|
|
Left 4 Dead mod tools released
Author: Joe MartinPublished: 18th May 2009
The official Left 4 Dead modding tools have now gone into open beta, letting users create new content for the game.
The tools themselves are apparently a modified version of the same kit used at Valve to create props and levels for the game and comprise a full SDK for Left 4 Dead.
Using the toolset provided Valve hopes that players will soon get started on making more new skins, maps and campaigns for the game as, although there are already a few out there, the modding community is perhaps not as big as it could be. Valve promises that the new tools should allow players to create anything from new sounds to entire campaigns though.
Regarding how player content is going to be integrated into the full game, Valve has also promised that it is currently working on tweaks to the matchmaking and server browsing system. A new update for the game should be coming in a few weeks that will let non-modding players have quick and easy access to the content created by their more industrious brethren.
So, all well and good - and it surely can't be long now until the much-anticipated Dead Before Dawn mod finally sees a release.
If you've yet to play Left 4 Dead then you can pick it up on Steam or for the Xbox 360 now, though the modding content will probably only be available on the PC platform. You can check out out full Left 4 Dead review for more information. If you're already familiar with the game then there's also out Complete Guide to Left 4 Dead too, which offers a breakdown of some of the better player strategies.
Is there anything in particular you'd like to see in a Left 4 Dead mod? Let us know your thoughts in the forums.
Related
Comments (13)- Site Links:
- About
- Email Editor
- Newsletter
- Privacy
- RSS
- Score Guide
- Our Other Websites:
- Auto Express
- Channel Pro
- Computer Buyer
- Computer Shopper
- Den of Geek
All content © bit-tech.net 2000-2010
© Copyright Dennis Publishing Limited licensed by Felden
the Dead before Dawn movie isn't that a newer version of Dawn before dead it still is the best zombie movie ever made. I was 9 when i watched it first and always wondered why you would want to leave a shopping mall with everything you need....
Any Romero movie is of course the basis for all Zombie movies to be judged by. But to be honest, 28 days later is the only one that made me check my shorts for marks afterwards. That and the first 15 mins or so (when the little girl is shadowed in the doorway, OMG) of Dawn of the Dead (2004) are the ones that give me the shivers. . .
Still I really can't wait to see what modders put out. We could all use some good custom content. More to the point, maybe Valve will do like the did with Day of Defeat or TF2 and add quality user made maps into the game.
If it's fairly trivial to do, Day Of Defeat: Source weapons too
You have a good point in saying that it should have been released last year. The game is over a year old and you would expect a lot of new campaigns released from Valve. One campaign per month is doable I think. I always wondered why Valve wait so long for new expansions, levels and a SDK. Modders are waiting in line to create some stunning stuff. there are some good ideas for mods already.