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by Craptor, Level 42
Last updated at June 25, 2009, 5:31 pm
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Updates to Left 4 Dead have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:
Client
- Removed an infinite ammo exploit for molotovs
- The team swapping issue in Versus has been fixed
Add-on Campaign Support
- Players download third party campaigns as single .VPK file
- Players can manage and select add-on maps and campaigns via game UI
- Added matchmaking support and download/update prompt for add-on campaigns
- Custom campaign support in Leader boards
- If not already registered, left4dead.exe registers .VPK extension to allow automatic install of add-ons
- Servers and the steam API have been extended to allow servers to send up a list of keys for matchmaking up to 1200 bytes in size
Left 4 Dead Authoring Tools
- Fixed missing fgd error
- Added vpk.exe command line tool for extracting, creating, and appending .VPK files
- Removed info_versus (not used)
- Added info_gamemode which fires outputs for Coop, Versus or Survival depending on what game mode the map is loaded in
- Updated tutorial_standards example map, repackaged as 'Dead Line' campaign example add-on
- Sample content now includes source files for official maps
Basically valve put out the update I posted about last week. Be on the look out for some custom map reviews soon. Comml4d will be having some play testing for a new map that's being worked on head over to the link below to check out some beta screen shots and post if you are interested in play testing.
Link: http://commforums.com/untitled-versus-campaign-beta-t1222.html?t=1222
Link: http://commforums.com/another-untitled-campaign-t1224.html?t=1224
Also if you catch wind of any good quality custom campaigns feel free to let me know and I'd be more than happy to review them.

1 comment
Agamemnon Jun 25, 2009 at 8:35 pm
+1 votes
Let me know if you're testing maps, I'd like to join in as well.
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