Difference between revisions of "Left 4 Dead"

Right click Left 4 Dead within Steam and select Properties
Select Set Launch Options
Add your launch parameters and click OK
Close the properties window and launch the game with the specified launch parameters.

Useful launch parameters

Parameter	Description
`-w X -h Y`	Sets screen resolution (or window resolution if using -window). Example: `-w 1920 -h 1080`.
`-refresh X`	Sets your screen refresh-rate (Hz). Example: `-refresh 60`.
`-noborder -window`	Launches the game in a borderless fullscreen window (i.e. very alt-tab friendly). This may result in a minor performance loss. If you experience stuttering, disable Windows Aero.
`-novid`	Skips the Valve logos and cinematic videos
`-autoconfig`	Restores video and performance settings to default for the current hardware detected. Ignores settings inside any .cfg files until this parameter is removed.

Game data

Video settings

File:Left 4 dead video settings.jpg

General settings.

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Multi-monitor in splitscreen

Default aspect ratio of vertical split-screen boxes is 8:9 (half of 16:9). If you have more than a monitor, however this requires changes

Instructions

Input settings

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Mouse+Keyboard in splitscreen

If you are going to play the game with only a controller, you will need to set it as second player

Instructions

Audio settings

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Network settings

Local splitscreen Co-Op

A list of useful command for splitscreen is available below

Instructions

LAN Play

You can play Left 4 Dead in a local area network.

Instructions

Other information

Console commands

Games running on the Source engine can utilize Source Engine Console Commands for various tasks.

Instructions

Useful split-screen command

Since Split-screen mode in Left 4 Dead isn't officially supported, many important setting requires you to pass through console^[1]

Command	Description
connect_splitscreen localhost 2	Add the second player to the game
map <map-name> gamemode	Play that map in the selected game mode
ss_splitmode [1/2]	Toggle horizontal and vertical screen split
setinfo "Max"	Change player 1 name
name2 "Tony"	Change player 2 name

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7	Windows 7
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	7.5 GB free	7.5 GB free
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 6600 128 MB ATI Radeon 9600 128 MB	Nvidia GeForce 7600 128 MB ATI Radeon X1600 128 MB

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.6.4
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	7.5 GB free
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT ATI Radeon HD 2400 Intel HD Graphics 3000

References

↑ http://left4dead.wikia.com/wiki/Console_commands

[1] ttp://left4dead.wikia.com/wiki/Console_commands

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 ===Console commands===
 Games running on the Source engine can utilize [https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Console_Command_List Source Engine Console Commands] for various tasks.
+{{Fixbox|1=
+{{Fixbox/fix|Enabling the console in Source games}}
+# Launch the game
+# From the main menu select Options
+# Select the Keyboard tab
+# Click the Advanced button
+# Check the box next to Enable developer console (~)
+# Click Apply
+'''Notes:'''
+{{ii}} Press the tilde (~) key to open the console.
+{{ii}} Note that some games may first require you enabling sv_cheats. You can do so with <code>sv_cheats 1</code>.
+}}
 ====Useful split-screen command====
 Since Split-screen mode in Left 4 Dead isn't officially supported, many important setting requires you to pass through [[Engine:Source#Console_doesn.27t_open|console]]<ref>http://left4dead.wikia.com/wiki/Console_commands</ref>

Developers
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	Valve Corporation
Engines
	Source
Release dates
Windows	November 17, 2008
macOS (OS X)	October 27, 2010

Difference between revisions of "Left 4 Dead"

Revision as of 22:04, 25 October 2013

Availability

Essential improvements

Launch parameters