error log message when gamedata file is missing.
    - Extra checks to prevent "IsAllowedGameMode" throwing errors.
    - Various changes to tidy up code.

1.2 (10-Apr-2020)
    - Patched out Holiday requirement and Versus mode restriction.
    - GameData and plugin updated.

1.1 (01-Apr-2020)
    - Fixed "IsAllowedGameMode" from throwing errors when the "_tog" cvar was changed before MapStart.

1.0 (03-Dec-2019)
    - Initial release.

Optional Plugin

• Weapon speed features require the WeaponHandling_API plugin.

Updating from 1.5 or older:

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

Installation

1. Click "Get Plugin" and put the .smx file into your servers \addons\sourcemod\plugins\ folder.
2. Download "l4d2_gift_rewards.txt" and save to your servers \addons\sourcemod\gamedata\ folder.

[mikaelangelis]

excuse me, how to make gift random spawn or appear without typing sm_gift and without depending on christmas tree?

[HarryPotter]

Originally Posted by mikaelangelis excuse me, how to make gift random spawn or appear without typing sm_gift and without depending on christmas tree?

gift is an item created by plugin
I don't think you can make gift random spawn just like weapons or medical items on the map

[cravenge]

Originally Posted by fbef0102 gift is an item created by plugin I don't think you can make gift random spawn just like weapons or medical items on the map

The gift is actually a feature in the game, but only limited to Versus game modes afaik. It's usually disabled when Christmas is too far to be celebrated or already ended.

And yes, like what it says in the description, it's just there for the achievement and no rewards are given whatsoever when a player grabs it.

[HarryPotter]

Originally Posted by cravenge The gift is actually a feature in the game, but only limited to Versus game modes afaik.

you are right, I was wrong, I totally forgot there is a l4d2 Christmas gift achievement
maybe try "sm_cvar z_holiday_gift_drop_chance" to make gift random spawn

[kelvin31]

hello, would you enhancing it for after killng tank or special infected, is it work?

[mikaelangelis]

P.S: excuse me, I tried "sm_cvar z_holiday_gift_drop_chance 100" and I killed every common zombie and special infected, no gift drop

[Silvers]

Originally Posted by mikaelangelis P.S: excuse me, I tried "sm_cvar z_holiday_gift_drop_chance 100" and I killed every common zombie and special infected, no gift drop

Gift drops are only enabled by the game around Christmas time. I could add a memory patch to always enable them but I'm not sure if Valve would like that since they add up to give an achievement.

[mikaelangelis]

Originally Posted by Silvers Gift drops are only enabled by the game around Christmas time. I could add a memory patch to always enable them but I'm not sure if Valve would like that since they add up to give an achievement.

isn't that achievement all disabled with -insecure option as we host a local server?
I hate the fact that I need to change the date/time to december to make the plugin work, quite handful. I hope you could add memory patch or whatever possible :> I really like this plugin

[Silvers]

Originally Posted by mikaelangelis I hate the fact that I need to change the date/time to december to make the plugin work

hahah!

Originally Posted by mikaelangelis isn't that achievement all disabled with -insecure option as we host a local server?

Probably but this plugin isn't strictly used by -insecure local hosts, so it would be allowed for others where achievements are generated.

Well it might be ok to enable anytime, the games so old and Valve probably don't care anyway. I can look into patching to work anytime, and it seems to only work in Versus? That can be removed too and allow all modes. Will look into it next few days.