New mode – Left4DoD Versus

This has been on the cards for a while.  I get constantly asked why humans cannot play Zombie like in the Left4Dead versus mode and the main reason is that it would require a major rewrite to get the game mode working properly.  Everything has been tailored to bots and getting humans just to play the five special infected requires a different way of thinking.

So I had a bath.  Those of you who know me, know that this is where I get 90% of my inspiration and true to form, I thought of a way it could be done.

The deal is this.  There can only be four special infected on the Axis team at any one time so a bunch of things need to be controlled:

1. Every one needs to be able to play a special zombie at some time, so randomly swapping people is a good way of doing it.  If not, people complain they never get to play Zombie…and they do complain.
2. Zombies need to be a lot easier to kill.  Special Infected now have intelligence meaning they can hide, sneak around, get to areas of the map quickly, go in places where the bots can’t go.  So they have to be weaker.
3. Allied guns need to be more powerful to deal with the specials.
4. Spade hits need to be weaker for Special Infected.
5. You should not have Special Infected until Allied server numbers increase.

So we have a test server running the Beta right now:
69.162.99.28:27015 TheVille.Org XV – Left4DoD-Versus Zombies

To be honest, it’s not as popular as Co-op for some reason.  I’m getting the impression that people just like to go, shoot bots and get achievements, rather than face a challenging map (the Allies do lose more frequently).
So more tweaking is going to have to be done over the next while.

2 Comments

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  By joe, Tuesday March 30, 2010 @ 6:55 am

  Good job…. where can i download the Left4DoD Server.
  joe Thanks.
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  By Dog, Tuesday March 30, 2010 @ 2:20 pm

  You can’t…

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