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The Official Left 4 Dead Thread

Red Scarlet

Red Scarlet

Member
syllogism said:
On maps where you kill infected quick and they rarely get stuck, you get nice kill counts

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Unfortunately tanks stopped spawning at around 13-14min mark, but it was still pretty hectic due to the constant stream of hunters/smokers/boomers

E: that was nm4
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Man, I've still not gotten to the point of no more Tanks. How many golds do you need now?

Ashhong said:
hey guys where is that infinite time room or whatever on BH2?
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http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=15575456&postcount=12833
 
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Ashhong

Member
oh on the warehouse..i thought it was on the bridge. damn, already found that one. any tips for the bridge? where do u guys camp
 
Red Scarlet

Red Scarlet

Member
Caesar III said:
I cannot remember if I asked before but anyway:

is there a way to lower the graphics settings even more? I don't mind an ugly game but I want to be able to play the game on my notebook aswell (integrated intel graphics)
Even on lowest settings the game looks great but doesn't run at all. I just want to deactivate some more settings like post processing or the facial animations or something like this.

I hope someone can help me, thanks :D
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Take out some of your ram?
 
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Oreoleo

Member
Caesar III said:
this isn't enough actually? Is there no way to deactivate the 3d skybox or the lighting? I dont care on this pc, so this would be fine :D
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Sounds obvious, but have you tried lowering the resolution?
 
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Caesar III

Member
Red Scarlet said:
Take out some of your ram?
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wat?

@Orellio: 640x480 is low enough I think :)

Damn, the game does look great even with low settings and on 640. Sure, it has a lot of jaggies and stuff, but zoeys hair is animated, the whole faces are animated. I don't need this but I haven't found a way to deactivate it yet :(
 
Red Scarlet

Red Scarlet

Member
Caesar III said:
wat?

@Orellio: 640x480 is low enough I think :)

Damn, the game does look great even with low settings and on 640. Sure, it has a lot of jaggies and stuff, but zoeys hair is animated, the whole faces are animated. I don't need this but I haven't found a way to deactivate it yet :(
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I dunno, that would lower your performance, right? :lol

Wow, go syllo, already got all the golds.
 
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Daigoro

Member
man, had lots of fun playing the PC version the last few nights. (now that my 360 account is borked, i dont have any excuse to stay away! not that it was much of an excuse to begin with) cant wait to fire it back up tonight after work and play again.

we should get another GAF Vs match going tonight. that was fun.
 
Red Scarlet

Red Scarlet

Member
I've only played one vs match since last month pretty much. A group of 4 of us that hadn't played it in a long time (me, Pop, Goreomedy, Cardboard Box) against four vs regulars. It wasn't pretty. The server died after the fourth map. All four of us surviving the Tank on DT4 before the crescendo with multiple cars and dumpsters was a small victory, though.
 
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Daigoro

Member
ThaiGrocer said:
New update came out addressing some of the issues that cropped up during the DLC update. The servers are getting banged senselessly against a flexible wall with padding around the neck.
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very nice.

so, this will be patched on xbox in 3 months or so? :lol
 
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Oreoleo

Member
Very nice. Fixed the tanks stop spawning glitch, and got rid of a few of the more popular exploits.

And they darkened the Last Stand vid on the main screen, so maybe the white text will actually be legible now.
 
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Ikuu

Had his dog run over by Blizzard's CEO
Survival Mode Changes
* Darkened the Lighthouse background movie and increased the contrast with the user interface elements
* Chapter selection is now available when creating a Survival lobby
* Single player coop now works correctly after playing Survival online
* The correct game mode will be set when playing back a demo
* Changed holdout server spew to be development only
* Stats are no longer updated while viewing a demo
* Correctly update the leaderboard based on the player's personal time, not the team best time
* Show the player's best time in the scoreboard
* Removed Survival exploits from The Terminal, Last Stand, The Crane, The Boathouse and The Warehouse
* Fixed tanks sometimes not spawning after 15-20 minutes
 
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Salmonax

Member
ThaiGrocer said:
New update came out addressing some of the issues that cropped up during the DLC update. The servers are getting banged senselessly against a flexible wall with padding around the neck.
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Removed Survival exploits from The Terminal, Last Stand, The Crane, The Boathouse and The Warehouse

Wow, people never cease to amaze me with their ability to rapidly find glitches. Somehow I'm always the guy trying to play the levels straight.
 
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Vormund

Member
Well what we did on the runway wasn't patched out at least. You can position the baggage trailer so you can get on the plane. It's the one under the right wing. Since that's not there in the regular game it's possible that they actually intended that.

Just use the gas tanks to push it closer to the pile of luggage. You just have to be worried about Smoker's mostly. You can get pounced on if you are near the tail of the plane or then end of the right wing. Stick near the middle.
 
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Mr. Enigma

Member
This is why I fucking hate the Xbox 360's certification bullshit. On the PC, they can fix these exploits instantly whereas on the 360, you have to wait at least two fucking weeks.
 
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firex

Member
I just got a weird error, guess it might be related to servers not being updated. But it said steam was enforcing some file called instructor_lessons.txt that I know I never changed.
 
