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The Official Left 4 Dead Thread
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Red Scarlet
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Pretty sure it's both.
Red Scarlet
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Let's play right nowwwwwwwww.
marvelharvey
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Question for those who've been playing the update for a while... what's the 'accepted' tactic for the DT finale? I downloaded the patch yesterday and joined a match that was on DT5. The Survivor team were all standing out in the water, unable to be attacked by the Infected from anywhere. Is this frowned upon by the community or does each and every team do this?
Red Scarlet
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Blizzard said:
I don't jump straight up very often, I did kind of once tonight, and it was the lowest pounce damage-wise I did. I captured some decent pounces I did in tonight's games, and kept two crappy ones for comparison. Maybe these will help you out in seeing how much damage different types of ranges do. They're very big, so I'm just going to link to them.
http://redscarlet.paragonsigma.com/l4d0001nm1-25.gif
25 on No Mercy 1. Was cool because it was actually a simul-pounce; PillowKnight did a 25'er at the same time too.
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http://redscarlet.paragonsigma.com/l4d0002da1-15.gif
Crappy 15 one, somewhat upward, but as you can see, there isn't as much overall distance here.
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http://redscarlet.paragonsigma.com/l4d0003da3-22.gif
Decent 22'er, pretty far, but not quite far enough for a 25.
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http://redscarlet.paragonsigma.com/l4d0004da3-20.gif
A little less far for a 20, but a little trickier due to where the survivors were positioned.
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http://redscarlet.paragonsigma.com/l4d0005dt1-25.gif
A 25'er (on Nabs!), probably the most basic kind of 25; just from far away. I lived from this one and re-tried, but missed another 25.
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http://redscarlet.paragonsigma.com/l4d0006dt5-13.gif
The most 'upward' one I did (only 13 dmg), and you can see that it just isn't from far away in comparison.
It seemed as though for the high ones, I was in the air for about a second and a half, but I was in the air about that long for that 15 one too. Hope they help, but I don't know.
marvelharvey said:
That's how our match ended earlier. We fought a Tank for what felt like 10 minutes because we stayed in the water and the Tank stayed away throwing rocks. I've seen people stay upstairs too, and that is an easier spot. The Death Toll finale I just don't like, from how Tanks can wind up playing out, to the slow arrival of the boat itself. Tank has managed to show up every time I've played it so far. I'm pretty sure Death Toll is my least favorite versus area.
Shake Appeal
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Jumping straight up and coming down won't do much, because it's not airtime, and it's not distance travelled, it's just the measure of the straightest line from where you started to where you landed.
Handy diagrams here:
http://www.l4dpodcast.net/blog/2009/03/07/hunter-damage-evaluation/
Handy diagrams here:
http://www.l4dpodcast.net/blog/2009/03/07/hunter-damage-evaluation/
marvelharvey said:
Stay out on the patio area on either sides of the ammo, so stick to primary weapons. (2 to each corner). Weapon wise, I believe that all rifles should be fine but I find a mix of shotties and rifles are good in most cases. Most of the infected come through the middle if they lose sight of a survivor on either side so set up gas tanks every now and again in the middle if you still have a few sitting around. Tanks spawn from 4 different areas(W,NW,NE,E), so anytime they spawn at the sides just try to pick them off and they'll climb up over railing giving everyone more time to deal damage.
Final version, now with milk moustache and detailed shoes. If anyone's interested:
http://www.mediafire.com/?j2xzgtuumnk
http://www.filefactory.com/file/agd985c/n/huntermoo_rar
edit: To install, make a backup of you pak01_dir.vpk file and copy and overwrite the files from the rar in your main /left 4 dead/ folder. If you already have skins installed open pak01_dir.vpk with notepad++ and replace $baseTexture "models\infected\hunter/hunter_01" with $baseTexture "models\infected\hunter/hunter_02".
