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The Official Left 4 Dead Thread
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Xdrive05
Member
Yasser said:
You'll probably be able to do 1280x800 w/2xAA (maybe) with good FPS. If performance isn't so good then try turning off Vertical Sync first. Got me a massive increase on my laptop (from about 20fps to 40fps)
Don't be afraid to scale back some settings if necessary. The art direction is so strong that it always looks good, even with lower res stuff.
Just in case it hasn't been posted already:
The latest GeForce driver (182.06 WHQL) fixes the hitching/suttering issues on multicore CPUs.
The latest GeForce driver (182.06 WHQL) fixes the hitching/suttering issues on multicore CPUs.
TrAcEr_x90
Member
I picked this up for the weekend deal. Played it and i thougth my computer could handle it easy. With 5 gigs of ram and multi core processor it still was stuttering framerate. I did install the new driver after playing. so maybe that fixed it. But i guess im going to have to go dial down all the settings which sucks.
wackojackosnose
Member
If you knock the SHADER settings down to low the game gives off a cartoony Team Fortress look and it performs so much better.
Also it's a lot less scary.
Also it's a lot less scary.
I have a Samsung laptop with:Yasser said:
Core 2 Duo T5800 2.00ghz
GeForce 9200M 512mb ddr2
3gigs of RAM
Vista Home Premium 32-bit
The game runs, but its pretty crappy. I run everything on low and at 800x600 res to keep it at a playable framerate, and its still like 15-30 fps.
Red Scarlet
Member
Argh, just got robbed NS on 1 player from a Tank at the very end of BH4..I went around a tree and got stuck on a train hitch. I think we will get it today, Pop.
I think that Left 4 Dead may now be worse than Brawl and Mario Kart in terms of broken online functionality. :/ The last couple of times I've played it's taken maybe 2-4 times to find a decent server that doesn't crash, lag horribly, not have enough power for zombie hordes, or have weird rules.
johnFkennedy
Member
Anyone up to play now?
GT: Sebby F Baby
GT: Sebby F Baby
Pikelet said:
That doesn't really help if you're trying to play with 3-7 friends and need an empty server. For instance, tonight. The first server we tried had crappy ping. The second or third lobby had no public people join. The next server I hosted, and worked pretty well...ping was 76/140 or whatever, and then it promptly changed to dead air finale without warning. Then we voted to change the campaign, and everyone was stuck in spectator mode, on no mercy. At that point I gave up.
Well that sucks, though it has never happened to me. When i'm playing with friends we just join a group and find a server and generally get green pings by default. And im in Australia, where good servers are probably harder to find than where your from (assuming your american)
Weird
I finally managed to smoke someone out of the elevator. Was one of the greatest kickass moments ive had in the game. Once you know the spots where a smoker can do some real damage, he can be one of the most important classes of the game besides the boomer.
also, anyone else find that they get better results with the boomer if the survivors are split in to two groups and you vomit on two of them. This overwhelms them much more effectively than if you get all four in a confined space and often you can escape without being blown up enabling you to explode on the remaining two survivors if they come back and help. Many a game has been ended with this strategy.
This is what i love about vs mode, at any point a few good moves combined with teamwork can end a game instantly, you are always only one minute away from finishing off a team.
also, anyone else find that they get better results with the boomer if the survivors are split in to two groups and you vomit on two of them. This overwhelms them much more effectively than if you get all four in a confined space and often you can escape without being blown up enabling you to explode on the remaining two survivors if they come back and help. Many a game has been ended with this strategy.
This is what i love about vs mode, at any point a few good moves combined with teamwork can end a game instantly, you are always only one minute away from finishing off a team.
Mantorok
Member
manzo said:Sadly, yes. If you're playing splitscreen on live and both want to talk to their own mics, then you need 2 accounts and both need to be gold accounts.
I thought as much, the thing is with this game is that voice is important if you want to form a successful team, so I may actually consider it.
Pop On Arrival
Banned
Red Scarlet said:
WE DIDN'T.
