http://www.l4d.com - official site
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=535896 - Steam Forum info thread
http://www.left4dead411.com/ - no.1 fansite
I think this will be great! :yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::yahoo:
EA has told VideoGamer.com that both the PC and Xbox 360 versions of Left 4 Dead will be released on November 7th in the UK (http://www.videogamer.com/news/25-06-2008-8643.html), three days after it is to be released in the U.S.
You've posted about this before.
I'm definatly looking forward to this. :flirty:
Amen to that!!!
Looks awesome gimme gimme!!!
Quote from: DuVeL;238612You've posted about this before.
I'm definatly looking forward to this. :flirty:
I know but that was about a year ago. Now we are getting close to release. :)
I think the game will fit perfectly with our style of play.
That Looks SWEET! :dribble:
I saw a trailer for this not long ago and it's looking good. And yes, would suit us here I would think.
Bump for those who have PMed me and asked about this game.
Quote- There are no character classes, every player starts off on an even footing in terms of skills and weaponry, meaning success requires teamwork and quick thinking.
Quick thinking eh? That's me out then.[/COLOR] :sad:
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Left4Dead available for pre-purchase (http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/10/16/left4dead-available-for-pre-purchase/1)
Those who want to take the plunge and pay for the game ahead of time can expect to fork out $44.99 USD thanks to the ten percent discount, which is about £22.50 GBP. The game is not currently available for pre-load though, so don't expect to be downloading the content or actually playing it just yet.
Left4Dead will be fully released next month on the 18th of November, but players can look forward to a demo beforehand. Valve has got around to giving the demo a firm release date too - Halloween: October 31st.
I think I will hang on until then.
I wonder if this will become a DMW classic?
So we could be playing the demo at the lan i presume?
I tried the demo at pc gamer showdown up north to be honest i thought it was fun and it was a lan game. Shame the full version won't be out for the lan.
Pen will we add this to the games list?
QuoteOS: Windows Vista, XP or 2000
CPU: 3.0 GHz P4, Dual Core 2.0 or AMD64X2 (or higher)
RAM: 1 GB for XP / 2GB for Vista
DISC DRIVE: DVD-ROM Drive
HARD DRIVE: At least 7.5 GB of free space
VIDEO: Direct X 9 compatible video card (Video card must be 256 MB or more and should be a DirectX 9-compatible with support for pixel shader 2.0)
SOUND: Direct X9.0c compatible sound card
3.0GHz P4... and 256MB gfx... I wonder if my Athlon 3000+ Barton core CPU + XFX 7800GS AGP 256MB can run that without gasping too much?
looks good but what are the online capailities? is it just a 4 player the whole way through without having like an online mode?
If they let four people be erm people then everyone else online were zombies..THAT WOULD BE SWEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!!
But I doubt they even thought about that!
Quote from: Venom;247696If they let four people be erm people then everyone else online were zombies..THAT WOULD BE SWEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!!
But I doubt they even thought about that!
Hi mate, I am sure you did not do it intentionally, but please note, that the phrase "sweet" and various derivatives thereof, including unlimited amounts of e's and exclamation marks, is with permission granted by Ninja_Freak (henceforth referred to as NF) and it should have copyright credit provided below:
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Quote from: DaRkLiGhTeR;247695looks good but what are the online capailities? is it just a 4 player the whole way through without having like an online mode?
8 players max. 4 survivors, 4 boss zombies. Anything up to 8 players works as the extras are filled in by AI bots, and if you wander off for a while mid game it'll automatically take control of your character so your mates aren't inconvenienced.
I must admit, given that it's source based I find the system requirements a bit steep...
I'm intrigued by how the multiplayer version will work in terms of servers. Will a dedi server have multiple 8 player instances or just a single one?
Either way - we will be supporting L4D with a community run server. :)
Pre-ordered my copy.
ROFL!
I am from Manchester I own the phase "Sweet" by birth right.:D
Quote from: delanvital;247698Hi mate, I am sure you did not do it intentionally, but please note, that the phrase "sweet" and various derivatives thereof, including unlimited amounts of e's and exclamation marks, is with permission granted by Ninja_Freak (henceforth referred to as NF) and it should have copyright credit provided below:
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To acquire permission to use "Sweeet" and various related forms of the expression, you must submit your request in writing, via fax at 1-800-I-AM-NOT-AMERICAN (DA SWEET Office, Medical Tribune Inc., Nibancho TS Bldg., 2-1 Nibancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0084, Japan) by completing the appropriate form.
Quote from: delanvital;247698Hi mate, I am sure you did not do it intentionally, but please note, that the phrase "sweet" and various derivatives thereof, including unlimited amounts of e's and exclamation marks, is with permission granted by Ninja_Freak (henceforth referred to as NF) and it should have copyright credit provided below:
Copyright (1965-2008) by Ninja_Freak. All rights reserved.
To acquire permission to use "Sweeet" and various related forms of the expression, you must submit your request in writing, via fax at 1-800-I-AM-NOT-AMERICAN (DA SWEET Office, Medical Tribune Inc., Nibancho TS Bldg., 2-1 Nibancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0084, Japan) by completing the appropriate form.
There is also copyright on the words;
"Dude"
and
"F*cker".
Definatly looking forward to this 1.
Quote from: OldBloke;247702I'm intrigued by how the multiplayer version will work in terms of servers. Will a dedi server have multiple 8 player instances or just a single one?
Either way - we will be supporting L4D with a community run server. :)
Pre-ordered my copy.
Me too. :D
Now ... bring it on!
pre-ordered with dmw affiliate link £25.99
*$44.99 = £26.0074
Orderd...:D
Quote from: Blunt;247800pre-ordered with dmw affiliate link £25.99
*$44.99 = £26.0074
I like the look of this game, but will need a new PC, hopefully have one in the house at end of November :D
demo out today.:norty:
Quote from: KKND;249906demo out today.:norty:
Downloading it now :dribble:
Quote from: KKND;249906demo out today.:norty:
It *appears* that Valve have removed the server browser from L4D making it impossible to join a particular server. Instead, players are matched to servers using a Valve algorithm. What a pile of doo doos.
We will monitor this closely but if this is the case then there's absolutely no point in us providing a L4D server.:ranting2:
Quote from: OldBloke;249929It *appears* that Valve have removed the server browser from L4D making it impossible to join a particular server. Instead, players are matched to servers using a Valve algorithm. What a pile of doo doos.
We will monitor this closely but if this is the case then there's absolutely no point in us providing a L4D server.:ranting2:
Or to put it another way, it may be the case that YOU cannot decide which server YOU play on!!!!
This is based on mails from Multiplay that Oldie has seen in the subscribed mailing lists.
We'll keep everyone posted but for the meantime... :ranting2:
Quote from: BlueBall;249930Or to put it another way, it may be the case that YOU cannot decide which server YOU play on!!!!
This is based on mails from Multiplay that Oldie has seen in the subscribed mailing lists.
We'll keep everyone posted but for the meantime... :ranting2:
So you can't play with specific friends on a specific server? You just click on the connect button and take random luck as to who you play with and on what server? Seems like a crazy decision if that's the case.
Quote from: ChimpBoy;249965So you can't play with specific friends on a specific server? You just click on the connect button and take random luck as to who you play with and on what server? Seems like a crazy decision if that's the case.
Valve has just posted a way to play on specific servers. BB (our server guru) is looking into it. We said we'd support L4D and we will as long as we have the option to play on our own servers.
