Left 4 Dead

Set in the immediate aftermath of the zombie apocalypse, L4D's survival co-op mode lets you blast a path through the infected in four unique â€œmovies,â€ guiding your survivors across the rooftops of an abandoned metropolis, through rural ghost towns and pitch-black forests in your quest to escape a devastated Ground Zero crawling with infected enemies. Each "movie" is comprised of five large maps, and can be played by one to four human players, with an emphasis on team-based strategy and objectives.

Application Details:

Version:	Full (Steam)
License:	Retail
URL:	http://www.l4d.com/
Votes:	81
Latest Rating:	Gold
Latest Wine Version Tested:	3.0

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Test Results

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What works

Most gameplay; single player, versus mode (as survivor and infected), etc all works without significant issue. Performance and effects are smooth with nvidia 8800GT and driver version 180.

What does not

Trying to view the game score with any key bound to +showscores crashes the game instantly.

Workarounds

What was not tested

In-game voice didn't seem to be operating (I never heard anyone else talking), but I don't have a microphone so I did not really test this.

Hardware tested

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Additional Comments

I haven't tried any tweaks whatsoever; the installation was practically stock and done though Steam. I don't know what causes the +showscores crash or how it could be fixed, as I haven't tried.

selected in Test Results table below

	Operating system	Test date	Wine version	Installs?	Runs?	Used Workaround?	Rating	Submitter
Show	Slackware 14.1 64-bit multilib	Feb 11 2018	3.0	N/A	Yes	Yes	Gold	Manoa
Show	Ubuntu 16.04 "Xenial" i386 (+ variants like Kubuntu)	Mar 03 2017	2.2	Yes	Yes		Platinum	Wayne
Show	Fedora 21 x86_64	Mar 29 2015	1.7.38	Yes	Yes		Platinum	brnns
Show	Mac OS X 10.10 "Yosemite"	Dec 14 2014	1.7.33	Yes	Yes		Platinum	an anonymous user
Show	Ubuntu 14.04 "Trusty" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu)	Aug 03 2014	1.7.22	Yes	Yes		Gold	Luis Alvarado

Known Bugs

Bug #	Description	Status	Resolution	Other apps affected
5159	Microphone xmit in Half Life and HL:S games very harsh and goes in and out of "focus"	REOPENED		View
24684	Multiple Source engine based games (Steam): out-of-order rendering, bloom effect and lights are visible through walls when multicore rendering is enabled	NEW		View
28586	Team Fortress Arcade and Pixel Force: Left 4 Dead have no sound	NEW		View
29354	Multiple Microsoft product installers fail due to ProductID being set during client side "ValidateProductID" standard action (Microsoft Virtual PC 2004, 2007, Visual Studio 2008)	NEW		View
33446	Left 4 Dead: Player outlines may appear distorted	UNCONFIRMED		View
37158	Left 4 Dead (Steam) crashes in libcef after pressing 'tab' key in-game (display multiplayer scores)	NEW		View
38749	Left 4 Dead: text in terminal is unreadable	UNCONFIRMED		View

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HowTo / Notes

Startup Settings

To change startup settings, right-click on the game in Steam, select "Properties, then "Set launch options...". You can add any of the following options, seperated by a space.

-novid - Prevent the startup video from running. Not necessary, but gets you to the menu faster.

If you have multiple screens, you'll probably find that the game tries to stretch over all screens, instead of just one. In this case, you'll need these options:

-height - Sets the window height. For example, "-height 900".
-width - Sets the window width. For example, "-width 1440".
-windowed - Not necessary, but starts the game in a window. Nice for if you want to move it to a different screen.

Note

L4D does not recognise -dxlevel 81 - it only uses dx9, using this option will make zero difference.

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