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Those who like to play the original Left 4 Dead

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with their friends locally, ergo without an

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Internet connection, may also want to play the

sequel Left 4 Dead 2 on a local area network
(LAN) as well. I've created a guide on how to
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Almost two years have passed since I created this guide and a lot of game updates have
been pushed through by Valve since then. As a possible fix to recent multiplayer
connection problems, create a shortcut for Left 4 Dead 2.
Open the shortcuts properties, proceed to Shortcut tab and add the following at the end of the
Target field: insecure. Click Apply/OK to save the new setting.

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Every time you run Left 4 Dead 2, you should do so by using this modified shortcut. The guide

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After following the steps above, run the game. You will then need to enable the

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developer console. Optionally, you can also enable automatic detection of LAN games for

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convenience to those who will join your hosted game. Here's how:

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1. At the game main menu, click Options.

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2. Click Keyboard/Mouse.
3. Click Allow Developer Console and select Enabled.

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Left 4 Dead 2 main menu with console open.
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1. At the game main menu, click Options.

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3. Click Automatically Discover LAN Games and select Enabled.

With all the necessary settings set up, it's now time to host a game.
How to create or host a Left 4 Dead 2 local (LAN) game:
1. Open the Developer Console by pressing ` on your keyboard. (It is the key below
Esc.)
2. Type sv_lan 1 then press Enter.
3. Type sv_allow_lobby_connect_only 0 then press Enter.
4. In the console, type map then press Space.
5. Right after you press Space all the playable maps will be displayed.
6. Use your keyboard arrows to scroll to your desired map.
7. Press Enter.
Basically the command to create a local game is this:

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map nameOfMapHere gameType

An example of a map is this c5m1_waterfront. c5 stands for campaign five, m1 for
chapter/map one, and waterfront the corresponding name. Those with The Passing
campaign, the campaign code assignment is c6.
List of all Left 4 Dead 2 maps:
Dead Center:
c1m1_hotel

c1m2_streets

c1m3_mall

c1m4_atrium

The Passing:
c6m1_riverbank

c6m2_bedlam

c6m1_port

Dark Carnival:
c2m1_highway

c2m2_fairgrounds

c2m4_barns

c2m5_concert

c2m3_coaster

Swamp Fever:
c3m1_plankcountry

c3m2_swamp

c3m3_shantytown

c3m4_plantation

Hard Rain:
c4m1_milltown_a

c4m2_sugarmill_a

c4m3_sugarmill_b

c4m4_milltown_b

c4m5_milltown_escape

The Parish:
c5m1_waterfront

c5m2_park c5m3_cemetery

c5m4_quarter

c5m5_bridge

List of all game modes:

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If the gameType is left blank, the hosted game will default to a campaign game with
normal difficulty. To choose another mode, just type in the console the game mode
after the map name.
Example: map c1m4_atrium realism
How to join a LAN game:
When the game is created, the remaining thing to do is to let other players join the
game. If Automatically Discover LAN Games is enabled, Steam Group Servers may
appear in the main menu which players can use to join your game.
Alternately, the console command to join is connect hostIPAdresshere.
Example: connect 123.123.123.123

Steam Group Servers (at the bottom center) appears when it detects a game.
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When clicked, you will then proceed to this window that lists all available games.
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Determining the host's IP address:

Determining your local IP address can be tricky when you're connected to the Internet,
so it's best to stay offline when hosting a game. Anyway, the game host must type
net_status in the developer console. Some data will appear afterwards. You will need to
look for a phrase similar to this: "Net status for host 11.111.11.11:" The numbers
that appear on that phrase is the host's IP address.
Other notes and info:
This offline LAN game guide does not require Hamachi, Garena, or Steam. However, I
suppose the version of the game installed on all computers must be the same.
Make sure Left 4 Dead 2 is added to the firewall exemption.
sv_allow_lobby_connect_only
If set, players may only join this server from matchmaking lobby, and may not connect
directly.
sv_lan ( def. "0" )
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Sheldon du Trevou shared this via Google+ 1 year ago - Shared publicly
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Jacky Choo 1 year ago - Shared publicly

