Left 4 Dead

[GenMarshall]

I see, well I hope CivGeneral has some explanations concerning 14 minutes on Last Stand, hehe.

On that game, I was playing with Omega, Kirbysamus, and a Brave Little Toster. We kept ourselves by the ladder away from the cliffs where the smokers lurk at (I'll show you where next time, Omega and Kirbs pointed that area out). By the time we passed the silver standard, things event to hell with each person going down one by one.

I did get my gold medal achievement yesterday with CivGeneral, manbearpig and his friend, 11:40 I believe. It was on the airport terminal map. If you want your gold medal, I suggest this map. Hide behind the counter and win.

Don't forget to make an ammo run in between the horde rush.

 

[GoodGame]

Looks like the SDK was finally released the other day. So we might get some new campaigns for Versus soon.

http://www.l4d.com/blog/post.php?id=2510

Using the L4D Authoring Tools, you may create your own campaign maps, character skins, 3D models, sound effects, and music and load them into the game.

This release also introduces a pair of plug-ins for SketchUp, a 3D modeling program you may download for free. You may use these plug-ins to create building blocks and props that can be imported into Hammer for use in game levels.

I want to check this out. Hammer is a kind of technical to use, but Google SketchUp looks kind of simple, so might equal more modders, more maps.

Our plan is to release a beta of the Authoring Tools now so the community can start working on maps in the full environment. In a few weeks we will then release the updated match making to allow users to play those new maps and campaigns.

If you want to get started on the beta, we suggest joining two mailing lists:
http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/l4dmapper

And the general Source mapper's list. http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlmappers

This is beta software, so if you have any problems or issues, please send them to the l4dmapper email list.

The catch is it's still in Beta, so might be a month or so before we can play online.