<function name="CanTool" parent="ENTITY" type="hook"> <description> Controls if a tool can be used on this entity or not. This hook will only work in Sandbox derived gamemodes that do not have <page>SANDBOX:CanTool</page> overridden. <note>This hook will work on ALL entities, not just the scripted ones (SENTs)</note> </description> <realm>Shared</realm> <file line="73">gamemodes/sandbox/gamemode/shared.lua</file> <args> <arg name="ply" type="Player">Player, that tried to use the tool</arg> <arg name="tr" type="table">The trace of the tool. See <page text="TraceResult">Structures/TraceResult</page>.</arg> <arg name="toolname" type="string">Class of the tool that is tried to use, for example - `weld`</arg> <arg name="tool" type="table">The tool mode table the player currently has selected.</arg> <arg name="button" type="number">The tool button pressed.</arg>⤶ <arg name="button" type="number">The tool button pressed.⤶ * 1 - left click⤶ * 2 - right click⤶ * 3 - reload⤶ ⤶ </arg>⤶ </args> <rets> <ret name="" type="boolean">Return `false` to disallow using that tool on this entity, return `true` to allow.</ret> </rets> </function> <example> <description>Prevents usage of the remover tool on this entity.</description> <code> function ENT:CanTool( ply, trace, mode, tool, button ) if ( mode == "remover" ) then return false end return true end </code> </example>