This game is cheap as fuck. The other day on Blood Harvest, me and Scarlet got to BH5 on our 2 player co-op "Nothing Special" run. On the elevated path to the cornfields, out of freakin' NOWHERE, a Smoker, a Hunter and a TANK all spawned one by one right in front of my very eyes. The game didn't even try to hide the fact that it was just trying to fuck up our achievement run. Why didn't we just run away? Because a horde came from behind too.
Fuck this game. Also, that stupid hunter slash is cheaper than tranny hooker balls.
firex said:
God, I don't wanna even imagine how bad Brawl is by that statement.
I haven't even tried playing L4D since about a week ago when we tried 4 times (and about 30 minutes) to get a gaf BH map going and couldn't get anything going. I was seeing over 5000 servers and the game would still give us servers that just couldn't handle the game. People who were seeing 200 servers tried hosting and we'd just crash trying to find the selected server.
PillowKnight
Member
It's the most powerful boomer technique, I like to call it "The Wedge."Pikelet said:
:lol Sounds like fun.
wackojackosnose
Member
1-D_FTW said:
How do I do this?
I normally only get thrown into a (quick start) game or the lobby.
wackojackosnose said:
It's the "openserverbrowser" in the console menu.
I suppose it's good if you're playing by yourself and wanna manually join a server with a good ping, but I like to look at it because it's a good indicator on what quality servers you're gonna find as host. If you see over 1000, you should find a server that gives most people in the room Green. If you're struggling to see 250, it's best to let someone else host.
You can't actually choose which server you're gonna get as host of a lobby, but it's a very good litmus test for what Valve is gonna stick you with.
Mantorok said:
If you don't mind a band aid approach, you can just add the people in your game to party chat and then set the voice options for the sound to play through both the headset and speakers.
Doing this helps the 2nd person that is a guest listen to the conversations so that they are not completely lost on what's going on. If she wants to give any input from time to time, I'm sure you can relay the msg to the team. My wife and I did this all the time before she got her own account.
Davidion said:Whoa, maybe Fallengorn can stay in for a whole now.
But that's what makes him unique!
Like Twig's lust for cheesemints! And your "accidental" friendly-fire!
Speaking of which, I wonder when they're going to put up the stats thing again, it's been a while since they took it down...
Red Scarlet
Member
Pop On Arrival said:
I really wonder what has screwed us over more, a random Hunter slash or a magically appearing Tank. We played with Goreomedy and MarvelHarvey last night, and we got to the DT finale, and a Hunter came out of nowhere and insta-pounced Pop..we were .2 seconds too slow in getting the Hunter off him so he got hit, but as we ran for the boat, Goreo and MH got warped to the front of the dock in front of the third Tank.
One day..one day. It's not a simple achievement for me and Pop anymore, it's an albatross. It's basically the game mooning us now, and we want to overcome it.
wackojackosnose
Member
1-D_FTW said:
Ah, thanks for that.
I suppose it gives me a reason to dick aroung with the console menu stuff.
Caesar III
Member
in each chapter again?Sanjay said:
timetokill said:
Yet another reason I love the party system on Xbox live. I play with my buds and I hear the occasional idiot through my tv speakers but not much else. When I decide to double dip and pick L4D on PC, I will be running with the same crew pretty much so it still shouldn't be much of an issue.
Crab Milk Mickey
Member
I could be wrong about, but it sounds to me as if you two advancing too fast; maybe you'll be more lucky if you're playing extra cautious with a full room, instead of having two bots tag along? Also: why Blood Harvest instead of the other movies?Pop On Arrival said:
Never tried to get that achievement myself, but I'd probably almost stop moving entirely every time I hear a Special Infected, until I know for a fact that it's dead.
Louis whines too much like a little bitch in my book. His only redeeming quality is the "Thanks, I owe you a BIG one" that he usually says to Zoey. My faves are Francis and Billdo...yes Billdo. Francis hates every damn thing and Bill has the line in the elevator on No Mercy when he kids about the Zombie Apocalypse of '57.