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Entity:GetTouchTrace

  table Entity:GetTouchTrace()
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Description

Returns the last trace used in the collision callbacks such as ENTITY:StartTouch, ENTITY:Touch and ENTITY:EndTouch.

This returns the last collision trace used, regardless of the entity that caused it. As such, it's only reliable when used in the hooks mentioned above

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Example

Dispatches an explosion at the point of impact with another entity.

function ENT:Touch( otherEntity ) local tr = self:GetTouchTrace() local hitPos = tr.HitPos local effectdata = EffectData() effectdata:SetOrigin( hitPos ) util.Effect( "Explosion", effectdata ) end

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