[Game On!] Left 4 Dead 1/2 - We still play this. Really!

BladeOfSanjuro

I've recently picked up both L4D and L4D2 for PC. They both run extremely well, but in L4D1, I'm experiencing this slightly annoying graphical glitch from time to time.

http://screencast.com/t/YaXv8n4zCReb

It seems to be associated with lighting, as the helicopter at the start of No Mercy pulls the exact same crap, as does the gas station right before the lift in No Mercy if you blow it up and the crashed helicopter at the beginning of Crash Course.

I'm running a Samsung RF711 Laptop with a Core i5, 4GB ram and a Geforce GT 540M, everything on High or Very High, at 1600x900 res(native), no AA.. I don't think L4D2 has the same problem, and I certainly have never seen any weird lighting issues with TF2 or other source games..

Also, I would definitely like to get in on some games, glitches be damned!

Domhnall

Witch....Trees? Those things were pretty terrifying.

BionicPenguin

Death Toll was released for L4D2 today. It's mostly the same. The panic event on map 4, though, is utterly brutal. For those who don't remember, that's the one in the town where you start a forklift and it sets off a car alarm. They've changed it so it doesn't stop until you reach the saferoom. So, it's like the event on Carnival 4, but about twice as long. Also, the patch notes on Steam say the scoring is fixed, but I just finished playing a game of VS on DT where one team had broken scoring (full points just for making it to the radio) while the other had proper scoring. Of course, the team with the broken scoring would've won anyway, because I'm awesome.

Regan

I wish I knew who on the Left 4 Dead team thinks that these endless hordes are fun. The absolute worst is that because you're in the confined space, you're constantly getting held by the zombies who surround you, the zombies you just killed are immediately replaced, and then a spitter will show up. Can't move + acid pool = bad times.

Alegis

It's especially bullshit in multiplayer where sometimes teams get shoved zombies up their face and the other passes through empty hallways.

BionicPenguin

Ehhhh. I think it works on Dark Carnival 4 and Blood Harvest 4. It's really only too much on Death Toll 4. You have way too much ground to cover.

Professor Snugglesworth

On a whim, I decided to try Quick Match.

This is who I got as a partner: http://steamcommunity.com/id/MobiusTech/

Panda4You

Regan wrote:

I wish I knew who on the Left 4 Dead team thinks that these endless hordes are fun. The absolute worst is that because you're in the confined space, you're constantly getting held by the zombies who surround you, the zombies you just killed are immediately replaced, and then a spitter will show up. Can't move + acid pool = bad times.

I was kinda furious about this in death toll 4, especially since seeing it in that second-to-last Blood Harvest map:
"Do ya think this map needs anything?"
"Nah, just unflag the hordespawn timer and be done with it. I wanna get some coffee."

See, I like the runner events in L4D2 since they're designed around that fact and it shows. Just tacking that element onto maps not designed around the fact... not so much. At least Blood Harvest is still manageable on expert, wich is more than I can say for DT4. Still fun to see the campaign again, was my favourite in L4D1.

Ninja Snarl P

Repeat post.

Ninja Snarl P

Dumb board glitches.

Ninja Snarl P

What I was trying to say is that people are dumb butts and they need to come play with me instead of all these weird people I don't know in the PA group.

Oh, and I haven't played L4D2 in like a year and never played online before that.

Casually Hardcore

So...


Any word on L4D3?

Alegis

then they can spend 3 years porting all the campaigns to L4D3!

Nope no word at all, doubt they're working on it. Didn't the turtle rock studio get taken over by someone else?
They're probably busy on CS DOTA2 and who knows what else.

Dunxco

Those never-ending infected hordes in the L4D1 campaigns really, really piss me off. I mostly play 2p co-op with a friend these days and it makes the game outright impossible because a) bots are dumb, obviously, and b) they're just in the worst damn places ever. Especially Death Toll. Dead Air is brutal too.

gtrmp

Casually Hardcore wrote:

So...


Any word on L4D3?

They've said that they can't do what they want to do with a hypothetical L4D3 on the Source engine. So, wait for HL3 first.

BionicPenguin

Alegis wrote:

then they can spend 3 years porting all the campaigns to L4D3!