More info to follow.
Oooh something about nuking zombies - im in!
Is any of you gonna buy it for Xbox360 or are all of you on the PC edition?
I would imagine most people are going for the PC version. I know a couple of people on here are console gamers though.
Quote from: OldBloke;249967Valve has just posted a way to play on specific servers. BB (our server guru) is looking into it. We said we'd support L4D and we will as long as we have the option to play on our own servers.
More info to follow.
Im only gonna play on dMw servers, ore i leave it...:eyebrow:
Quote from: Parvaneh;249977Oooh something about nuking zombies - im in!
Is any of you gonna buy it for Xbox360 or are all of you on the PC edition?
XBOX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :doh:
:norty::norty::norty::norty:
Quote from: DuVeL;247636Left4Dead available for pre-purchase (http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/10/16/left4dead-available-for-pre-purchase/1)
Those who want to take the plunge and pay for the game ahead of time can expect to fork out $44.99 USD thanks to the ten percent discount, which is about £22.50 GBP. The game is not currently available for pre-load though, so don't expect to be downloading the content or actually playing it just yet.
Left4Dead will be fully released next month on the 18th of November, but players can look forward to a demo beforehand. Valve has got around to giving the demo a firm release date too - Halloween: October 31st.
I just looked at buying this on Steam and the $44.99 is then put up to $52 with tax and at the current exchange rate, that's £35. :blink:
You can get it using our affiliate link at Amazon for £19.97, guess where I've ordered it!
Quote from: Whitey;250089I just looked at buying this on Steam and the $44.99 is then put up to $52 with tax and at the current exchange rate, that's £35. :blink:
You can get it using our affiliate link at Amazon for £19.97, guess where I've ordered it!
Guess who got suckered by the 'special' offer. :blush2:
Quote from: Whitey;250089I just looked at buying this on Steam and the $44.99 is then put up to $52 with tax and at the current exchange rate, that's £35. :blink:
You can get it using our affiliate link at Amazon for £19.97, guess where I've ordered it!
Which, as a non sucker, I have done. Is there a 'smug' smiley?
I can't seem to even download the demo from steam, everytime i click the 'download' button, it only refreashes the page...any idea's?
Quote from: OldBloke;250090Guess who got suckered by the 'special' offer. :blush2:
I had a read on the Steam forum about this and apparantly you can cancel you pre-order and get a complete refund. However, you need to go through the Steam support page and create a profile etc. I am currently trying this route just to check if it actually works. I will keep you posted.
Quote from: Dr Sadako;250119I am currently trying this route just to check if it actually works. I will keep you posted.
I've requested cancellation too and will pre-purchase through affiliate (I did it through steam so we could setup and test the server but this allows me to get a refund too)
Quote from: Whitey;250089I just looked at buying this on Steam and the $44.99 is then put up to $52 with tax and at the current exchange rate, that's £35. :blink:
You can get it using our affiliate link at Amazon for £19.97, guess where I've ordered it!
How come it cost me £25.99 on the affiliate link?:eyebrow::sideways::blink::angry:
Quote from: Blunt;250158How come it cost me £25.99 on the affiliate link?:eyebrow::sideways::blink::angry:
Its now on deal of the week. Cancel original order and order it on deal of the week if you havent automatically got a discount :)
Quote from: BlueBall;250163Its now on deal of the week. Cancel original order and order it on deal of the week if you havent automatically got a discount :)
Oh, I believe that the first 10 customers will get a free trojan as well :roflmao:
Quote from: Blunt;250158How come it cost me £25.99 on the affiliate link?:eyebrow::sideways::blink::angry:
I just checked and it's still showing £19.97. Did you change the delivery from the default to Super Saver?
Quote from: BlueBall;250164Oh, I believe that the first 10 customers will get a free trojan as well :roflmao:
Jeez BB...i will send you some..:taz:
Pre-ordered it using Affiliate link.
Valve game means it goes onto Steam anyway right? so it's just a saving of £15, with no drawn back except the delivery might be late i guess.
Quote from: T-Bag;250175Pre-ordered it using Affiliate link.
Valve game means it goes onto Steam anyway right? so it's just a saving of £15, with no drawn back except the delivery might be late i guess.
I ordered Half life 2 (bronze pack as it was then called) from amazon and foolishly installed the game from the cd, which meant the game needed the cd each time i wanted to play it. Hopefully by now we will be able to enter the cd key and simply download the content straight from steam. Shame i won't be part of the demo but valve seem to be getting greedy. Remember chaps that for this one game we are forking out the whole price of the orange box if bought via steam.
Quote from: GhostMjr;250280I ordered Half life 2 (bronze pack as it was then called) from amazon and foolishly installed the game from the cd, which meant the game needed the cd each time i wanted to play it.
That was fixed with a patch from Steam but it was incredibly annoying at the time :(
Quote from: GhostMjr;250280I ordered Half life 2 (bronze pack as it was then called) from amazon and foolishly installed the game from the cd, which meant the game needed the cd each time i wanted to play it. Hopefully by now we will be able to enter the cd key and simply download the content straight from steam. Shame i won't be part of the demo but valve seem to be getting greedy. Remember chaps that for this one game we are forking out the whole price of the orange box if bought via steam.
Prey was a game you could register with Steam if you bought it on disk, just type in your code and it's registered to you account, no cd checks etc. Thats and non-steam game. I assume they'll have got their act togther by now.
my order was automatically changed to £19.97:yahoo:
Quote from: GhostMjr;250280Remember chaps that for this one game we are forking out the whole price of the orange box if bought via steam.
Well.. yeah. But bear in mind that this game is brand new, whereas the Orange Box has been out for a while now. It was somewhat more costly when it first arrived on the scene.
I definitely wouldn't say they are greedy, they were just very generous with the Orange Box, whereas for Left 4 Dead it's the same as any other PC game (let alone console game prices).
Quote from: Lee;250329I definitely wouldn't say they are greedy, they were just very generous with the Orange Box, whereas for Left 4 Dead it's the same as any other PC game (let alone console game prices).
Farcry 2 and Fallout 3 were both $50 + Tax, so because the exchange rate has gone to hell winds up being a rough deal for us. £38 which is more than it costs in the shops.
So they're definately making more than they should out of us. The prices were a little higher for us anyway without the exchange rate, but now they despairately need adjusting.
That's not good, it is a bit excessive :blink:, it's best to not get it straight from Valve I guess.
Quote from: Lee;250403That's not good, it is a bit excessive :blink:, it's best to not get it straight from Valve I guess.
I did because I love having the games on Steam, but I'm not happy that I could get a taxi into town and back, buy the game and still have saved money...that's not what the internet is about.
Quote from: Dr Sadako;250119I had a read on the Steam forum about this and apparantly you can cancel you pre-order and get a complete refund. However, you need to go through the Steam support page and create a profile etc. I am currently trying this route just to check if it actually works. I will keep you posted.
I just got a confirmation from steam that I have received a refund for L4D. :narnar:
Quote from: Dr Sadako;250428I just got a confirmation from steam that I have received a refund for L4D. :narnar:
Do you still have access to the demo?
Quote from: OldBloke;250436Do you still have access to the demo?
I don't know as I just reinstalled windows, but I wouldn't bet on it.
Quote from: T-Bag;250426I did because I love having the games on Steam, but I'm not happy that I could get a taxi into town and back, buy the game and still have saved money...that's not what the internet is about.
