I think Valve should host maps, it's time. For other, more community based games like CS and TF2 it works pretty well the way it is, but L4D is different and there are few quality custom maps anyway but they tend to be big. Many games works like that, one example is Far Cry 2 (terrible game), all custom maps could be uploaded and when someone joined they were downloaded from Ubisofts servers, worked great and it could allow console players to enjoy custom maps as well.
I'm not saying they should add a few maps officially like they do in TF2, just host any decent quality custom maps released on fast steam servers. On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 9:28 AM, ics <[email protected]> wrote: > L4D2: > > As we all know who have been downloading custom campaigns to L4D1, there > is clearly a lack of players on them. If you manage to find a custom > campaign at the server search, you need to download that first. No > problem really, except that the download host is overloaded, has some > damn 5-50KB/s cap and the campaign sizes are over 100 megs. At the time > you get to download it, you have ran out of time to play on. Next time, > no one isnt playing that campaign and going alone with expert level with > bots (Healing, this will only take a second) isnt really an option. So > you download another custom campaign to try out. Same thing, apparently > the host most of they use is the same website. I tried another approach. > Got bunch of the campaings before i went into the game. It seems that i > have 20 campaigns from which 2-3 i ever see 1 bunch of 4 players to play > - and the game is full. > > Another great idea would be a simple dedicated Left 4 dead server to run > both games, either L4D1 or L4D2 on same installation. The server owner > could allow either 1 of the 2 games or both. Basically the players > wouldn't see any difference, there just would be a lot of servers since > the release as in there is already a ready server base (L4D1) and when > Left 4 Dead came out, there was really a clear lack of servers around > this area, for months since release. There were free servers but no one > got assigned to them. I assume this is now "improved since" but i still > don't trust the lobby system. Then again, this would require updating > L4D to newer L4D2 engine with all the changes and improvements so i'm > not really sure if this is possible. > > -ics >> >> Jason Ruymen kirjoitti: >>> A strongly recommened update for Left 4 Dead is now available. >>> Please run hldsupdatetool to receive the update. The specific >>> changes include: >>> >>> - Fixed campaign image not updating correctly when creating a lobby >>> - Increased the reliabilty of the Steam Group server display >>> - Made mm_dedicated_search_maxping available to allow users to set >>> the maximum acceptable ping for a dedicated server. The default has >>> also been lowered 150ms, down from 300ms >>> - Fixed an issue where rescue closet doors could be opened in Crash >>> Course in Versus mode >>> >>> Jason >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> hlds_announce mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_announce >>> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