I try the first step failed~ it says Steam is not running, you must start steam to play..
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Martn Isla 1 year ago - Shared publicly

Hey, thanks for this post. I have a problem. I just can't open the console. I configure
the Developer console option, but it won't work. I also tried with "-console" and/or "toggleconsole", but when the game says "you're running in insecure mode..." I have to
close the console (can't write anything on it anyway) and it won't open again :(
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Anders Kjerrman Larsson 1 year ago - Shared publicly

Awesome! THX!!!
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carl wong 1 year ago - Shared publicly

how can i play the add-on campaign in multiplayer? what do i needa enter in the
console command?
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Conan Hughes 1 year ago

You need to know the name of the add-on campaign map. To host a game, simply
use "map map_name" command (without quotes) in the console.
carl wong 1 year ago
thanks appreciate it

Martin Simo 1 year ago - Shared publicly

hey, commenting on an ancient but helpful blog post. First off, thanks for all the info.
Second do you have any idea how to start realism versus, i mean there is versus for
versus and realism for realism but i was unable to find the correct combination for
realism versus. Thanks.
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Conan Hughes 1 year ago

I didn't notice your comment until now. Damn Google+, it failed to notify me again.
Thanks for the compliment.
Anyway, I don't have this game anymore on my computer. But check
out http://left4dead.wikia.com/wiki/Console_commands. It mentions
"mutation12"
as the
code for realism versus. I hope this works. Good luck!
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To play any of the mutations u need to get the mutation number to do that go to
your achievements and look for Mutantoverload and open the list, you will find all
the mutations now count till the one you want(left to right,Top to bottom).(realism
versus is 14)
so now go to your console and type in "map c1m1_hotels mutation14" (no space
Le Mans 1 year ago - Shared publicly
At first I still can play it but after i quit and try to connec. Back it it shows me this lan
server are restricted to local clients . Why does this happen
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1 year ago

Hello, i have a problem with versus mode. Game loads, ewerything is fine, but i cant
change team to zombies. When i press M, it shows UNABLE TO CHANGE TEAMS, you
must wait until all players all loaded. How can i fix this? Thanks anyway.

Conan Hughes 1 year ago

"You must wait until all players all loaded" That? Let all players join the game, as in
really connected and roaming about in the game.

1 year ago

Hi there. I have a problem with versus mode. When i pick map, it starts, loads, but i
cant change team. When i press M it shows wait for players to login. Can you help?
Thanks for help anyway.

2 years ago

when you change the shortcut, after xxxxxleft4dead2.exe'' you need to [space] before
typing -insecure hope that helps =)

Pallisgaard91 2 years ago

When i change the shortcut i get the message "Unable to execute command (87)" can
you please help me?

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how to play versus mode??

Rezsa Megantara 2 years ago

My friend not find my game... And then he connect with ip address it says that
disconnect after 10 retries. Help

2 years ago

Why doesnt it work my console will not show up

mohannad 2 years ago

hi :)) can u tell me how to vote to make change the difficulty ?

Conan Hughes 2 years ago

I can't help you regarding this as I am not playing Left 4 Dead 2 anymore. 2.0.8.6 was
the last version I checked my guide to be still working on.

2 years ago

Not working. Conan, could you tell me which version it worked on for you? I followed
yourdirections, and connection just doesn't work. The other computers simply cannot
see my LAN game...

2 years ago

iv tried every single steps that you've said out here, but may i ask, "is this instructions
are for L4D2 only?" or can you atleast specify d instructions for L4D1...??? i would like
to play these games offline without the use of internet... pls do respond to my concern.
thanx Anonymously_suckz101

Conan Hughes 2 years ago

Here's a LAN guide for the original L4D:
http://conanhughes.blogspot.com/2012/08/left-4-dead-lan.html

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2 years ago

is this patched?

Rubberducksucker 2 years ago

Any 1 know if the can be done with all games of Steam?

LorDefiX OverLorD 2 years ago

nope, definetly not all games on steam, but probably all games running the source
engine, having the source developer console.

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