Official Left 4 Dead 2 Thread

PoD · 2 Nov 2009 at 17:39

I figured out how to get on the roof in the first part BTW, if anyone wants a demo then let me know!

Robert1986 · 2 Nov 2009 at 18:10

I am having a hard time playing L4D1 now. It just seems so dull and boring compared to L4D2.

NathanT · 2 Nov 2009 at 18:33

Dont know how I survived without melee weapons, pistols just seem so lacklustre now.

Have they changed the AI for the bots? they seem overly dumb on this demo.. we had a guy drop last night on expert and spent the rest of the map picking the pc player up off the floor.

interspaced · 2 Nov 2009 at 18:33

It was dull and boring in the first place. The sequel is what it should have been.

Mark A · 2 Nov 2009 at 18:38

NathanT said:
Dont know how I survived without melee weapons, pistols just seem so lacklustre now.

Have they changed the AI for the bots? they seem overly dumb on this demo.. we had a guy drop last night on expert and spent the rest of the map picking the pc player up off the floor.

Yeah ive noticed they always set off the car alarm and disturb the witch.

Dingleberry88 · 2 Nov 2009 at 18:39

Mark A said:
Yeah ive noticed they always set off the car alarm and disturb the witch.

It's just like playing with Midnight!

linktoinsanity · 2 Nov 2009 at 18:59

interspaced said:
It was dull and boring in the first place. The sequel is what it should have been.

Since when was the first game ever dull and boring? :confused:

The new game builds on the first game, it's not THAT different! :eek:

NeilF · 2 Nov 2009 at 19:31

NathanT said:
Dont know how I survived without melee weapons, pistols just seem so lacklustre now.

If you took away the texture map, and the sound effect, how many different melee weapons are there? ie: What behaviours are there that seperate them?

linktoinsanity · 2 Nov 2009 at 19:54

NeilFawcett said:
If you took away the texture map, and the sound effect, how many different melee weapons are there? ie: What behaviours are there that seperate them?

Some of them seem to attack faster/slower and seem more/less powerful, based on stats...

Silent UK · 2 Nov 2009 at 20:39

PoD said:
I figured out how to get on the roof in the first part BTW, if anyone wants a demo then let me know!

This man speaks the truth, although I seemed to utter fail at the 2nd part!

PoD · 2 Nov 2009 at 20:42

We might have only been given Tier 1 melee as well.

I would certainly rate a chainsaw and katana over a frying pan and although the machete cuts it is a single handed blade, so shouldn't be as powerful.

Dingleberry88 · 2 Nov 2009 at 22:46

Utter filth.

jmc007 · 3 Nov 2009 at 00:35

How are people playing as infected now? Just got sleighed in a game, by human controlled infected?

Viper² · 3 Nov 2009 at 00:48

jmc007 said:
How are people playing as infected now? Just got sleighed in a game, by human controlled infected?

There's a plugin already where it lets you spawn as a special infected.

linktoinsanity · 3 Nov 2009 at 09:11

Viper² said:
There's a plugin already where it lets you spawn as a special infected.

Already? I had better get it onto OcUK 3 then asap!

Tefal · 3 Nov 2009 at 09:11

does it let you use 8 people or just 4?

HungryHippos · 3 Nov 2009 at 09:24

Tefal said:
does it let you use 8 people or just 4?

Please say 8

linktoinsanity · 3 Nov 2009 at 09:36

Right. Installed. To play the demo versus you need to get an admin with rcon access. Not many of the admins do as this gives too much control then we would like. Off the top of my head, these admins include myself, Defrag, Frenchtart, bledd and Knubje, but there may be a couple more that I may have overlooked. Those of you with rcon please don't give out rcon details as it reduces the security of the servers.

Instructions for Demo Versus Game:

Make sure you are on OcUK 3 (IP = 217.163.30.155:27015)

Admins:
-Start a game on any difficulty of your choice.
-type "rcon plugin_allow_remote_commands 1" to allow players to choose sides.

All Players:
-"set_infected 0" to join the Survivors.
-"set_infected 1" to join the Infected.
-"plugin_cvar kill" to end the round.
-"plugin_cvar sb_all_bot_team 1" if you want to fool around in Single Player or troll the Survivors with your friends.

Note:

-Best played 2-on-2 on Expert or Advanced difficulty.
-It's not possible to advance to the second map unless the Survivors successfully make it to the safe room and shut the door.
-Tanks cannot be controlled.
-Special Infected will respawn almost instantly after death.
-Special Infected will sometimes spawn with two or more of the same class.
-Distance-based Hunter pounce damage is not present, despite the screen shake and sound effect if pounced from a longer-than-normal distance.

Please note this may be a little buggy, but it should be useful in seeing what each of the infected may be like to control. I may have a quick go trying this out this evening, but apart from that I probably won't be around. Please note also that this is still only for four players.

Enjoy.

madindehead · 3 Nov 2009 at 10:05

Just pre-ordered off Steam. Getting Bills hat for TF2 was too good to miss out on! Loving the demo. Just playing through single player for some fun. Loving having melee! Completed one whole level using a guitar!

Pookie Bear · 3 Nov 2009 at 12:36

madindehead said:
Just pre-ordered off Steam. Getting Bills hat for TF2 was too good to miss out on! Loving the demo. Just playing through single player for some fun. Loving having melee! Completed one whole level using a guitar!

This reminds me of a suggestion I made previously. Just to spice up the demo, let's try some challenges - completing the game with pistols, or melee only (once available)..... should make the tank interesting

I saw an interview with one of the developers yesterday, and he was saying how the two levels in the demo are the smallest ones in the game - there are some which are many, many times bigger than the second one. They just wanted to add the second level due to the crescendo giving an idea of the kind of changes they're implementing to the tried and tested system of L4D1.

And when one of you rcon types is ready for a game of "versus", gimme a shout

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