Left 4 Dead

[ShadowFold]

What are the best NV vista drivers for this game? I would hate for it to lock up a lot..

 

[Binge]

I've had no problems with anything from the 180.48s up to 181s

 

[ShadowFold]

Which ones add that occolision stuff? Is that good for L4D?

 

[Binge]

185s, the ones that add AO are in alpha right now. they WILL mess up your system guaranteed. If not sooner then later. I have a set of drivers that will not clean up no matter what I do now. I'll need to reformat.

 

[ShadowFold]

Alright thanks. I will try the 180.84's when I get my card tomorrow.

 

[D007]

185s, the ones that add AO are in alpha right now. they WILL mess up your system guaranteed. If not sooner then later. I have a set of drivers that will not clean up no matter what I do now. I'll need to reformat.

did you go into safe mode with driver sweeper and try to remove them?
make sure you go into safe mode before using it..
But I had the exact same thing happen to me..
the drivers warped and screwed my system up so bad i ended up reformatting.

make sure you guys don't have multi core rendering enabled in L4D.
it causes issues..
and talking in the lobby is a nono..
it has issues that will crash you in a heartbeat.
in game voice seems perfect though.

 

[Braveheart]

is there some magical way to connect to the server you want to connect to and not use the stupid automatic server join thingy?

 

[TRIPTEX_CAN]

open the console and type "connect ip.ip.ip.iport" example connect "192.168.1.110:3389"

I think it is more or less the command. you can also enter "openserverborwser" to see a list of active server and game types used.

 

[oli_ramsay]

Or you could type "openserverbrowser" in console to bring up a list of all the servers.

 

[Chryonn]

there is a way of actually integrating a Server Browser menu rubric into the main menu, you edit the MainMenu.res file. i'll dig it up from somewhere:

Go to
C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\common\left 4 dead\left4dead\resource\UI\L4D360UI

Open mainmenu.res with notepad.

Look for.....

// Single player
"BtnPlaySolo"
{
"ControlName" "L4D360HybridButton"
"fieldName" "BtnPlaySolo"
"xpos" "100"
"ypos" "150"
"wide" "180" [$X360]
"wide" "180" [$WIN32]
"tall" "20" [$X360]
"tall" "15" [$WIN32]
"autoResize" "1"
"pinCorner" "0"
"visible" "1"
"enabled" "1"
"tabPosition" "0"
"navUp" "BtnVersus"
"navDown" "BtnStatsAndAchievements"
"labelText" "#L4D360UI_MainMenu_PlaySolo"
"tooltiptext" "#L4D360UI_MainMenu_PlaySolo_Tip"
"disabled_tooltiptext" "#L4D360UI_MainMenu_PlaySolo_Tip_Disabled"
"style" "MainMenuButton"
"command" "SoloPlay"
"ActivationType" "1"
"FocusDisabledBorderSize" "1"
}

DIRECTLY UNDER THIS, copy + paste the following....

// Server Browser
"BtnOpenServer"
{
"ControlName" "L4D360HybridButton"
"fieldName" "BtnOpenServer"
"xpos" "100"
"ypos" "175" [$X360]
"ypos" "165" [$WIN32]
"wide" "180" [$X360]
"wide" "180" [$WIN32]
"tall" "20" [$X360]
"tall" "15" [$WIN32]
"autoResize" "1"
"pinCorner" "0"
"visible" "1"
"enabled" "1"
"tabPosition" "0"
"navUp" "BtnPlaySolo"
"navDown" "BtnStatsAndAchievements"
"labelText" "OPEN SERVER BROWSER"
"tooltiptext" "Look for a server using the server list."
"style" "MainMenuButton"
"command" "OpenServerBrowser"
"ActivationType" "1"
"FocusDisabledBorderSize" "1"
}

Update: i've attached a zip of the mainmenu file, just extract and put it in the location detailed above. make a backup of the original file first. i'm assuming no responsiblity if it goes wrong or screws your game up. use at own risk. although it DOES work for me.

