Left 4 Dead patch adds new lobby system
The new Left 4 Dead patch adds in a lobby browser that allows you to filter for official and fan-made content.
The new lobby system, which is found under 'Play Online' on the main menu, has been built with included filters so that you can easily check for games running official campaigns, your favourite fan-content and also add-ons which you haven't installed before.
"The lobby browser (under Play Online) will show you a list of optimal games available for you to join," says Valve. "The browser pares down the thousands of lobbies and games currently being played to show you the best list of games available to you."
"This list includes official and add-on campaigns, including add-on campaigns you have not yet installed, making it a great way to discover them. You can filter by difficulty, official and/or add-on campaigns and by lobbies and/or games in progress."
That's not all the fixes bundled into the new patch though - it also includes a bunch of both minor and major fixes for gamers, modders and servers. You can check the full changelog out on Steam.
If you're more interested in finding out about the upcoming Left 4 Dead 2 though then you can check both our hands-on preview of the title, as well as our interview with Valve's Chet Faliszek about the game. Either way, let us know what you think about Left 4 Dead in the forums.
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Discuss in the forums ReplyIt's only 8 months after release though. We must be patient :P
Great to see better custom content support though.
Come on, this is Valve we're talking about, we all know better than that! There will have to be three more patches before it becomes even remotely usable.
All they did was re-enable the server browser they disabled shortly after launch.. nothing major
Or in L4D Underground or L4d Modern Warfare 3...
No, this is seperate, I still have server browser enabled for searching my history (-serverbrowser launch option) and this has a somewhat... Minimised interface.
Would have been better if they did stick with the original server browser in my opinion, this new one only shows games from your 'region' as it sees it - and I have a habit of playing at odd hours. As it is the regular server browser can only easily show your history, not find new games.
You kidding Valve are one of the only decent developer left out there..You don't pay for this service so what do you expect?
The initial cost of the game is for the development, the game is still usable, infact never had a problem with it. Except for crap third party servers..