Nope no word at all, doubt they're working on it. Didn't the turtle rock studio get taken over by someone else?
They're probably busy on CS DOTA2 and who knows what else.

Yeah. Valve. Turtle Rock didn't make L4D2.

Alegis

Ah the reform happened before L4D2 it seems

Regan

Panda4You wrote:

I was kinda furious about this in death toll 4, especially since seeing it in that second-to-last Blood Harvest map:
"Do ya think this map needs anything?"
"Nah, just unflag the hordespawn timer and be done with it. I wanna get some coffee."

See, I like the runner events in L4D2 since they're designed around that fact and it shows. Just tacking that element onto maps not designed around the fact... not so much. At least Blood Harvest is still manageable on expert, wich is more than I can say for DT4. Still fun to see the campaign again, was my favourite in L4D1.

COme to think of it, I like it on the L4D2 maps too, but it seems that since the Cold Creek level, they're idea for endless hordes are constant resspawning hordes with no down time.

Domhnall

People should play with me so I get better and don't get shouted at for apparently getting everyone killed. Realism makes it bloody hard to keep track of people. The way that every attack would be planned ('MINTY DO THIS') in L4D1 wasn't there. I was lost, I tell you. Lost!

Zephos

So i'm looking for some people that would wanna play this on the 360, maybe help me flesh out a couple more achievements, i have all the DLC for both games, but would love to do some more expert runs!

Penguin McCool on live so yeah! lets do eeet!

Spooch

You all need to play Tank Rush, right now, it is the most fun you'll ever have playing a game

mxmarks

watching the Walking Dead makes me want to play this game more than anything in the world ever has.

dfloss77

mxmarks wrote:

watching the Walking Dead makes me want to play this game more than anything in the world ever has.

haha, me too I keep seeing all those swarms of zombies and I think to myself - I know exactly how I'd handle this situation. The interesting part of the walking dead is that it is more realistic in the sense that other humans wind up being more dangerous than the zombies.

Panda4You

'sup? Bringing this old dawg back to life to bear you the news that this here homebrew campaign, Urban Flight, is rad. As. Fuck.

4 maps, the design is definitely among the better of what I've seen from the mapping community; Each level has a shit-ton of explorable nooks and crannies and the design is top-notch for the most part. The finale is kind of a mixed bag between running and scavenge event. This might very well be a newcomer into the top 5 homemade L4D campaigns imo. Grab some friends and give it a test!



How it plays in versus? How the hell would I know?

Endaro

What is this? I'm the only member of the community authorized to push and nag people with custom maps, you know this!

So be it, but I warn you! It is a fools errand!

Gabriel_Pitt

I'm hoping someone here can help me out - I got a Corsair CA-HS1NA headset, and I can't get the mic to work in game on it. It works just fine with every application aside from L4D, it works fine when I test it out on the steam dashboard, but it is incredibly quiet, and occasionally buzzing if I try and use it in-game, no matter what I do with the in-game audio controls. Does anyone have advice on how I might be able to fix this?

Panda4You

Ariiiiiiiiise from your restless sleep...

Came in just to say there was a Cold Stream patch yesterday and lo and behold! It's kinda good now! I know, I can hardly believe it myself...
Most of the quake2-esque areas have been touched up and the gameplay is enjoyable almost from start to finish. That panic finish on the second map is still kinda too much in my opinion though, what with stairs everywhirr fucking up the fov and the never-ending torrent of zombies taking full use of it... Especially the finale is great now, honestly, compared to earlier iterations. Pretty difficult but in a good way, requiring intelligent rationing of throwables and good aim/decision-making to avoid friendly fire. Oh and there's a reason for the panic state now as well, not the old "you opened the saferoom door fuck you". We had the best luck actually bile:ing the midstream tank and just gunning it to the helicopter.

Edit: Oh, there's still a fucking dearth of rescue closets throughout the campaign, which is a shame, but that only came up as an issue once, during our 1-hour playthrough on expert, so while being an annoyance I'd say it's a minor one.

PepperSinclaire

Is anyone giving L4D2 another go on the 360 what with the new DLC and all? Metatag seems fairly light on folks, and I could do with playing with some non-ragequitters at some point.

GT is BensNotWriting, friend me or message me if you want in on a game! I have a mic and I talk into it and everything!