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Left 4 Dead

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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 “movies,” 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

Graphics:

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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 systemTest dateWine versionInstalls?Runs?Used
Workaround?		RatingSubmitter
ShowSlackware 14.1 64-bit multilibFeb 11 20183.0N/A Yes YesGoldManoa 
ShowUbuntu 16.04 "Xenial" i386 (+ variants like Kubuntu)Mar 03 20172.2Yes Yes PlatinumWayne 
ShowFedora 21 x86_64Mar 29 20151.7.38Yes Yes Platinumbrnns 
ShowMac OS X 10.10 "Yosemite"Dec 14 20141.7.33Yes Yes Platinuman anonymous user 
ShowUbuntu 14.04 "Trusty" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu)Aug 03 20141.7.22Yes Yes GoldLuis 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
7698 Counter-Strike:Source crashes after a while CLOSED FIXED View
12453 Bad performance in Source based games CLOSED FIXED View
14451 Half-Life 2 Runs Really Slow (Menu's & Gameplay) CLOSED DUPLICATE View
15710 Using OSS audio causes PCM device to be muted CLOSED FIXED View
17083 Counter-Strike: Source (Steam): background artefacts CLOSED FIXED View
17437 ATI and EVE Premium: no models display / crashes on startup CLOSED FIXED View
18070 Multiple apps need separate msi custom action server process due to COM/MTA and/or isolation issues (Adobe CS3/CS4, Flash, Windows SDK 2008, Strawberry Perl, MS Office 2010) CLOSED FIXED View
18900 Wineserver crashes starting Team Fortress 2 CLOSED FIXED View
19522 Team Fortress 2 (TF2) missing menu fonts CLOSED FIXED View
19748 Multiple games complain about checking occlusion query results from the wrong thread (Metro 2033, Unreal Tournament 3, Counter Strike: Source, Metro 2033, Call of Duty 4, Left 4 Dead, Left 4 Dead 2, Final Fantasy XIV, Half-Life 2) CLOSED FIXED View
20257 Left 4 Dead:Crashes when viewing MOTD while in 'Crash Course' map. CLOSED DUPLICATE View
21770 Keyboard doesn't work in games launched from Steam when using virtual desktop CLOSED FIXED View
22534 Many Valve Source games will not start on ATI Radeon HD 5870 CLOSED DUPLICATE View
23286 Disconnected: Server unable to authenticate Steam ID CLOSED FIXED View
24667 On ATI Radeon HD 5xxx (and probably 6xxx) all source-based games flicker and can't render some objects and NPCs CLOSED INVALID 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
25256 Source based games won't start (Team Fortress 2) CLOSED FIXED View
25679 Lights show through walls in l4d CLOSED ABANDONED View
27779 Desktop mouse pointer always visible in Steam games CLOSED FIXED View
28066 Sound stops after some time (restarting sound in game usually possible) CLOSED FIXED 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
33885 Left4dead glitchy execution CLOSED ABANDONED 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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