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Blizzard

Banned
Red Scarlet and co. have officially been playing survival for nearly four hours straight. That really takes...some dedication, or something. XD
 
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BarrelMakingPenguin

Member
I just wanted to say that I really enjoyed the developer commentaries in this game. I just checked them out for the first time today despite owning the game since it came out. I wish more games had a feature like this.
 
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Dreavus

Member
Just played my first few survivor matches...

So much fun. I just sank about an hour into it and it felt like nothing. Seems like it could get pretty addictive trying to beat your own times over and over. I have to say that I was legitimately surprised when two tanks showed up to kick our ass at about a minute off of gold. :lol
 
Red Scarlet

Red Scarlet

Member
Blizzard said:
Red Scarlet and co. have officially been playing survival for nearly four hours straight. That really takes...some dedication, or something. XD
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I think making the game crash so I didn't get that "Jesus Box" time screwed up the "log" of the game; before playing that map it still had my real best time of 8:49, then when we went into it, it said my time was what the guys that did the box thing was (11 something?), and just now we got 15:32 but it said nothing when we hit 10:00, so it says I'm still missing the medal thing there. Guess I should have stayed. Lamb 2 Slaughter take two.
 
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MNC

Member
God damn, I'm missing out on all the GAF games.

There was a really small update this moening. Any ideas? It's no the one I got patched yesterday.
 
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Twig

Banned
Mm.

Can't wait 'til I'm back home so I can get some rockin' desktop-action going on. Sadly my laptop just can't handle extended periods of playtime. It gets so hot.

Survival mode seems to be the sweets.
 
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rezuth

Member
BarrelMakingPenguin said:
I just wanted to say that I really enjoyed the developer commentaries in this game. I just checked them out for the first time today despite owning the game since it came out. I wish more games had a feature like this.
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Team Fortress 2, Lost Coast, Half-Life 2: Episode 1-2 also has them IIRC.
 
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syllogism

Member
As I suspected, the main reason why so many dt roofs have invisible walls is performance constraints (360)

We'll be releasing a quick patch for the most critical issues, such as the invulnerable freezer door in the Versus version of Dead Air 2.

After that's out we'll be looking at what sorts of further changes we'd like to do. The Death Toll and Dead Air VS campaigns are not in a final, unchangeable state at this point. We'll gather up the things we want to address and do a pass on them.

As for the Infected clips ("invisible walls"), there are a few reasons why they are more noticeable in these campaigns than in No Mercy and Blood Harvest, performance constraints being the most important of these. However, we'll be taking a look at which areas can be opened up more for the Infected without making the maps unshippable.

The ideal is to allow the Infected as many options as possible in the open areas, and we certainly aren't looking to balance the Survivor vs. Infected matchup by preventing Hunters from getting to tempting spots. In places where we don't achieve this ideal but can do something about it without killing performance, expect to see changes in the future.
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Giganticus

Member
syllogism said:
Meleeing a special infected into it and closing it is so satisfying
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I just go into it as Francis.

And wait. And wait. And wait.


You can empty a server pretty fast if you have a friend who wont vote against you.


I also spam "just open up the goddamned door" for extra effect.
 
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me Jojo

Member
5/16 on the gold medals achievement but I've got 10 recorded in the leaderboards. No clue which aren't counted.

Fucking bollocks. This + What are you trying to prove? getting reset really makes me care less and less for achievements.

edit: Oh fuck me I can't re-achieve gold medals I already got. So I'll never be able to get more than 11 golden medals, with silver and bronze stuck on their current count (6) because I already have them all. >_<
 
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Shanks

Member
Infamypack said:
5/16 on the gold medals achievement but I've got 10 recorded in the leaderboards. No clue which aren't counted.

Fucking bollocks. This + What are you trying to prove? getting reset really makes me care less and less for achievements.
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It took me weeks to get 3/4 on WAYTTP. When it disappeared....

:(
 
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Tremis

This man does his research.
RocketDarkness said:
It was so worth it. 4 more gold medals under my belt. Whooooooo!
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yeah me too, thanks again guys! i especially liked the celebratory chaos rounds after getting a gold. :D

edit: still can't believe we killed 18 tanks on warehouse....
 
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Concept17

Member
Surviving expert campaigns became pretty easy for me. Its been months since I got the original achievement. Not sure if I'm going to attempt it again any time soon though. =\
 
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me Jojo

Member
Concept17 said:
Surviving expert campaigns became pretty easy for me. Its been months since I got the original achievement. Not sure if I'm going to attempt it again any time soon though. =\
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Yeah, being forced (granted you really care for achievements) to redo all of them taking about 2 hours each depending on how good your team is just because Valve fucked up doesn't really sound like something I can be assed to do. I still play expert every now and then so I should unlock it again eventually, but by then god knows what other achievements will be glitched or reset.:lol
 
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Blizzard

Banned
Infamypack said:
5/16 on the gold medals achievement but I've got 10 recorded in the leaderboards. No clue which aren't counted.

Fucking bollocks. This + What are you trying to prove? getting reset really makes me care less and less for achievements.

edit: Oh fuck me I can't re-achieve gold medals I already got. So I'll never be able to get more than 11 golden medals, with silver and bronze stuck on their current count (6) because I already have them all. >_<
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I'm confused. Why can't you get them again? You got all of them but Valve only counted 11?
 
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