Whenever i've bought Valve games they automatically get added to Steam anyway. Yeah, that is a bit disappointing though. :sad:
I'll wait for it to be patched and come down in price :)
You can take the man out of the north etc ;)
Quote from: T-Bag;250426I did because I love having the games on Steam, but I'm not happy that I could get a taxi into town and back, buy the game and still have saved money...that's not what the internet is about.
If you think Valve are bad try ordering from Adobe :ranting2:
I needed to update from Acrobat 8 to Acrobat 9.
On the US site it is $99
On the UK site it is £104
It gets better though :(
I cannot order from the US site as it only accepts addresses in US, Canada and Mexico. So I order from UK site and select an electronic download instead of getting a boxed DVD shipped to me. Guess what? The download version is an extra £3!!!!!!! like ***!!!!
So that's £104 to ship a boxed CD or £107 to download some electrons :ranting2:
Quote from: Dr Sadako;250438I don't know as I just reinstalled windows, but I wouldn't bet on it.
No I don't have access to the demo anymore, but it was expected.
Quote from: BlueBall;250448I cannot order from the US site as it only accepts addresses in US, Canada and Mexico. So I order from UK site and select an electronic download instead of getting a boxed DVD shipped to me. Guess what? The download version is an extra £3!!!!!!! like ***!!!!
So that's £104 to ship a boxed CD or £107 to download some electrons :ranting2:
it should of saved you £3+ rather than charge it too you, where's the sence in that, no packaging, DVD, postage costs??!!??
Quote from: Dr Sadako;250449No I don't have access to the demo anymore, but it was expected.
public demo should be avail to all on 11th (that's tomorrow, Tuesday)
Quote from: BlueBall;250484public demo should be avail to all on 11th (that's tomorrow, Tuesday)
I wait for the full version, i hate demo's:rolleyes:
Quote from: KKND;250486I wait for the full version, i hate demo's:rolleyes:
I'm the same, except when the demos are on steam. No installation etc, downloads, and runs. Love steam, hate their prices (not an issue for demos)
I've tried the game and its fantastic.
Also very hard on expert. Tank + Bloater + Hunter + Horde + Subway = Certain Death
Now that it is Released, I'm downloading the demo :yahoo:
Me too. 6.5 days left! :blink:
Quote from: Doorman;250641Me too. 6.5 days left! :blink:
Till the demo expires. That got me at first too. Mines "only" going to take 7.5 hours. Is it just me or has steams download speeds dropped a lot recently. I didn't break 400kb/s with Fallout 3, Far Cry 2 was about the same (for some it went up to 1.6mb/s but didn't stay long), and now Left 4 Dead is between 40 and 100kb/s. I know it's probably in high demand, but if it's like this now, I don't want to see when it's released. (unless the demo is like a pre-load...then it might be just about survivable)
I was just thinking the same about the download speed. Mine has been between 50 and 80 KB/s and is 15% complete. I'm looking forward to trying this out.
The servers seem to be be freeing up. I am up to 600-700kb now :D
I'm a little confused. Hard to believe I know, but there you go :eyebrow:
Will L4D be a game we can host on our own server, with our own admins, own passwords etc that we as dMw members can play together. Or is it going to be a complete random event where we end up? Sounds possibly the dumbest idea ever but several forums (yes I know, never believe an unqualified forum post) seem to suggest that hosting a server in the same way we host COD4, CS:S etc will not be possible?
I've stopped it for a while because the speeds were laughable. Just tried it again. Still hovering around 50.
I'm done. :)
Quote from: smilodon;250662I'm a little confused. Hard to believe I know, but there you go :eyebrow:
Will L4D be a game we can host on our own server, with our own admins, own passwords etc that we as dMw members can play together. Or is it going to be a complete random event where we end up? Sounds possibly the dumbest idea ever but several forums (yes I know, never believe an unqualified forum post) seem to suggest that hosting a server in the same way we host COD4, CS:S etc will not be possible?
We already have our own demo server and, if the demand is there, we will run our own L4D server once it is released.
Quote from: smilodon;250662I'm a little confused. Hard to believe I know, but there you go :eyebrow:
Will L4D be a game we can host on our own server, with our own admins, own passwords etc that we as dMw members can play together. Or is it going to be a complete random event where we end up? Sounds possibly the dumbest idea ever but several forums (yes I know, never believe an unqualified forum post) seem to suggest that hosting a server in the same way we host COD4, CS:S etc will not be possible?
... and, yes, BB has worked out how we can play on our own server with the people we want to.
Then I'm IN as long as I can be a girl!
Quote from: smilodon;250686Then I'm IN as long as I can be a girl!
....then you should play Wow. Oh, you already do! :narnar:
Tried again just now, I was on 45%, and it's finished in less than an hour. Much better speeds. I'll be checking it out when I get back from uni.
Quote from: T-Bag;250699Tried again just now, I was on 45%, and it's finished in less than an hour. Much better speeds. I'll be checking it out when I get back from uni.
I'll be up for a game tonight, though I understand we're playing Insurgency at some point.. :rolleyes:
Quote from: Doorman;250439Splitter! :sideways:
:D
Tee hee :)
Quote from: Venom;250719Tee hee :)
At last! A tee hee. :)
VERY fun!!. Just go out of a game with SJ, Oth and Delan. I'm glad I've ordered it off Amazon now. Can't wait to get more levels etc.
T'was fun.
93% :(
Pre-ordered the game though
:blink: 53%
Just played a little with noob and hunk and I have to say its pretty impressive. I got my 8800GT aswell so i'm like a kid in a candy shop :)
Err, where is our demo server? Just tried cs.deadmen.co.uk:27030 and get nothing. :g:
cs.deadmen.co.uk:27030 -=[dMw]=-Left4Dead :g:
Quote from: Dr Sadako;250812cs.deadmen.co.uk:27030 -=[dMw]=-Left4Dead :g:
:g: Indeed. Can't add it to favourites and can't join it. The add new server dialogue box sees it though. Another :g: for luck!
Read this (http://www.deadmen.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=25237) and create the shortcut
Ahhh, it's always so much easier if you follow the instructions, says he, an honarary member of the 'instructions are for wimps' society. :doh:
I'm not sure you want to go there anyway. It's scary and I didn't sleep last night! :blink:
Quote from: Doorman;250866I'm not sure you want to go there anyway. It's scary and I didn't sleep last night! :blink:
:withstupid:
Played for a bit late last night, frightened the Bejeezus outta me:ohmy:
had trouble getting our server last night, but now I know it's passworded I should be ok for tonight:D
Me, SoonJung and Othbarty tried it on the 'impossible' setting last night.
It was ... impossible :blink:
Now reduced back to 'hard' :)
:frusty: 72%
downloaded demo, tried, changed undies:blink:
i need to clean my seat :getmecoat:
When I try to connect to the DMW server I get to play for a second then I get booted with a 'Client timed out message' any ideas how to fix this anyone?
Quote from: King85;250927When I try to connect to the DMW server I get to play for a second then I get booted with a 'Client timed out message' any ideas how to fix this anyone?
Had a google but couldn't see anything particularly relevant.
That is brilliant fun, can't wait for the full release!
Just bought it through the affiliate link.
You can now pre-load!
Quote from: FrEnZy;250963You can now pre-load!
