***Official Left 4 Dead 2 Thread***

It would be nice if Valve officially did 8 player coop, meaning you could do 16 player vs.

Hopefully it would sort out some bugs with Links 8v8 (like the damn speccing) and give 8 seperate skins for players.
 
Evilsod said:
It would be nice if Valve officially did 8 player coop, meaning you could do 16 player vs.

Hopefully it would sort out some bugs with Links 8v8 (like the damn speccing) and give 8 seperate skins for players.
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I don't think the speccing (if you mean you appear in spectator mode at the start of every round) is a problem with the 8v8 config as I get it during a normal vs game and think it is a bug in the main game.

A different skin/model for each of the 8 human players would be good though.
 
Delboy said:
I don't think the speccing (if you mean you appear in spectator mode at the start of every round) is a problem with the 8v8 config as I get it during a normal vs game and think it is a bug in the main game.

A different skin/model for each of the 8 human players would be good though.
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Yeah thats what i meant, not that its links fault. No doubt if they did the vanilla 8v8 config would SUCK though.
 
Evilsod said:
Yeah thats what i meant, not that its links fault. No doubt if they did the vanilla 8v8 config would SUCK though.
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well vanilla 4v4 is pretty poor aswell... way too many kits + defibs :(

and I still hate variable spawn times, why punish my team for winning? had some people yesterday all down to about 10 temp health, but we got 30s spawn times so they all just ran to safe room before we had a chance to do anything
 
tbz_ck said:
So we are getting chargeable add-ons now are we? So much for the commitment to free DLC....
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hopefully it only costs on xbl, otherwise valve have got another angry mob to face, after pretty much ditching l4d dlc, then charging for l4d2 dlc they'll have ruined there image for continuous free updates for good
 
Disjunto said:
hopefully it only costs on xbl, otherwise valve have got another angry mob to face, after pretty much ditching l4d dlc, then charging for l4d2 dlc they'll have ruined there image for continuous free updates for good
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TF2 support would disagree with that claim.
 
All, thought i'd post this as I wrote it to make sure I select the OcUK servers (so I don't have to remember to type them into a console window!). I just brain dumped into the file with no real thought what I wanted to do, but it seems to work quite well.

It's an autoexec.cfg file that from memory sits inside C:\Program File(x86)\Steam\SteamApps\Common\Left4Dead2\Left4Dead2\cfg\

Feel free to use it or modify it as you see fit (please post your changes so we can all benefit).

Installation:

1. Copy the following code into notepad.

Code: 
//=============================================================================
// autoexec.cfg
//
// Add in your start up configuration settings in here
//
//=============================================================================
// OcUK Server force commands
//

echo
echo "**** Loading your Autoexec Settings ****"
echo "Written by Defrag"
echo
echo "Loading default OcUK Server List"
echo
mm_dedicated_force_servers 94.23.222.136:29021,94.23.222.136:29025,85.234.148.165:27095,94.23.222.136:29039

alias vanilla "mm_dedicated_force_servers 94.23.222.136:29021,94.23.222.136:29025,85.234.148.165:27095,94.23.222.136:29039; echo *** Vanilla Server List Loaded, return to lobby ***"
alias insanity "mm_dedicated_force_servers 217.163.30.155:27015,217.163.10.204:27015; echo *** Insanity Server List Loaded, return to lobby. ***"

// Vanilla, unmodified L4D2 Servers
bind "," "vanilla"

// Insanity Vs
bind "." "insanity"

2. Save the file as autoexec.cfg into the folder C:\Program File(x86)\Steam\SteamApps\Common\Left4Dead2\Left4Dead2\cfg\
3. Load L4D2 as normal.

Testing & Usage:
1. Open a console and ensure you see the **** Loading your Autoexec Settings **** prompt - this means the cfg has loaded.
2. Start a new Lobby and press start game. This should connect you to one of the default OcUK servers. (You will see the MOTD for OcUK)
3. While in-game press . (full-stop) to load the Insanity Versus server list (again in console you should see the prompt *** Insanity Server List Loaded, return to lobby. ***)
4. Return to lobby and start a new game, you are now connected to a free Insanity Versus server.
5. Pressing , (comma) will reset the server list to connect you to a normal OcUK server while in-game so when you start a new lobby it will connect to these instead.

Bind the keys to whatever you like if you already use , (comma) or . (full-stop) for other commands.

I prefer to use the "mm_dedicated_force_servers" command as it seems to more reliably get me the server i'm looking for rather than "sv_search_key", but by all means if you prefer to use the search_key just replace the commands in the autoexec.cfg and report back on how it works.

You'd use

sv_search_key ocuk (for normal servers)
sv_search_key ocuklink (for Insanity Versus)

At least that way you don't have to manage the file if the IP addresses change (they don't change very often)

Have a play and see if this is useful, report back any changes you make to improve this base file so others can benefit as well from your modifications.
 
I prefer to use the keys, incase the servers change what mode they are or more are added.

But good job on the config, could do with adding the 8v8 server aswell :D
 
Disjunto said:
true free is pricing, but how often does a company say they will announce pricing soon at it comes out as free. I hope it is free though :D
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Meh, sounds like a generic release aimed at Xbox and PC users. If it did cost something Valve can be sure it would **** a lot of people off.

Hmm, i'm just sticking with invidual cfg files tbh. exec ocuk/insanity/8v8/8v8join. First 3 set the mm_dedicated_force_servers, last 1 joins the 8v8 server so i don't have to keep remembering the damn IP.
 
save the IP in your server browser favourites... then openserverbrowser in console :D or look at the steam group servers ingame if it is working right :D

I might have to make some quick aliases so I don't get stupid typos ruining the lobby :)
 
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