ThaiGrocer
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Mad cow disease /obligatoryInfamypack said:
Final version, now with milk moustache and detailed shoes. If anyone's interested:
http://www.mediafire.com/?j2xzgtuumnk
edit: To install, make a backup of you pak01_dir.vpk file and copy and overwrite the files from the rar in your main /left 4 dead/ folder. If you already have skins installed open pak01_dir.vpk with notepad++ and replace $baseTexture "models\infected\hunter/hunter_01" with $baseTexture "models\infected\hunter/hunter_02".
marvelharvey said:
I reckon that's going to be the standard tactic for DT5 before too long. If you stand right up against the invisble wall then hunters will have a problem pouncing the survivors because the water is deep there and they can't pounce in water that deep. Boomers will be spotted before they get a chance to get close enough to vomit, same with smokers. The survivors kept throwing molotovs in the house because that's where the infected automatically spawn when you stand out in the sea. Tanks will be almost dead by the time they get deep in the water and there's hardly any distractions for the survivors. I'm not sure how they could fix it since they can't remove the invisible walls in the sea. Seems like the most broken of the finales in versus now.
marvelharvey said:
If this is the level that you escape in the boat (its been awhile for me) then a me and a few guys ran all the way to the right (if you're facing the house) to a big rock. If you hit the right angle you can jump up on it. From there you can see everything coming to you, minus the occasional smoker in the water. We had set up gas cans in front of the dock so when we make a run for the boat we light it so the horde/tank cant slow us down. also someone has to make a run call the boat.
Jonsoncao
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since a single wallpaper doesnt deserve a new thread, I are posting it here
http://evgen1us.deviantart.com/art/Left-4-Love-103652766
http://evgen1us.deviantart.com/art/Left-4-Love-103652766
Red Scarlet
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Well, it makes it more horror movie-ish with how they look like they're going to screw then die.
fallengorn
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I guess it's up to Francis and Bill to repopulate the Earth...Red Scarlet said:
Red Scarlet
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*left4bed link here*
Red Scarlet
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MNC said:
Francis + Bill. Not Zoey + Hunter/Smoker.
Red Scarlet
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Llyranor said:
Because you're too busy posting how much you hate Dragon Quest 4 in all Dragon Quest threads instead?
Update
Updates to Left 4 Dead have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:
Left 4 Dead
Removed a survival related command exploit
Achievements with multiple critera can now be expanded to show progress
mp_gamemode is now included with other console variables for server logging
Updates to Left 4 Dead have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:
Left 4 Dead
Removed a survival related command exploit
Achievements with multiple critera can now be expanded to show progress
mp_gamemode is now included with other console variables for server logging
Red Scarlet
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Volcynika said:
Don't they already have that? They do in-game at least, the ones that are more than one thing.
Llyranor said:
fallengorn
Bitches love smiley faces
Did they? I never noticed before.Red Scarlet said:
Red Scarlet
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Well, it had numbers for stuff that needed multiple things, like What are You Trying to Prove, it'd have x/4.
I see what it added. On the 'get a bronze/silver/gold medal on all survival maps', there is a + symbol below, to see what maps you've gotten a medal in. Although you could just check the leaderboard and see it anyway. NHK made a picture that it's also there for WAYTTP, and it shows which campaigns you've beaten on expert.
Pic:
Yay bugged map.
I see what it added. On the 'get a bronze/silver/gold medal on all survival maps', there is a + symbol below, to see what maps you've gotten a medal in. Although you could just check the leaderboard and see it anyway. NHK made a picture that it's also there for WAYTTP, and it shows which campaigns you've beaten on expert.
Pic:
Yay bugged map.
Red Scarlet
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Ezekial45 says that some more maps for the 'Death Aboard' campaign came out recently, and he wants to try it. So he and I are looking for 2 more people that want to try it out. You can grab it here: http://www.l4dmaps.com/details.php?file=33
If you want to try it with us, post in here when you get it.
If you want to try it with us, post in here when you get it.
Red Scarlet
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They can just borrow Neptune from RE1.
ThaiGrocer
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It's in closed beta where the beta testers are experienced community mappers. There should be some nice things coming out in the following months!Xdrive05 said:
Hey next time you gaffers are gonna play versus give me a shout. Steam ID: Deltron Zero. Add me to your list if you want.
L4D desperately needs team matchmaking. I can't blame people for rage quitting so often when they go up against friends, its just unfair. I've been playing a lot with my friends against pubs (its tough to find another team) and its getting boring. People rage quit all the time, and even if they stay, most of the time we just toy around and the score is usually couple thousands apart.
I just want to play fair games of versus with gaffers!
L4D desperately needs team matchmaking. I can't blame people for rage quitting so often when they go up against friends, its just unfair. I've been playing a lot with my friends against pubs (its tough to find another team) and its getting boring. People rage quit all the time, and even if they stay, most of the time we just toy around and the score is usually couple thousands apart.
I just want to play fair games of versus with gaffers!