Pre-loading :D
sounds more important than it really is tbh :)
Quote from: OldBloke;250966Pre-loading :D
sounds more important than it really is tbh :)
Are we going to need more than one server? :norty::g::yahoo:
Quote from: Dr Sadako;250969Are we going to need more than one server? :norty::g::yahoo:
tbh, we still don't know how the server can be configured as it is currently 'locked' for four players only.
BB will undoubtedly find out though :)
If it proves popular we could run one on BA3 and one on BA4 (assuming they limit to max of 8 players as has been intimated)
Anyone fancy an early evening zombie fest?
See ya on there :D
Come on guys, I need a review before I purchase a copy!
Quote from: Toxteth;251051Come on guys, I need a review before I purchase a copy!
Its awesome - now go buy it!
Quote from: Parvaneh;249977Oooh something about nuking zombies - im in!
Is any of you gonna buy it for Xbox360 or are all of you on the PC edition?
What's an Xbox? sounds rubbish :narnar:
Quote from: OldBloke;251050Anyone fancy an early evening zombie fest?
See ya on there :D
When you joined the zombies, there was a game up on MH aswell.
Quote from: Toxteth;251051Come on guys, I need a review before I purchase a copy!
Get the Demo m8. I've downloaded it yesterday and it should still be up for just a couple of days..
Only just played the DEMO. Wasn't that scary but reeeeeeally good fun! Can I afford the full version? Hope so cause I want it!
Checking through affiliate now :D
Full level play with Single, Rizzo, Gaijin (lagged?) and the Opsman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLmQ8hyzBfU
Higher quality, but shorter:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabbibob/3031001579/
NSFW - mild language
Key moment at 1:50 sec / 30 sec - "Holy ***t!"
bwhahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
omg I need a new PC and then this game
looks good m8s i got za demo. Ready to kick some zombie ass :boxing::boxing::boxing:
I've played the single player levels, it was good fun! Not quite as good as I expected however it is the demo. I'm wondering how long it would take to get bored, hopefully not long with extras levels, etc. :D
Quote from: Lee;251144..... I'm wondering how long it would take to get bored
My thought exactly. Mind you, it's exceptionally good so far. I don't think it'll have the legs of CoD1-110 but a jolly good diversion. :)
I think the demo is quite nice. However, it doesn't take too long to learn the maps and where the zombies most of the time come from. I do hope they have made the maps less linear than the ones in the demo. Otherwise it will be boring very quick. Also I do hope that you will be able to make your own maps or they keep a steady supply of new maps.
Tomorrow 06.00 hour you can dl this....:D
good game but i hate the lag that u get on the start of the second level :angry:
Quote from: TE_owner;251331good game but i hate the lag that u get on the start of the second level :angry:
Can't say I'd noticed it.. were you playing an ad hoc game by any chance?
Best stick to dedicated servers really, few people have connections or PCs good enough to host and play games at the same time. I was surprised that the interface for L4D is so geared towards listen servers (no server browser that I can see?).
Quote from: TE_owner;251331good game but i hate the lag that u get on the start of the second level :angry:
One of the six recent server updates was supposed to have fixed that :sideways:
Quote from: OldBloke;251388One of the six recent server updates was supposed to have fixed that :sideways:
I got it yesterday when connected to a friends server on his PC so yeah best stick to dedicated servers.
connected to a friends computer in america on saturday, and i had ping of about 80, at the start of the 2nd level there was a lot of lag. Last night did the same again but because if the update there was no lag, and hes not running a powerful rig either, so lan wise this shoudnt need a powerful rig, internet wise it will all be down to the host connection as usual
Game is unlocked on Steam and I have been playing it. :D
Haven't played past the demo part yet although I did notice the second map from the demo has been extended a bit in the full game. All in all it's very good and Versus mode (where you can play as infected) is superb - I think it takes even more teamwork to play well as infected than as the survivors, you generally still die in a couple of hits so you need to coordinate your attacks to pick off the weak survivors. There's a great sense of satisfaction when you pin two survivors with hunters and grab another with a smoker, while a boomer vomits on them all. :)
Really does sound good (checks back in thread to see how much it costs)
It's a shame i have to wait until the release date of 21st November for amazon to dispatch mine.
I'm in the same boat :sad:
Ok, just finished Episode 1: No Mercy. Without giving anything away, I can safely say that playing through the finale as a team will be great fun in coop mode, and completely insane in versus mode. :D
It's just a shame that the bots are not very good - tactics like closing doors to stop zombies rushing from behind don't work because the stupid bots keep opening them. In the end I had to play the last level of Episode 1 on normal ( I'd done the rest on advanced) because the finale requires 4 fully participating team members, and the bots just don't cut it.
On the whole though, five stars so far. :)
Quote from: Carr0t;251505I'm in the same boat :sad:
Quote from: GhostMjr;251498It's a shame i have to wait until the release date of 21st November for amazon to dispatch mine.
and me, and i went on the free delivery option too, so might have to wait even further :sad:
Guys, check this out, Valve Complete pack;
http://store.steampowered.com/sub/1134
:blink:
Quote from: b00n;251536Ok, just finished Episode 1: No Mercy. Without giving anything away, I can safely say that playing through the finale as a team will be great fun in coop mode, and completely insane in versus mode. :D
It's just a shame that the bots are not very good - tactics like closing doors to stop zombies rushing from behind don't work because the stupid bots keep opening them. In the end I had to play the last level of Episode 1 on normal ( I'd done the rest on advanced) because the finale requires 4 fully participating team members, and the bots just don't cut it.
On the whole though, five stars so far. :)
So is it still 4 versus a hoard of zombies or can we do 4 on 4?
I went to amazon prime so should have it for 21st.
Quote from: GhostMjr;251578So is it still 4 versus a hoard of zombies or can we do 4 on 4?
I went to amazon prime so should have it for 21st.
Basically in Versus mode you have 8 players (4 Survivors and 4 Infected). The Survivors have to complete the level as normal, the Infected have to stop them. Infected players spawn as 'special' infected (Boomers, Smokers and Hunters) and can choose to spawn wherever they want, except that they can't spawn too close to or within sight of the survivors. 'Normal' infected are controlled by the AI as normal. At certain points on each level a random infected player is chosen to become a Tank. Tanks are like -> :taz:.
Once all the Survivors have either escaped or been incapacitated/killed, the round ends, Survivors get a score based on how many people survived, damage done, and difficulty level, then the teams swap and the level is played again. After both teams have played as survivors, it moves on to the next level.
Also if anyone was missing the server browser as much as me (god knows why Valve removed it from the menu options) you can bind a key to 'openserverbrowser' to get it back. At this time it's been the only way I've been able to get a game with no lag. Are we going to have a dMw L4D server?
Quote from: b00n;251582Are we going to have a dMw L4D server?
cs.deadmen.co.uk:27030 -=[dMw]=-Left4Dead
Quote from: Blunt;251585cs.deadmen.co.uk:27030 -=[dMw]=-Left4Dead
This is still the demo server I think, doesn't work with full game.
We will have a server when they release the full server files; at present they have only released the demo server files :)
Full server now available on the same IP/Port as the demo server. Demo server turned off.
Quote from: BlueBall;251687Full server now available on the same IP/Port as the demo server. Demo server turned off.
Cheers BB:D
Mines been dispatched by amazon at last. :yahoo:
Should have it tomorrow as its coming special delivery :D
Quote from: GhostMjr;251803Mines been dispatched by amazon at last. :yahoo:
Should have it tomorrow as its coming special delivery :D
Same except mine is coming on the free slow and steady option, we all know which wins the race don't we...
