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. The major changes include:

Left 4 Dead 2

• Encore mutation: Hard Eight

• Fixed dedicated servers not launching if "hl2" was in the installation path

• Allow m60s to spawn on original campaigns for mod use.

• Fixed edge case to prevent Infected Players from cycling to survivors whose glows have nearly faded.

• Tweaks to survivor health glow settings to make states easier to recognize.

• Fixed a glow color transition point that was off by one.

• Added cvars to control the behavior of survivor health glows

  • cl_glow_survivor_health_bleed_pulse

  • cl_glow_survivor_health_bleed_pulse_speed

  • cl_glow_survivor_health_bleed_pulse_amount

  • cl_glow_survivor_health_include_buffer

• Gameplay

  • Increased spawn times slightly for special infected in Realism Versus.

  • Removed ability to crown witches in realism game modes