Left 4 Dead 2

Left 4 Dead 2

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Easy Item Ping
   
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Game Content: Scripts, UI
Game Modes: Single Player, Co-op
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27 Sep @ 5:15pm
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Easy Item Ping

Description
A simple script to let you ping items for your teammates.

Hold the WALK key (usually bound to SHIFT) and shove an item. It will be given a bright green outline that's visible through walls and from a moderate distance away. This makes the item easy to see, so you don't need to stand near it and wait for your teammates to come and pick it up. A chat message will also be displayed to all players telling them an item has been found, saving you from needing to stop and type the message in chat yourself.

The ping outline will be removed when the item is interacted with. You can also remove it manually by pinging it again, and the outline will not be visible once you walk far enough away (though it will reappear once you get close again).

Features
- Quickly inform your teammates of item locations; you don't need to stop and type messages in chat or stand next to the item so they can find it
- Works with all vanilla items and weapons, as well as medical cabinets, miniguns, mounted guns, laser sight boxes and deployed ammo upgrades
- Messages can change depending on certain item contexts, such as whether an ammo upgrade is deployed or not
- Only the host needs the mod installed. All other players can still ping items and see each others pings
- You can mark items for later use so you don't lose track of where they are
- Keeps your UI clean; no extra icons or popups are used, just chat messages and outlines
74 Comments
SuperLobst3r 6 Oct @ 11:33am 
Yeah you're right, it just gets on my OCD nerves to see an outline for something that isn't even there. Still, thanks for trying :steamthis:
painis cupcake 5 Oct @ 7:24pm 
nice
Geebanger0  [author] 5 Oct @ 6:22pm 
I tried but it didn’t work. Probably a minor issue since it disappears at a distance anyway
SuperLobst3r 5 Oct @ 5:09pm 
Got it, thanks. And I assume that you can't fix that for whatever reason
Geebanger0  [author] 5 Oct @ 5:02pm 
Yes that can happen for grenades usually. Just shove them again beforehand to disable the outline
SuperLobst3r 5 Oct @ 1:57pm 
Not sure if someone's reported this or not, but the outline is still appearing for objects that someone has picked up. Might just be a limitation of the engine, but you tell me, you're the one that made this mod. Idk jack shit about Source modding
Geebanger0  [author] 4 Oct @ 3:27pm 
tell the randoms what to do then, thats what i did. just say in chat "guys you can hold shift and shove items to ping them"
boxman 4 Oct @ 8:49am 
theres a mod similar to this but instead of pressing the combination of holding shift and shoving u just press z, randoms dont know it from the get go when playing with this mod so it would be helpful if u could just press z to highlight items
Geebanger0  [author] 3 Oct @ 9:36pm 
yeah it shouldnt have any impact on the functionality of the script, you can just ignore it
神Morris马 3 Oct @ 9:26pm 
OK,I understand now.