Quote from: Toxteth;251805Same except mine is coming on the free slow and steady option, we all know which wins the race don't we...
So was my CoD5 but that arrived next day. My L4D has been dispatched as well. :D
I've completed the first part and the rooftop finale is indeed tough but brilliant.
But there's a couple of things that are really peeing me off.
1. No save game. Why not? Take the rooftop finale ... You can spend a while preparing for the rush i.e. positioning petrol etc but if your plan fails then it's right back to the start of the section again. Grrrr.
2. Pipebombs and molotovs cannot be moved. You can pick one up but not drop it again in another location. Grrrr twice.
Otherwise - excellent fun :D
Quote from: OldBloke;251864I've completed the first part and the rooftop finale is indeed tough but brilliant.
But there's a couple of things that are really peeing me off.
1. No save game. Why not? Take the rooftop finale ... You can spend a while preparing for the rush i.e. positioning petrol etc but if your plan fails then it's right back to the start of the section again. Grrrr.
2. Pipebombs and molotovs cannot be moved. You can pick one up but not drop it again in another location. Grrrr twice.
Otherwise - excellent fun :D
Indeed great fun i also have done rooftop.
And yeah that you cant save is a bit crappy.
I was also with the next chapter busy when i decide too quite so have too start all over again.:eyebrow:
To be honest I feel that the single player element was an afterthought. I think the intention was that L4D would be primarily a multiplayer game, hence no save. It did annoy me too.
It's arrived :D.
Key inserted into steam and installing as we speak :).
Anyone fancy a game later on?
:yahoo:
Quote from: GhostMjr;251988It's arrived :D.
Key inserted into steam and installing as we speak :).
Anyone fancy a game later on?
:yahoo:
We need to have an 'idiots guide' to playing L4D as a community. BB is fighting the server configs so that our server will show under the 'Steam Group' option. When this is achieved we can work out how to get the various gametypes up and running and be able to switch between them depending on how many members are up for a game.
Early days still and the change in focus away from a server browser to a lobby system is mighty confusing but, rest assured, if anyone can sort this out for us it will be BB :D
Still working on it - seems to be a coding issue (no surprises)
In the meantime, those with Vista can use this (http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=3b3b3a59-5eca-4e65-af82-04e8dff4e28f&bt=1&pl=1) to monitor the L4D server if they add it to their favourites in Steam. The server will not appear in the favourites but it will appear in the sidebar gadget :) (as will all the other servers in your favourites)
Those without Vista can use HLSW (http://www.hlsw.net/?page=download&category=hlsw) to see who is on the server
I've completed second chapter Death Toll not that hard i found ....:)
Quote from: Doorman;251813So was my CoD5 but that arrived next day. My L4D has been dispatched as well. :D
This post was the kiss of death to any hopes of a prompt delivery. :rolleyes: Monday I guess. :doh: What
HAVE I said?!
Well I went for the freebie slow delivery and it arrived this morning. :yahoo:
Trouble is when I try to connect to a 'group' server it can't find one :sad:.
I checked and I'm in the dMw group, aren't I?
Any suggestions on how I can connect to it?
Quote from: Sn00ks;252173Well I went for the freebie slow delivery and it arrived this morning. :yahoo:
Trouble is when I try to connect to a 'group' server it can't find one :sad:.
I checked and I'm in the dMw group, aren't I?
Any suggestions on how I can connect to it?
patched up yet?:learn:
By patched up I mean updated in steam?
Err, Steam did a download after I installed it so I guess it is.
Ooherr, I see what you meant now:blink:
My edited shortcut only takes me to the lobby and it says all my friends are "Not in joinable game":g:
gonna try through steam now...looking good so far
Desktop shortcut to our server ...
C:\Games\Steam\Steam.exe -applaunch 500 +connect cs.deadmen.co.uk:27030 +password xxxxxxxxx
Get password from usual place and adjust the path to suit.:)
Dammit, I've played the demo, pre-loaded, purchased, now I have to wait again for it to download...@14.8k.
See you tomorrow then.
Bought the disk version, cheap delivery, £19.97 all in. Played it today...It's great. Just as fun as the demo. It has plenty of annoying problems. Being valve I'm sure they'll be fixed...but not quickly enough for my liking. Still well worth it.
(If you're looking for other games to buy GTA IV is now us for prepurchase. Even on steam it works out as £32 (£7 more than the shops...but I love keeping my games in steam).
Quote from: T-Bag;252187...but I love keeping my games in steam).
I bought disk version of L4d
Started Steam
input DVD code from disk version to Steam
Steam downloaded files
saved me £15 :)
Quote from: Sn00ks;252173Well I went for the freebie slow delivery and it arrived this morning. :yahoo:
Mine got posted at the same time, but hasn't turned up yet. Fingers crossed it arrives on Monday, and i've got the day off to give it a whizz!
Quote from: BlueBall;252194I bought disk version of L4d
saved me £15 :)
Yup, as did I. Shame that steam doesn't accept the S/N's from all games sold by steam, otherwise I could have got GTA IV for £7 less.
Back on topic, how fun is the versus mode. I love playing as the zombies. The hunter reminds me of the Alien from AVP 1...I can never get it to do quite what I want him to, but if use right would be deadly. The boomer is a little tougher because he's so weak, but if you get people there are plenty of points to be had. The smoker is my favourite though. If you pick the right angle you can grab people and their team will struggle for ages to save them...just long enough to throw them into chaos.
Anyone for playing through the No Mercy campaign today? I really want to try the finale in multiplayer. :)
Or maybe even in Versus mode if there are enough people?
I get the idea that the map rotation L4D server aint working.
Every time there's the same map on.
Yesterday whe complete this map that now is on,and after it was done it started the same map again.:g:
Quote from: KKND;252227I get the idea that the map rotation L4D server aint working.
Every time there's the same map on.
Yesterday whe complete this map that now is on,and after it was done it started the same map again.:g:
I am not sure what you are getting at? There are only four chapters in the multiplayer. So when you have finished the four chapters the game ends. There is no rotation as on e.g. a CS server.
IMHO, Valve have dropped the ball on this one. It's good fun to play but I'm doubting its longevity. I'm working my way through the single-player campaign and it just doesn't fit the normal SP experience. Ten minutes into the game and you've encountered every type of enemy and had access to all the game's weapons and, as you progress, the chapters get easier instead of harder. That's crap.
The lack of any save game, the way the AI survivors refuse to even pickup molotovs/pipebombs let alone use them - all adds to the feeling that this is a port from a console game.
I too think its good fun to play, but you have to play with 3 other live players, or its not as enjoyable as alone with 3 AIs. I agree with OB, its not longevity. But absolutely a good game to play with others, but just not a good single-player game.
Plus, with only four campains, even it its randomized, it gets tiresom after a while.
Maybe we should consider the option of having humans playing zombies?
Quote from: Soon Jung;252438I too think its good fun to play, but you have to play with 3 other live players, or its not as enjoyable as alone with 3 AIs. I agree with OB, its not longevity. But absolutely a good game to play with others, but just not a good single-player game.
Plus, with only four campains, even it its randomized, it gets tiresom after a while.
Indeed i have all chapters done...chapters are a bit short too i think.
I think that this is supposed to be a fun online game to play with mates.
The addition of playing as zombies against humes makes it even more fun.
