For a campaign, the primary assets are the. The assets you create will essentially append those shipped with the game. We'll use "deadline" instead of "l4d_deadline" for our example for the sake of readability.Ĭonceptually, this add-on folder will serve as the base “game” folder for your assets, and will mirror the layout in the shipped. You may also include the game in the title, to differentiate it from add-ons for other titles, and optionally a version number. VPK file you'll ultimately create and distribute, so it's good practice to avoid spaces and use all lowercase letters. Make a new folder inside the 'addons' directory, and give it an appropriate name. Note: The 'addons' folder may not exist in your L4D2 Authoring tools install. The correct folder has no hyphen: " addons". " add-ons", make sure it's empty and go ahead and delete it. Note: If you have a folder with a hyphen, i.e. For most users, this will be similar to:Ĭ:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\left 4 dead 2\left4dead2\addons To begin, navigate to the "addons" folder of your Left 4 Dead 2 game install location. The Authoring Tools provides an example Add-on campaign called Dead Line that has source examples. Because the focus of this article is how to assemble the assets into a campaign Add-on, we will assume that you have already learned how to successfully create these assets from this point forward. Mainly, you will be using the Hammer application to create levels, and the other utilities to create custom textures and models.Ī description of how to create these assets is beyond the scope of this tutorial, but you can find useful information in the L4D Level Design Basics Tutorial. This provides you with the applications and utilities you will need to create game content. In order to author content for Left 4 Dead 2, you will need to install the Left 4 Dead 2 Authoring Tools. Create a homepage for the add-on where it can be downloaded by players.Test the VPK thoroughly and make changes accordingly.Pack the contents of the Add-on folder into a VPK file.Create metadata files and place them in the proper sub-folder.
Create game assets and place them in the proper sub-folder.Make an Add-on folder and content sub-folders.There are six basic steps to creating your own custom campaign Add-ons for Left 4 Dead 2:
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