Ping and Gestures MISSING in COOP.
Hello, first post here. Been reading and visiting for a while though.
Question I have not seen come up and would like to see if it has an answer...
In some coop maps, I'm having the PING and GESTURES disabled. Is there a way (console command) to re-enable them?
Perhaps it's just me, but to disable the PING tool in Coop kinda defeats the purpose of having a partner... How can you point out things! 
Anyway, thanks, and I'm glad to be a part of this community.
There are certain entities and scripts that can actually disable coop pinging and gestures, Valve has these entities inside some of their maps on purpose, however in any coop puzzle map they would have them enabled.
In Valve maps they are env_globals named: @global_no_pinging_blue and @global_no_taunting_blue.
To enable them, turn on cheats and in the console type in
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ent_fire @global_no_pinging_blue turnoff; ent_fire @global_no_taunting_blue turnoff; ent_fire @global_no_pinging_orange turnoff; ent_fire @global_no_taunting_orange turnoff;
If you are playing custom portal maps, the mapper must have disabled them for a reason.
Sorry if I couldn't be of more help.
Thank you for the reply (and the code)... I'll have to give it a try next time we play.
Some maps I can see no real reason for them to be disabled. COOP is a team effort. You need to be able to point out things to your partner, and talking to them doesn't always get the "Point" across.
Gestures however are just a fun thing to do... No real purpose. But still annoying to have them disabled.
Anyways, Again, thank you.