[Venom1777]

Originally Posted by Silvers I'm placing this here for now because it's untested. Please let me know if it's working or any problems. 1.2 (13-Jan-2020) - Added cvar "l4d2_target_patch_targets" to control which Special Infected cannot target incapped survivors. - If used, this will change those specified Special Infected to target the nearest non-incapped survivor. PHP Code: l4d2_target_patch_targets "0" //0=Off. Block these Special Infected from targeting incapped players: 1=Smoker, 2=Boomer, 4=Hunter, 8=Spitter, 16=Jockey, 32=Charger, 64=Tank, 127=All. Add numbers together.

Will it work for L4D1, so that the tank does not attack the incapped players?

[Silvers]

Originally Posted by Venom1777 Will it work for L4D1, so that the tank does not attack the incapped players?

No. I'll release a standalone plugin for L4D1.

Edit: released: https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=320883

[xZk]

Originally Posted by Silvers I'm placing this here for now because it's untested. Please let me know if it's working or any problems. 1.2 (13-Jan-2020) - Added cvar "l4d2_target_patch_targets" to control which Special Infected cannot target incapped survivors. - If used, this will change those specified Special Infected to target the nearest non-incapped survivor. PHP Code: l4d2_target_patch_targets "0" //0=Off. Block these Special Infected from targeting incapped players: 1=Smoker, 2=Boomer, 4=Hunter, 8=Spitter, 16=Jockey, 32=Charger, 64=Tank, 127=All. Add numbers together.

sadly this doesn't works :c, it's like the tank doesn't control its arms xd

[Silvers]

Originally Posted by xZk sadly this doesn't works :c, it's like the tank doesn't control its arms xd

Which version? Cvars?

[Peace-Maker]

Have you tried using GetClientsInRange? It's SourceMod's way of accessing PVS. This might be faster than raytracing to every player while still ignoring obviously out-of-sight players.

[xZk]

Originally Posted by Silvers Which version? Cvars?

v1.2, i tested with:

l4d2_target_patch_targets 64
l4d2_target_patch_targets 127

[Silvers]

Originally Posted by Peace-Maker Have you tried using GetClientsInRange? It's SourceMod's way of accessing PVS. This might be faster than raytracing to every player while still ignoring obviously out-of-sight players.

Thanks I didn't know about this, looks like a good method. I've not really looked at SM 1.10 as I'm still trying to support <= 1.9 instead of having people cry about plugins not working because the L4D community seemingly don't like updating their SM. But I should be forcing people to make the change for performance, new features and security reasons. From now on I'll only support 1.10 and force the change. Edit: I see this function isn't from 1.10 and much older, never seen it before.

Originally Posted by xZk -

I guess the problem is ChooseVictim gets called often, like every frame or every 0.1 seconds. I could add a delay between choosing new victims. This is another reason I wanted to patch instead of detour the function. To allow the game to correctly choose a victim instead of some hackish style workaround as is the current method. With patching I could remove the parts of code ignoring incapped and vomited survivors, but it only worked on the Tank and not the Hunter for some reason, also required multiple patches and potentially affect all SI. So in the end I settled on detouring. The detour method opened up the ability to choose which Special Infected should ignore or target incapped.

Maybe I should add a forward for 3rd party plugins to choose victims themselves.


Edit: updated post #9 with 1.3. Again it's untested:

1.3 (14-Jan-2020)
    - Added cvar "l4d2_target_patch_wait" to delay between switching targets unless current target is invalid.
    - Now using "GetClientsInRange" to select potentially visible clients. Thanks to "Peace-Maker" for recommending.

[KoMiKoZa]

This is such a coop gamechanger and such a wonderful plugin, thanks! Never understood why they had it removed in L4D2.

[KoMiKoZa]

One thing I've observed (I'm not gonna claim that the reason is this plugin though because I'm 99,9% unsure) is that Tank sometimes disappears after killing a survivor or dying, like instantly. I've also seen that on the Witch and they're both modified to switch targets.

What could be the issue? Is it fixable? Is it a plugin conflict?

[MasterMind420]

Originally Posted by xZk nice job, but I have a doubt, with this gamedata could the opposite be done ?, prevent tank from attacking incapped players. if I'm not mistaken I think you should change line 250 for this:

CommandABot could be used to do this...