I for one will be starting up a versus server and seeing how many I can get with my long tongue!! :norty:
You can play versus on our server - just set it up from the Lobby :)
oooooo, then I wanna be a Boomer!! :roflmao:
Hoorah! Got my copy this morning. I joined using the shortcut to our server. Not sure if it worked properly as there was no 'Welcome to dMw' type thing. Time will tell though. Looks fun. :)
Quote from: Soon Jung;252457oooooo, then I wanna be a Boomer!! :roflmao:
Can you choose what zombie you spawn as? I joined a game and it seems to select automatically and cycle through them.
Quote from: T-Bag;252465Can you choose what zombie you spawn as? I joined a game and it seems to select automatically and cycle through them.
Don't think so, unless I've missed something...
Great games last night, hillarious fun. :D Even after leaving all talk on, I don't think it detracted too much from the teamwork, if anything it made me more nervous as a survivor since you can hear the zombies plotting your demise but you still have no idea where they are! :lmfao:
I reckon a Versus game on No Mercy should be next, I'm sure I don't have to explain how much fun it is to spawn as a tank and punch people off the roof in the finale.. :boxing:
Yup excellent fun once we all managed to get together (why is it so hard to do that?)
I must admit as a Hunter I am rubbish, I successfully jumped past everyone several times :crying:
Quote from: BlueBall;252559I must admit as a Hunter I am rubbish, I successfully jumped past everyone several times :crying:
But on the other hand, it's always amusing to punish hunters who miss their jumps by beating them to death with the butt of your gun. :devil:
Valve has published the public achievements statistics for co-op zombie shooter Left4Dead, revealing how many players have reached each achievement and how well players are faring.
The statistics only take the PC version into account however as they are pulled directly from Steam and thus ignore the Xbox 360 version of the game.
According to the stats the most popular and easy to get achievement is 'Drag and Drop', which is gained by rescuing an ally from a smoker before they can take damage. On the other hand, nobody has yet managed to bad the 'Zombie Genocidist' award for killing 53,595 zombies total.
The majority of players seem to be having a tough time going up against the AI Director though - only 36 percent of players have finished a campaign (on any skill level) without losing at least one player and less than 20 percent have seen anyone finish the Blood Harvest campaign on any difficulty.
More proof on how hard the game can be can be seen in the more extreme achievements. Only 0.7 percent have survived a finale without taking damage and less than that have completed a campaign without being vomited on. No players have yet to get the 'Lamb 2 Slaughter' for incapacitating a survivor who has entered and left a safe room.
Only 2 percent of gamers have managed to finish any campaign on expert difficulty, with less than 0.2 percent surviving all campaigns.
Achievements (http://www.steampowered.com/status/l4d/) on the web...
Superb fun tonight. Cheers all
"You grab him with your tongue and I'll puke on him"
"Quick let's all pick on one and go after them"
"I've got him, I've got him, all pile in and stamp on him"
Great fun.
Bah, I wanted to join but the missus had other plans :( By the time I got online everyone had stopped playing.
buying it tonight when pay goes in:D
I'm thinking of buying it aswell. Played the demo after a suggestion of Frenzy.
Is play.com still the best for it?
Now awaiting the payment from my boss (who still owes me several 100's of Euros because of working in A'dam).
Loads of L4D stuff here;
http://left4dead411.com/
I finished the Blood Harvest one and it didn't give me the achievement...that might be why the percentage is so low.
Quick question that I didn't think merited it's own topic - now that our server is passworded it is more likely to be empty when you log on - as it was for me just now. I loaded into the map, and got stuck on the infected. The survivor AIs never left the spawnpoint. I sat around for 2 or 3 mins, then changed to survivors. It worked fine (although I don't believe I ever saw a boss zombie...), but once i'd won it swapped the teams round, shifting me to infected again. Once again the survivor AIs never left the spawn. Is this a known issue when you're the only person on a Versus server?
Quote from: Carr0t;252779Quick question that I didn't think merited it's own topic - now that our server is passworded it is more likely to be empty when you log on - as it was for me just now. I loaded into the map, and got stuck on the infected. The survivor AIs never left the spawnpoint. I sat around for 2 or 3 mins, then changed to survivors. It worked fine (although I don't believe I ever saw a boss zombie...), but once i'd won it swapped the teams round, shifting me to infected again. Once again the survivor AIs never left the spawn. Is this a known issue when you're the only person on a Versus server?
I'll look into it
Found this info on the net so director_no_human_zombies now set to 0 in server config
QuoteQ. How do I setup a server with a specified to Campaign or Versus only?
A. That would be controlled by the cvar director_no_human_zombies (0 =
Versus, 1= Campaign), however currently Lobby connections looking for a
Campaign will connect to Versus servers and change the server settings based
upon the Lobby Game Settings. However the Lobby Connection does not seem to
change the cvar director_no_human_zombies, which results in the server
running as 4/8 players and AI Infected will not spawn for that campaign.
This can also be broken via the Call A Vote function if Versus is defined in
the server.cfg and Campaign mode is called by vote.
Q. How do I setup a server with a specified to Campaign or Versus only?
A. That would be controlled by the cvar director_no_human_zombies (0 =
Versus, 1= Campaign), however currently Lobby connections looking for a
Campaign will connect to Versus servers and change the server settings based
upon the Lobby Game Settings. However the Lobby Connection does not seem to
change the cvar director_no_human_zombies, which results in the server
running as 4/8 players and AI Infected will not spawn for that campaign.
This can also be broken via the Call A Vote function if Versus is defined in
the server.cfg and Campaign mode is called by vote.
Quote from: BlueBall;252782Found this info on the net so director_no_human_zombies now set to 0 in server config
Did try it but it's still the same..
Quote from: KKND;252789Did try it but it's still the same..
Probably needed a map change to make it kick in, I added it to the server config but there was someone on server so I didnt restart map.
CoD4 is full so ...
Let's puke :D
Quote from: OldBloke;253287CoD4 is full so ...
Let's puke :D
Aww, looks like I missed it... anyone still about who fancies some vomit-fuelled fun?
Or a game of L4D? :D
Quote from: b00n;253301Aww, looks like I missed it... anyone still about who fancies some vomit-fuelled fun?
Or a game of L4D? :D
Excellent fun :D
Try as I might though I could not get alltalk to work :g:
Quote from: OldBloke;253303Try as I might though I could not get alltalk to work :g:
Just as well, you didnt hear what I was calling you :)
I think alltalk when there is only a couple of you playing is a must. It allows you to gloat and wind up the other players.
It was a hoot tonight but I REALLY can only take so much green gung! :lmfao:
awesome games tonight guy... cheers
Game on :boxing:
Hmm ive bought the game got bored after the 2nd chapter and left it. Are there any other people who expected more? Or am i just a moaner :rolleyes:
Quote from: DarkAngel;253464Hmm ive bought the game got bored after the 2nd chapter and left it. Are there any other people who expected more? Or am i just a moaner :rolleyes:
I certainly expected more from the single player. I wanted HL2 with zombies I guess.
The multiplayer is currently too limited and in dire need of expansion.
...and yes, you are a moaner. :)
Quote from: DarkAngel;253464Hmm ive bought the game got bored after the 2nd chapter and left it. Are there any other people who expected more? Or am i just a moaner :rolleyes:
yup, I got bored with this very quickly.
It's just the same scenario over and over:angry:
and yes, you are a moaner:narnar:
Quote from: Blunt;253477yup, I got bored with this very quickly.
