Left 4 Dead 2 - Update

February 18, 2021 - L4D Team

An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2. - Quick Match option for all modes allows players to prefer "Official Servers Only" or "Any Servers" - Added localized UI and subtitles for Vietnamese - Increased string commands per second limit to fix some false disconnects - Prevent manually initiating some talker responses that trigger longer conversations - Fixed color correction for some maps where it was missing or incorrect - Fixed melee animation while carrying a fireworks crate - Fixed M60 not using the correct walk calm animation - MP5 changed to the slightly better rifle reload animation - SG552 changed to use assault rifle animations and military sniper zoom animations - Fixed incorrect sound cue for player infected when a survivor dies - Changed some mob onslaughts to classic panic events in the L4D mutation - Boomer bile slows tanks in Tank Run mutation - Several Rocket Dude mutation fixes and performance improvements - New survivor alert response rules for intense combat situations - Scripting: • Fire the "KilledZombie" response concept when killing a Witch. • New "EntityOutputs" class containing functions to manipulate entity output connections. ○ GetNumElements, GetOutputTable, HasOutput, HasAction, AddOutput, RemoveOutput • Expanded response rules testbed.

Left 4 Dead 2 - Update

December 18, 2020 - Valve

An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2. - Fixed survival stats getting reported during demo playback - Fixed response rules "campaign" criteria not recognizing DLC campaigns - Enabled stats reporting for CS weapons - Fixed some caption colors - Updated Spanish translations - Fixed talker typo - Script Functions: • "ForceVersusStart" to force start the versus round. • "ForceSurvivalStart" to force start the survival round. • "ForceScavengeStart" to force start the scavenge round. • "QueueSpeak" (hEntity, szConcept, flDelay, szCriteria) to queue a speech concept • "RushVictim" (hVictim, flRange ) to force all common zombies in range to rush the victim. If hVictim isn't set, a random survivor will be chosen.

Left 4 Dead 2 - Update

December 8, 2020 - L4D Team

An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2. Script: - Global: "LocalTime" Fills out a table with the local time - Player: "IsSuppressingFallingDamage" returns true if falling damage is currently suppressed for the player - Run optional script "response_testbed_addon.nut" for all active addons - Don't report addon file collisions for "sound.cache" Other: - Fixed talker typos - Minor fixes to RocketDude and Taaaank! Mutations - Enabled game stats reporting for DLC content - Removed a legacy vpk loading path that allowed malformed vpks to crash the game.

Left 4 Dead 2 - Update

December 1, 2020 - L4D Team

An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2. Script additions: - Added "Inflictor" field to damage table for "AllowTakeDamage" - Director function "WarpAllSurvivorsToCheckpoint" - Director function "WarpAllSurvivorsToBattlefield" - Director function "WarpAllSurvivorsToFinale" Other: - Updated RocketDude mutation to version 1.7. - Fixed some typos in talker scripts.

Left 4 Dead 2 Update

November 18, 2020 - L4D Team

An update has been released for Left 4 Dead 2. - Honorary achievement for Gnome Chompski's upcoming journey into space on Rocket Lab's "Return To Sender" mission.