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Calling all modders: Help keep Left 4 Dead alive photo

Valve finally got around to releasing the Authoring Tools for Left 4 Dead over the weekend, and we've just now gotten around to covering it. The toolset is in beta form currently, but the plan is to open up matchmaking to allow for custom campaigns in the coming weeks.

The Authoring Tools, which can be downloaded by going to the "Tools" tab in Steam, allow for users to create and integrate their own maps, character skins, 3D models, sound effects, and music into Left 4 Dead. In other words, you are only going to be limited by your imagination (and your technical know-how).

It's hard to say if Left 4 Dead will get the same amount of fan support that Team Fortress 2 continues to receive, but here's hoping for the best. The one thing I truly wanted above all else to come from the modding community is already happening, so I'm pleased. What kind of content do you all want to see?

[Via Joystiq]








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Kohlstream's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/18/2009 13:25
Kohlstream
Dead Before Dawn looks awesome. If there is a game that needs more maps, its L4D.
WarZombie's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/18/2009 13:26
WarZombie
So jealous of PC users right now. Maybe Valve should release the best community maps as new maps for the 360?
Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/18/2009 13:28
Darren Nakamura
I don't think Left 4 Dead needs any help being kept alive.
WarZombie's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/18/2009 13:38
WarZombie
I wouldn't mind that Dead Before Dawn map on 360. That map looks amazing.

@ Dexter345

WAZZING! Lol.
SnakeDude4Life's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/18/2009 13:42
SnakeDude4Life
Then make the UI more friendly. Make it so I don't have to open the console to play a Custom Map.

Also, (To users) please add some new zombies. The normals ones, not the special ones (Ha, Special. Just look at my ideas for new campaigns:
Here; RAVE ZOMBIES WITH GLO STICKS! COME ON!
Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/18/2009 13:43
Chronic Logic
I think Left 4 Dead is a bit flawed in some of the multiplayer modes, but they have enough support from fans to keep it alive.
Fusiontr's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/18/2009 13:48
Fusiontr
I really need to buy it off Steam :/

Poor manz with no money
bruceleethree's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/18/2009 13:52
bruceleethree
@Dexter,

Are you serious man? Do you actually play the game right now? There's nothing fun about it after you get all expert achievements as there's a map crisis. Too little of it.

Survival mode is done once you beat 10 minutes after that unless you're really bored you're done with the game.

There's no where near the player base as there was the first few months, now.
everybodyruns's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/18/2009 14:11
everybodyruns
They remade Dawn of the Dead?
Char Aznable's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/18/2009 14:16
Char Aznable
Maybe the underground bunker from Day of the Dead would make for a cool level. That enormous cavern is fuckin' creepy in its own right, let alone if smokers were dragging you away into the shadows.
storyr's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/18/2009 14:27
storyr
@bruceleethree,
nothing fun about it? Yet you only refer to stupid single player crap like survival? There is a huge versus community that includes pickup and gather channels. I've been playing versus since release and have yet to get sick of this game. Competition is fun and despite CAL l4d dying (it sucked anyway) there are plenty of leagues.
The issue with this game is ragequitting. People who stay for five minutes, realize their team is going to lose and quit. It's absolutely retarded.
Kyousuke Nanbu's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/18/2009 14:28
Kyousuke Nanbu
Smart move Valve, release a game with minimal content, deliver a few extras 6 months later then unleash modding tools on us so you don't have to do anymore work.

Brilliant I must say, make the fans do all the work and sucker them at the same time.

L4D is the last Valve game I will ever purchase, to hell with that company.
Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/18/2009 14:38
Chronic Logic
Getting raped by tanks and hunters after a couple of minutes on Survivor mode and doing the same old campaigns on versus mode must get boring after a while huh?
El Nicko's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/18/2009 14:39
El Nicko
@ Kyousuke Nanbu

stop being a dick.
Jon2309's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/18/2009 14:41
Jon2309
Problem is, mods and maps are a lot harder to make now than they were a few years ago. So it goes without saying that a lot of people don't/can't be arsed to spent the time making something elaborate.

Plus, I can't get my bloody survival map to work. Stupid thing.
Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/18/2009 14:43
Chronic Logic
But there's so many UT 3 mods and old UT game mods out there, how do you explain that?
Timmeh's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/18/2009 14:50
Timmeh
I would have preferred they sort out the shit matchmaking system. I'm not bored of what's there yet because it takes so long to find a decent fucking game. This game is such a mess it's unbelievable, the lobby system is horrible and I can't believe they're looking at releasing mod tools and implementing custom campaigns when there isn't even any way to play on your own dedicated server without the use of the console.
bruceleethree's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/18/2009 15:08
bruceleethree
Story,

You're mentally lacking. Who plays survivor single player or single plywr in general? I'm talking about multiplayer campaign and versus it's same maps and it gets boring fast
rushtodeath's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/18/2009 15:08
rushtodeath
Killing Floor.

It's the new shit.
storyr's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/18/2009 15:22
storyr
Let me reiterate. I don't mean "Single player" I mean anything besides versus, playing against only the AI. It's boring, always has been in l4d, always will be. Survival was fun for what? A few hours?

If you have a group of people you are constantly playing versus games with and/or find a community (#l4dpug and #l4d on gamesurge) it breathes new life into the shitty pubbing system. Getting four friends together and doing a pickup, or starting a lobby and pubstomping ragequitters until by the finale you've had 20 players quit and new ones join.

and lol @ Kyousuke Nanbu
I agree to an extent, but what? Thank you valve for creating a gaming platform where content is instantly deliverable and available on any computer you sit down at.
Thank you for introducing independent studios to the world of mainstream gaming by allowing them to sell their content via that platform.

Imagine that, a company with barely 200 employees can't keep one of their 20 million subscribers happy.
Swizzler121's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/18/2009 15:23
Swizzler121
I don't know why whenever you mention l4d mods you show that retarded dead before dawn map. I've seen it, I've played it. It sucks monkey tits. please quit mentioning it, thank you.
Fyodor Douchetoevsky's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/18/2009 15:25
Fyodor Douchetoevsky
Am I the only one who is kind of annoyed that Dead by Dawn is based on the new Dawn of the Dead instead of the original? I get that the original didn't have fast zombies, but still. I'm still having fun in versus and I'm looking forward to the new matchmaking and mods and all that.
Drakonin's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/18/2009 15:25
Drakonin
Mines of Moria would make an awesome VS map.
Chris Carter's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/18/2009 15:52
Chris Carter
@Drakonin
You win the thread. I'm playing the Mines of Moria constantly on LOTR:Conquest because I love it so much. I think my voice would be hoarse playing as Bill, and yelling "You shall not pass!"

Also, I don't get people who say L4D is the best thing ever, but I also don't get it when people say it sucks. It's a pretty fun game, and like any FPS that isn't COD or Halo, if you find the right versus community, it's really worthwhile.
hood_954's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/18/2009 23:22
hood_954
OMG Dexter made a joke. left 4 DEAD. Kept ALIVE. brucelee you fail, but Story you fail harder for not getting it more. And I agree that for some people, L4D can get stale, but there's no reason to hate on a company that's allowing users more freedom to create other works. *cough* nanbu *cough* People need to stop being dicks. Well, person(s). Person. Nanbu is a dick.
Lev Arris's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2009 02:37
Lev Arris
Venture Bros. mod. Swarms of guys in butterfly suits attacking Brock, Dr. Venture, Hank and Dean.
storyr's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/19/2009 23:21
storyr
@Hood

Explain to me how I failed because I didn't get the joke? (I did)

I never said a damn thing about the blog post. I only responded to comments, nice try though...
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