Left 4 Dead has been updated with a host of fixes, tweaks and new features, including enhancements to Versus mode for improved competitive play. The full change list is below. For PC users the update will be applied automatically via Steam. Meanwhile, the update will be made available to Xbox 360 players in the coming weeks.I'm pretty pleased with the update, seems to have fixed most of the annoyances I had with the game and Versus mode now seems to be a whole lot fairer for both sides.
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
- Survivors 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
Left 4 Dead
Game » consists of 14 releases. Released Nov 18, 2008
Left 4 Dead puts players in the role of one of four survivors during a zombie apocalypse. Survivors will depend on co-operation to get from one safe house to another, while facing hordes of "Infected", four of which can be controlled by human players in certain game modes.
Huge L4D Update 14/01/2009
"Seeing as the Xbox 360 TF2 still isn't up to date with the PC version it may be a long time, hopefully Valve learn from their mistakes though."Valve has stated that they plan to actually support the 360 version and get the updates out quickly...hopefully they keep their word.
"I hope they update the 360 version relatively soon."Good thing I bought it on 360 AND Steam :)
"Miniman said:"PC users the update will be applied automatically via Steam. Meanwhile, the update will be made available to Xbox 360 players in the coming weeks.""Seeing as the Xbox 360 TF2 still isn't up to date with the PC version it may be a long time, hopefully Valve learn from their mistakes though."Valve has stated that they plan to actually support the 360 version and get the updates out quickly...hopefully they keep their word."
http://store.steampowered.com/news/2162/
The delay is probably because of that XBL approval process. Hopefully it doesn't go the way of that Castle Crashers patch.
"Awesome, just awesome. Sorry console gamers didn't get this at the same time as us PC ones, but meh should of bought it on the PC :P"Not all of us have $1,000+ to buy a computer (or build it) that can run L4D at an acceptable framerate. Instead, we'll pay $300 bucks for a 360 that is guaranteed to run it at a decent clip.
"Valve is always the best with these quick and frequent updates. Now let's get some new content!"
Should be near,L4D is in need of some new maps.
"PureRok said:Well, I remember reading it, but I think it was just in General, probably."Wasn't this posted yesterday?"If it was, it wasn't posted in the Left 4 Dead forum."
Edit: Yea, it was someone's blog post: http://www.giantbomb.com/forums/general-discussion/30/pc-left-4-dead-update-available-now/226112/#5
"The worst problem in verus mode right now is the glitching, at least it is on xbox live. Infected blocking the elevators and glitching trash cans into entrances and exits."valve made it so you could do this, there is no reason why they would put a trashcan 10 feet away from a ladder in last part of 3rd stage in no mercy.
that is something that will not be able to be fixed as easily as it was in 360, probably never fixed.
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