It's just the same scenario over and over:angry:
and yes, you are a moaner:narnar:
Time for some insurgency then eh ;)
come on guys its still fun and is a lot better as a 4v4
Quote from: DarkAngel;253464Hmm ive bought the game got bored after the 2nd chapter and left it. Are there any other people who expected more? Or am i just a moaner :rolleyes:
I've said it before and I'll say it again - this is a multiplayer game. If you gave up on it after two chapters of the single player game, you've missed out on the best part. 4v4 Versus games take the game to a level of fun way beyond the limited maps and weapons it currently has. :boxing:
Game anyone? :boxing:
Quote from: OldBloke;253902Game anyone? :boxing:
What an excellent night's L4D that was. We completed the set of Farm levels with my team (Soon, Oth, Sn00ks and me) coming off second best to Frenzy, Doorman, Lib and GreyFox. Well played you guys - you showed us a thing or two about teamwork :thumb:
A few of us are going to be on our L4D server at around 5pm today.
8 spaces only so if you fancy it ... don't be late :boxing::boxing::boxing:
Oh look, it's 5pm, better get in there I guess. :D
Played a few rounds, highly addictive stuff but fun :), i just wish the server kept the players to 8 instead of 4 as i cant get on :sad:. And would be nice if it was on a loop instead of crashing/kicking off every1 after the campain has ended :crying:.
I've orderd the game yesterday from our affiliate play.com.
Hopefully it's here soon. :flirty:
Bought it today, got on our server and immediately got 'interfered with' by Lib, Snooks and Benny. This is just a completely fun game. Whether it will still be fun in a month or two I don't know but right now it's a blast.
I especially enjoy being tongued by Liberator, vomited on by Snooks and then royally pounced on by Benny. Makes me feel all abused.
Interestingly it was vs. on the non-vs. maps, but it looks like the player numbers were capped at 4.
Couldn't really make much sense of it last night, was too busy laughing as Snooks and pals left Smilo to die on a roof top. I've never seen such shameless self preservation.
Quote from: Benny;254138Interestingly it was vs. on the non-vs. maps, but it looks like the player numbers were capped at 4.
Couldn't really make much sense of it last night, was too busy laughing as Snooks and pals left Smilo to die on a roof top. I've never seen such shameless self preservation.
Interesting this sounds like the problems Oldy and I were having earlier last night as the server had 4/8 players but the server was showing as full if i tried to join.
Quote from: Benny;254138Interestingly it was vs. on the non-vs. maps, but it looks like the player numbers were capped at 4.
Couldn't really make much sense of it last night, was too busy laughing as Snooks and pals left Smilo to die on a roof top. I've never seen such shameless self preservation.
That is a "known bug" with L4D at present. Quite often, as the last person leaves the server it will revert to a 4 person co-op server. To fix this just change to one of the vs maps. See this post (http://www.deadmen.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=25409) for how any admin with rcon access can fix the problem - I tried it through HLSW with OB on the server and it soreted the prob fine :)
Quote from: BlueBall;254146That is a "known bug" with L4D at present. Quite often, as the last person leaves the server it will revert to a 4 person co-op server. To fix this just change to one of the vs maps. See this post (http://www.deadmen.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=25409) for how any admin with rcon access can fix the problem - I tried it through HLSW with OB on the server and it soreted the prob fine :)
The server was 4 person versus. :blink:
Tried restarting the level a few times and it fixed it.:sideways:
All correct, but the 4 person vs allows you to play the other maps.
Much more fun with variety.
Do we have the server power to run two instances? I'm happy to admin both for all if people ding me on Steam for restarts.
Quote from: Benny;254157All correct, but the 4 person vs allows you to play the other maps.
Much more fun with variety.
Do we have the server power to run two instances? I'm happy to admin both for all if people ding me on Steam for restarts.
We will once BA4 gets up and running :devil:
Quote from: Benny;254157All correct, but the 4 person vs allows you to play the other maps.
I'm well confused now.
I thought that there was either co-op (4) or versus (8) and that to play as the infected would require either the Hospital or the Farm 'vs' maps.
How do you arrive at 4 player versus?
I'm not sure on how, but essentially it runs as co-op but you can still switch team. So.....if next time it appears to run co-op, hit 'm' and switch team and you can run versus on the co-op map.
Quote from: Benny;254164I'm not sure on how, but essentially it runs as co-op but you can still switch team. So.....if next time it appears to run co-op, hit 'm' and switch team and you can run versus on the co-op map.
Ahhh. Got it. :)
Game anyone? :boxing:
Bleh server full. =/
Fun games tonight people, many thanks :D
Yeah another fun night. A question though. Is there anyway we can set the server so Benny is always the girl in the red track suit and I'm always a hunter?
Why not set something up like that 'real' CS with airsoft guns. I can meet you at in the New Forest, I believe there is a vacant lot that used to be 'Lapland'. I'll wear a red tracksuit, you can jump out of trees and land on me, then Lib can puke on us both.
If we get enough people perhaps OB can jump in an tongue us?
/hmmmm vegbians didn't work, but real-l4d might..
Aaaarrrrghh, my mind has been polluted!!!!! I'll never sleep peacefully again.
Not sure if its still the case but last night into the early morning there were some issues with non dmw lfd servers that i joined.
Basically on joining their server's i was the host with 3 bots. Anyway i completed the level Death Toll mission 1. The mission ends after entering the safe room as usual. However instead of loading mission 2 of death toll the server moved to dead air mission 1. This resulted in the server booting it seemed my other character louis and having me and 2 bots. Three people joined the game and then we played through the level of dead air 1. Afterwards it then loaded death toll mission 1 again but forced each human except for myself to spectator mode and they were unable to get out of this and i was unable to force the game back to the lobby.
This happened again on another server where it went from dead air to no mercy and then back again :S
Not sure if it was simply down to custom server plugins or lfd problems but i did a steam restart and a lfd verify steam cache just to be sure.
Thought i'd let you guys know.
Some great games last night. Stumbled to bed 01.40 :crazy::3cheers:
Anyone fancy puking on me?
Go on. You know you want to :devil:
Quote from: OldBloke;254800Anyone fancy puking on me?
Go on. You know you want to :devil:
I'll happily tongue on you in about an hour if you're still around for a game :)
Game on! Whos man enough to puke some!!
Some fun games tonight thanks guys :D
Game on :boxing:
Quote from: OldBloke;255109Game on :boxing:
That was a short game!
Quote from: BlueBall;255112That was a short game!
Just got off. :blink:
It did take me a few attempts to get on though I must admit.
Are some maps 4 player only? I ask as yesterday the server was showing 4/8 but when I tried to connect it said "Server is Full"
I'm connecting through the Vista sidebar gadget which has worked flawlessly so far.
Quote from: smilodon;255132Are some maps 4 player only? I ask as yesterday the server was showing 4/8 but when I tried to connect it said "Server is Full"
Indeed they are. Weird.
Unfortunately when there are only three of us on there we sometimes switch to the 'non-vs' maps in 'vs' mode for a bit of variation, this means that you still play versus, but only 4 connections are allowed, even though 8 are showing.
If this happens when you are trying to get on, then try and grab one of the people playing through friends, to tell the admin on the server that someone's waiting to get on and they can set it back to one of the stock maps.
It will be an admin who has set the map to a 4 player one anyway, so they'll probably still be on the server.
