Left 4 Dead News

An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2.

Last Stand:
- Fixed ammo pile in Junkyard not spawning on second round of Versus.
- Fixed exploit where the trigger used to quiet the Director could be activated after the finale started.

Survival:
- Fixed an issue where Fallen Survivors could still drop medkits on Riverbank.
- Fixed issue where several weapon spawners would absorb dropped weapons on Barge.

Tank Run:
- Fixed an issue in Scavenge finales that prevented the escape vehicle from working.
- The Sacrifice finale will now spawn Tanks properly and the bridge will lower when the timer reaches 0.

RocketDude:
- Fixed players ending up with no viewmodel and no avatar by rejoining a game where any survivor already left the safe room.
- Added support for custom playground maps ( a guide will provided by ReneTM ).
- Fixed players not instantly dying when jumping into c14m1 safe room water area.
- Fixed players not instantly dying when jumping into c14m2 finale water.
- Lowered slow motion probability from 10% to 5% as requested by many players.
- Fixed RocketDude decals sometimes not showing up.
- Fixed new best times not saving.
- Added Start and finish textures.

Other:
- Updated several Mutations to fix the issue where the weapons in Whitaker's Gun Store weren't being removed or converted.
- Fixed tanks failing to spawn in versus on No Mercy 3 (at 90+% boss flow).
- Fixed tanks spawning before the finale on No Mercy 5.
- Fixed a few stuck Special Infected issues on survival maps.
- Fixed setting the input mode to joystick/Steam Input.
- Increased command limit before causing a disconnect.
- Fixed some reported model crashes.

An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2.

- Fixed "New Haircut" achievement to not allow club-type melee weapons.
- Additional prevention of getting disconnected when spamming the scroll wheel.
- In Survival mode, if a special infected reports as stuck for more than two minutes it will suicide.
- Compiled captions and subtitles from dlc1.
- Fixed a couple instances where tank could spawn outside the warp check zone (but was intended to be warped)
- Added nav in ground in outer areas so that throwing a bile out there doesn't cause infected to just stand around.
- Blood Harvest 2 Warehouse Survival: shortened a nav blocker next to some stairs.
- Check for Realism in addition to Coop base mode for all exploit fixes to prevent some shortcut fixes from spawning in Realism Coop.
- Moved 64 exploit blocks to Versus-only, most notably Dark Carnival 3 Coaster, Parish 5 Bridge and Dead Air 2 Crane.

Rocket Dude:
- removed PlayerUnderWater()
- added Speedrunner stats ( local use only )
- improved script performance
- fixed script enabling glows for projectiles on multiple ticks
- removed obsolete code precaching an early dev model

Tank Run:
- During the finale, the double-Tank spawns are now set to 40 seconds instead of the normal 20 second timer.

Versus:
- Increased max ghost spawn timers to 24 seconds.
- Fixed witches time to kill on incapacitated survivors being faster than intended - it should now take the same time as pre-update.

Survival:
- Cane Field: Moved the ammo pile on the roof slightly.
- Float: Removed the ammo pile inside the house at the bottom of the stairs.
- Generator Room: Fixed ZombieDiscardRange not working properly.
- Crash Course Bridge: Marked nav areas behind a fence as NO MOBS.
- Gun Store: Clipped exploit area above barricades where infected wouldn't path to the Survivors.
- Cold Stream Junkyard: Removed alarmed car that's out-of-map.
- Terminal: Fixed ZombieSpawnRange not working properly.
- Waterfront: Blocked additional nav areas in an alley to prevent the Tank from getting stuck.

Versus Survival:
- The train door will now automatically open when the countdown timer reaches 0 on Train Car.

c1m1:
- Fixed issue where survivor bots refused to path through the kitchen fire area.
c1m3:
- Moved an exposed stairwell hurt trigger down inside a vending machine to stop it from killing players.
c2m2:
- Fixed a forklift being breakable by survivors
c3m3:
- Slightly adjusted an infected ladder to improve usability
c4m1 + c4m4:
- Blocked survivor access to a rooftop next to the playground commonly used to grief
- Added a ladder from map 2/3 for consistency between maps and to help players who fall off the safe room roof
c5m2:
- Added an infected ladder to get out of a stuck spot
- Added a hittable dumpster behind the bathrooms in the park
- Replaced a prop ladder on top of the bus station with an infected ladder
c5m3:
- Replaced a prop ladder with an infected ladder (behind the fence immediately after survivors drop towards the cemetery)
- Added an extra ladder to the above mentioned fence
c7m1:
- Fixed grenade launcher spawns having an incorrect count.
c8m1:
- Added a clip to prevent players movement being obstructed by a ladder near the car alarm
c11m1:
- Added wrong way signs above the greenhouse safe room
Last Stand:
- Fixed rescue closet spawns in the Junkyard so Survivors don't get stuck in the floor or wall.

An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2.

- Reoriented some of the new HUD images
- Updated several nav meshes based on feedback
- Fixed a bug where a door model was lacking prop data
- Fixed spontaneous muzzle flashes on certain rifles when playing online
- Adjusted knife's attack delay
- Fixed c10m3 versus survival tank spawn issue
- Fixed stuck spots on a few survival maps
- Various other fixes to the nav mesh from feedback
- Fixed a typo in one of the new shotgun sounds
- Fixed material sorting issues with skin mods on Molotov world model

Achievements:
- Only award "Fat Ninja" for a direct vomit attack, not a boomer explosion.
- Fixed "Golden Freeman" not awarding pickups on dedicated servers.
- Award survival medals to the entire team, including dead players.
- Fixed "The Big Ten" and "Supreme Survivalist" not unlocking on dedicated servers.
- Only award "The Last Frontier" on the Last Stand campaign.
- Don't award Survival achievements in Versus Survival and vice-versa

Survival:
- Waterfront - Removed cars outside the playable area to prevent infected from getting stuck.
- Generator Room - Increased ZombieDiscardRange.
- Church - Removed Laser Sights.
- Streets - Swapped the Military Sniper and the Ammo Pile spawns around.
- Warehouse - Removed mortar bags from under some stairs.
- Cold Stream Junkyard - Removed Laser Sights.

Versus Survival:
- Made it so the plane crash will trigger if the countdown timer reaches 0 on Runway.
- The Save 4 Less store door will now open when the timer reaches 0 on Gun Store.
- The alarmed door will now open when the timer reaches 0 on Warehouse.

Tank Run:
- Updated finales so rescue timer won't appear in Scavenge finales (you need to collect all the gas cans).
- Fixed The Sacrifice finale not working properly.
- Two Tanks will now spawn at once during the non-Scavenge finales.

An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2.

- Fixed some materials and models that were causing errors in workshop content.
- Reduced CS weapon spawn chance.
- Safe room intros will now continue regardless if anyone leaves the safe room.
- Fixed some witch call-outs
- Lit Bill's cigarette
Last Stand Junkyard
- Reduced intensity of horde spawned from generators.
- Versus Mode: Added an ammo pile near the mechanic shop.
- Versus Mode: Added a fire axe spawn to the safe room.
Last Stand Lighthouse
- Reduced intensity of horde during the Scavenge event.

An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2.

- Fixed voice data overflow on servers.
- Fixed carried prop collision to not interfere with bot movement.
- Fixed laser-sighted weapon spawn exploit in the gun shop.
- Reduced some ambient dialog frequency.