 

[human_error]

left 4 dead patch has just been released http://store.steampowered.com/news/2162/

General

* Fixed Survivors being able to climb surfaces marked for versus infected only
* Fixed a class of SurvivorBot bugs dealing with rescuing downed players
* Players can no longer grab ladders while flying through the air after a Tank punch
* Shooting near a car with an alarm that has already fired the alarm will no longer make chirping noises
* Improved loading time
* Fixed mini-gun physics exploit
* Fixed propane tanks (and other physics objects) causing players to fall through elevators
* Fixed rare achievement bug issues
* Fixed several map exploits
* Fixed various match making issues
* Fixed NAT traversal issues


Versus Changes

* Added HUD elements to show status of other infected players
* Changed color of infected player name in chat to red
* Fixed exploit where players could spawn infected bots
* Fixed instance where a Survivor changing to the infected team would be attacked by infected bots
* Normalized special infected melee damage
* Made the following client commands cheat protected: "Kill" and "explode"
* Fixed exploit where infected players could run away and teleport back to gain health
* Players can only change teams once per map
* Players can't change teams while other players are still loading
* Tank spawns at the same % through the map for both teams in versus mode
* Made the Tank and Witch spawn directly on the escape route
* Increased chance of getting the Tank or Witch
* Fixed team swap issue


Hunter

* Easier to pounce a Survivor who is meleeing
* Increased Minimum damage a Hunter pounce does


Smoker

* Fixed Smoker tongue tolerance
* Smoker now has to be killed or the tongue destroyed for the tongue to break
* Survivor's cannot bash someone off the tongue until the Survivor being pulled is paralyzed or hanging
* Tongue attacks that fail to paralyze or hang a Survivor will use the shorter ability delay timer
* Fixed cases where the ability timer was not using the correct time
* Fixed case where you could point at a Survivor but not register a tongue hit
* Fixed Smoker tongue not targeting and landing properly through PZ ghosts
* Smoker tongue does damage every second while dragging paralyzed Survivors


Tank

* Bashable objects now appear with a red glow
* Tanks hitting a car with an alarm disables the alarm permanently
* Tank frustration timer is only reset by hitting Survivors with rocks or fists
* Reduced autoshotgun damage against Tanks


Witch

* Witch spawns at the same % through the map for both teams
* Avoids spawning within a certain % of the tank
* Fixed an exploit where the Witch could be woken up and tricked into attacking Survivors

 

[Mussels]

Yay Patch!

 

[AphexDreamer]

Playin now..

 

[ASRockIQ]

if anyone wants to add me User Name: WHO AM I?

 

[AphexDreamer]

if anyone wants to add me User Name: WHO AM I?

Won't let me add you? Can't find you.

 

[ShadowFold]

* Reduced autoshotgun damage against Tanks

THANK YOU GOD.

 

[ASRockIQ]

Won't let me add you? Can't find you.

sorry, try Joiceqqe

 

[ShadowFold]

My game crashes instantly when I click on the exe. Steam says its loading and then it says "this program as stopped responding".. I want to play really bad

 

[TRIPTEX_CAN]

My game crashes instantly when I click on the exe. Steam says its loading and then it says "this program as stopped responding".. I want to play really bad

I guess you got a new card... do your other games still work?

 

[ShadowFold]

Yea everything else is good

 

[TRIPTEX_CAN]

I think you have to reinstall.. but first I would try playing with the compatibility options just to see if you can trick it into working.

Are you using a shortcut or launching it from Steam's game menu?

 

[Wozzer]

Great game - I love it. Anyone fancy a game, Add me to steam: Wasley_26

:Toast:

 

[ShadowFold]

I did reinstall it, a few times actually. I tried launching it from a few things. I'm gonna install Vista tonight...

 

[TRIPTEX_CAN]

Did you clean the registry between installs?

 

[ShadowFold]

I deleted clientregistry.blob, idk what you mean by registry tho.