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Steam News20 August 201015y ago

Left 4 Dead 2 Update Released

Updates to Left 4 Dead 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted.

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Full Left 4 Dead 2 update

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What changed

0 fixes4 additions4 changes1 removal
  • UI and audio
  • Gameplay
changedUI
addedAdded vote option to enable All Talk in Versus.
addedAdded vote option to Restart Chapter in Versus.
addedAdded the ability in the lobby for all players to vote on starting the game.
changedGameplay
removedRemoved Defibs and First Aid Kits in Realism Versus. Survivors start with a First Aid Kit, but all world spawns are disabled.

Updates to Left 4 Dead 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Mutation

  • Developer Choice - Last Man On Earth

UI

  • Added vote option to enable All Talk in Versus.

  • Added vote option to Restart Chapter in Versus.

  • Added the ability in the lobby for all players to vote on starting the game.

Gameplay

  • Removed Defibs and First Aid Kits in Realism Versus. Survivors start with a First Aid Kit, but all world spawns are disabled.

Addons

  • To avoid conflicts between Community Campaigns, only content vpks get loaded when starting a campaign.

  • Added console command "show_addon_load_order" that prints out the order of loaded vpk files.

Authoring Tools

  • VPK files now support their own sound.cache file.

  • Use the command "snd_buildsoundcachefordirectory " to create the sound.cache file that you should include when you create your vpk file.

Source

Steam News / 20 August 2010

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