Left 4 Dead 2

Full version released on Steam

Application Details:

Version:	Left 4 Dead 2 Full (Steam)
License:	Retail
URL:	http://www.l4d.com/
Votes:	13
Latest Rating:	Platinum
Latest Wine Version Tested:	1.7.19

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Test Results

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Selected Test Results

What works

Downloading game via STEAM.

What does not

Completing installation. Error (2)

Workarounds

What was not tested

Anything after installation.

Hardware tested

Graphics:

GPU:
Driver:

Additional Comments

fixme:volume:GetVolumePathNameW (L"C:\\windows\\system32\\mui", 0x564dbb4, 260), stub! fixme:volume:GetVolumePathNameW (L"C:\\windows\\Fonts", 0x564dbb4, 260), stub! fixme:volume:GetVolumePathNameW (L"C:\\Program Files\\Steam\\Config", 0x564dbb4, 260), stub! fixme:shdocvw:OleInPlaceObject_InPlaceDeactivate (0x94066d0) fixme:shdocvw:OleInPlaceObject_UIDeactivate (0x94066d0) fixme:shdocvw:OleObject_Close (0x94066d0)->(1) Selected yes for install because the files are there.

selected in Test Results table below

	Operating system	Test date	Wine version	Installs?	Runs?	Used Workaround?	Rating	Submitter
Show	Linux Mint 16 "Petra" x86_64	May 16 2014	1.7.19	Yes	Yes	No	Platinum	Philipglo Joshua Opulencia
Show	Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu)	Aug 19 2013	1.7.0	Yes	Yes	No	Platinum	JT
Show	Arch Linux x86_64	Mar 14 2013	1.5.25	Yes	Yes	No	Silver	Exar101
Show	Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal" i386 (+ variants like Kubuntu)	Jan 10 2013	1.5.21	Yes	Yes	No	Gold	MR_squiggley
Show	Slamd64 -current	Dec 16 2012	1.5.19	Yes	Yes	No	Bronze	Zootal

Known Bugs

Bug #	Description	Status	Resolution	Other apps affected
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
27453	Lag when loading new sound in source games	NEW		View
48666	Left 4 Dead 2: Vulkan: significantly lower performance than GL	UNCONFIRMED		View

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HowTo / Notes

HOWTO

- To get past the "Incomplete Installation" error:

Use Wine-1.1.35 or later

- To get past crashing at the MOTD display when joining a multiplayer game:

Either: Use native urlmon.dll (can be limited to just left4dead2.exe),
Or: Use wine-1.1.27 or earlier.

- To improve the performance

1. Enable multicore rendering. This increases performance by 10-15 fps in most places for me.
2. Use the following patch:
http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=24812
This increases performance by 50-60 fps in most places for me. Note that you may need to minimise/restore or otherwise lose and regain focus of the game to fix the flashlight and some textures if using this patch.
The performance is so much better in wine-1.1.33 that this doesn't seem to be needed any more. The framerate with this in wine-1.1.32 was still higher than the framerate without this in wine-1.1.33 though.

- To get past the crashing/restarting/broken game files which occurs every few minutes during gameplay

Add -lv to the launch options in Steam. This enables low gore mode, which for some reason fixes the problem. Low gore mode doesn't look as great, but it's worth it for the stability.

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