<function name="EntityTakeDamage" parent="GM" type="hook"> <ishook>yes</ishook> <description>Called when an entity takes damage. You can modify all parts of the damage info in this hook.</description>⤶ <description>Called when an entity takes damage. You can modify all parts of the damage info in this hook.⤶ ⤶ <warning>Applying damage from this hook to the entity taking damage will lead to infinite loop/crash.</warning>⤶ </description>⤶ <realm>Server</realm> <predicted>No</predicted> <args> <arg name="target" type="Entity">The entity taking damage</arg> <arg name="dmg" type="CTakeDamageInfo">Damage info</arg> </args> <rets> <ret name="" type="boolean">Return true to completely block the damage event</ret> </rets> </function> <example> <description>Explosion damage is reduced to players only.</description> <code> hook.Add( "EntityTakeDamage", "EntityDamageExample", function( target, dmginfo ) if ( target:IsPlayer() and dmginfo:IsExplosionDamage() ) then dmginfo:ScaleDamage( 0.5 ) // Damage is now half of what you would normally take. end end ) </code> </example> <example> <description>Players in vehicles takes halved damage.</description> <code> hook.Add( "EntityTakeDamage", "EntityDamageExample2", function( target, dmginfo ) if ( target:IsVehicle() ) then local ply = target:GetDriver() if ( IsValid(ply) && dmginfo:GetDamage() > 1 ) then dmginfo:SetDamage(dmginfo:GetDamage() / 2) ply:TakeDamageInfo(dmginfo) dmginfo:SetDamage(0) end end end ) </code> </example>