Why dont we have 2 servers?
One on a Non-Versus/Versus?
Quote from: DarkAngel;255139Why dont we have 2 servers?
One on a Non-Versus/Versus?
Because they require a lot of processing power for the AI. We have stated that once the new server (BA4) is installed we will run a second server on that if there is the deamnd
It's normally me that has flipped the map. Just buzz me in friends and I'll change it back to 8 vs.
I'm online most nights, if not any admin should be able to do it through HLSW.
I'm sure that is it possible to change the maps using the vote options. Just catch someone who is playing on Steam Friends and ask them to change, and if they like you and you're not called 'DA the chicken who runs away and leaves you to die, only to get thrown off the chopper' then you might get lucky.
Quote from: Sn00ks;255208I'm sure that is it possible to change the maps using the vote options. Just catch someone who is playing on Steam Friends and ask them to change, and if they like you and you're not called 'DA the chicken who runs away and leaves you to die, only to get thrown off the chopper' then you might get lucky.
Lol Snooks but oooo so true...:D
I still chuckle at the time we killed you all when you were about to get into the chopper, it was sat there waiting, so we got in as zombies instead. :devil:
On lfd with t-bag join when ready :D
(Early) game on :boxing:
My copy is still not in from play.com. :crying:
Hopefully next week but I have holiday allready and it's going to be deliverd at work.
Have fun, hopefully I'll have the game next week.
Quote from: OldBloke;255545(Early) game on :boxing:
Another short game - no-one there now :(
Quote from: BlueBall;255551Another short game - no-one there now :(
Sorry. dinner's ready. Give me 30 and I'll be back :)
Sn00ks is on right now, gimmie 5 and I'll be there.
DuV, make the trip into work if it comes, this is a fun game.
If anyone wants a game give me a shout on steam.
I'm off to Hell in a handcart. Anyone care to join me?
See you on there, I'll give BBB a shout as well
addicitive little blighter innit.
I did enjoy hanging OB from a train yesterday whilst his colleagues watched. That and a repeated licking of Doorman.
Fanatastic.
Quote from: Benny;255731addicitive little blighter innit.
I did enjoy hanging OB from a train yesterday whilst his colleagues watched. That and a repeated licking of Doorman.
Fanatastic.
It is good fun and totally, totally relies on
good teamwork.
Quote from: Benny;255731addicitive little blighter innit.
I did enjoy hanging OB from a train yesterday whilst his colleagues watched. That and a repeated licking of Doorman.
Fanatastic.
That was great. Yummy. So was my repeatedly kicking the s**t out of you! With help from my team of course. :norty:
Quote from: OldBloke;255734It is good fun and totally, totally relies on good teamwork.
It's almost like a rant there OB. I don't think there is any other game that can be so 'final' if you get seperated from your friends. Especially by flames. A well placed tongue drag and pounce is massively enjoyable whilst the others are ambling around looking for medpacks.
I've received the game today and I'm now on the Singleplayer.
Will start multiplayer soon. :flirty:
Game on :boxing:
Some good games last night...:)
Game on :boxing:
Gamke on - c'mon Benny stop playing World of Goo and come and get puked on :boxing:
So I need to buy it, I assume?
Quote from: Le Rouge;255990So I need to buy it, I assume?
Yes indeedy. It is great fun.
In fact ... game on :boxing:
Game on? :boxing:
To anyone who hasn't got this game yet, or wants to know what its like, buy and watch these (http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/3384868/28-Weeks-Later-28-Days-Later-Double-Pack/Product.html) and imagine you are part of it.
The game definitely has the feel of the sequel.
Anyone fancy game L4D later let say bout 10.15 pm..:D
Quote from: KKND;256378Anyone fancy game L4D later let say bout 10.15 pm..:D
I'm going on now. :boxing:
Quote from: Liberator;256347To anyone who hasn't got this game yet, or wants to know what its like, buy and watch these (http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/3384868/28-Weeks-Later-28-Days-Later-Double-Pack/Product.html) and imagine you are part of it.
The game definitely has the feel of the sequel.
/Agree.
Some GG's tonight, also on CSS at first.
EDIT; Any idea where the screenshots go to?
Thanks for the games guys great fun :D
yup - good fun and some great teamwork 2nite :)
Yup good games indeed,only the maps are now bit boring allready.
Time they add some new maps too it:norty:
Quote from: KKND;256412Yup good games indeed,only the maps are now bit boring allready.
Time they add some new maps too it:norty:
On their way apparently. (http://csnation.totalgamingnetwork.com/viewnews.php/10455)
Purchased and downloading L4D now, see you on the server later! :D
Quote from: Jabbs;256419Purchased and downloading L4D now, see you on the server later! :D
Owwwwwwwwww very nice Jabbs you wont get sorry that you are gonna get it.
Quote from: OldBloke;256416On their way apparently. (http://csnation.totalgamingnetwork.com/viewnews.php/10455)
What you think must whe gonna pay again for it ore is it free.:g:
Quote from: KKND;256422What you think must whe gonna pay again for it ore is it free.:g:
I would HOPE that it is free otherwise I'm going to be a bit annoyed!
Quote from: KKND;256422What you think must whe gonna pay again for it ore is it free.:g:
If you look at all their other games:
Counter Strike: Source
Team Fortress 2
Half-Life 2 Deathmatch
etc. They all come out with fewer maps and then you get some new ones.
Port, Compound were last last CS ones I remember.
Goldrush game mode etc were added to TF2 after release
Deathmatch I didn't really play much but they updated that too.
All of these were free. I would be very surprised if they start charging for updates for PC users. 360 users will get milked dry.
There are already a handful of maps and a new campaign in production out in the communities.
l4dmods.com (http://www.l4dmods.com)
l4dmaps.com (http://www.l4dmaps.com)
The way that the game works it isn't really practical to have single maps, so campaigns are the way to go.
There's a video of the "Dead Before Dawn" (http://www.wegame.com/watch/Left_4_Dead_Dead_Before_Dawn/) campaign that's being produced, it's based on the "Dawn of the dead" shopping mall.
As soon as they release the official developer pack I expect that it will grow exponentially.
Quote from: Liberator;256431I expect that it will grow exponentially.
We tried to grow exponentiallys once but they turned out all wrong. :sad: They ended up expotentiallys instead. We dug 'em up. :sad:
Quote from: Doorman;256434We tried to grow exponentiallys once but they turned out all wrong. :sad: They ended up expotentiallys instead. We dug 'em up. :sad:
I heard they have nasty roots.
I was having some tech issues with this game but seem to have sorted them.
I was crashing a lot and getting a sound loop. And having to Ctrl Alt Del to kill it.
But it seems that reverting to the 178 geforce drivers and using this command in the console
mat_queue_mode 0
To stop using the multi core I acctualy got to play and enjoy it.
Hope that helps someone!
Quote from: BrotherTobious;256447I was having some tech issues with this game but seem to have sorted them.
I was crashing a lot and getting a sound loop. And having to Ctrl Alt Del to kill it.
But it seems that reverting to the 178 geforce drivers and using this command in the console
mat_queue_mode 0
To stop using the multi core I acctualy got to play and enjoy it.
Hope that helps someone!
Useful info thanks :)
Game on me beauties :boxing:
Any1 for some games later? I feel like vomiting on someone :norty:
Great fun last night after playing CSS!
2vs2 with Paddy on my team with some great tactics. :lmfao: