All I Want For Christmas Is An SDK

[Mr-Jigsaw]

The skin didn't really change much from when he was still alive. Maybe he comes back for the Passing. Well, not likely.

[joe_rogers_11155]

I am still really pissed off that they decided to release the Authoring Tools but not the SDK. Sure I don't think I am skilled enough to utilize a full SDK of L4D but I am totally sure there are some mod teams like the I Hate Mountains crew and the Deadlock team that would LOVE to get their hands on the code. Why is Valve not going to be releasing the SDK?

[Surfa]

I am still really pissed off that they decided to release the Authoring Tools but not the SDK. Sure I don't think I am skilled enough to utilize a full SDK of L4D but I am totally sure there are some mod teams like the I Hate Mountains crew and the Deadlock team that would LOVE to get their hands on the code. Why is Valve not going to be releasing the SDK?

Jesus every time they release a new game people ask this question and every time we have to respond with the same sentence but this time I have had it raggggeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

It is because they offer the code to people who license the engine and if they just give that away there is one less incentive for people to license their engine.

[trcc]

OMG THIS IS MUCH BETTER THAN MY PARENT`s CRAPPY GIFTS!

[Supervillain]

So I was looking through the models and I found this:


The first is the crazy coke guy in the first campaign:

The second has all the animations the rest of the infected have and isn't used anywhere in l4d2 as far as I know.

Nice find Corigami. This is actually an Uncommon Common Infected which was left out of the game. He is a "Zombie Survivor", which is noted by his SUPER cool fishing hat (great for shielding your eyes from zombie blood splatter) and the bullet straps and such.

There is a way to spawn him in game with the console. I forgot how, but on death they drop a molotov at their feet. Not one you can pick up though, it's like he throws one at his feet upon death. It got removed because killing him pretty much killed all the zombies around him.

And.... for some reason..... they use his model as the gun-shop owner.

But I'm sure you, and the rest of the interlopers, can find a much cooler use for this "zombified survivor" model

btw: I couldn't be happier that they released the SDK, I just wish I weren't visiting family for New Years :/ My 10-ton rig is in Tucson, and so is my super-awesome WIP L4D1 map that has been sitting around waiting for the L4D2 SDK

Happy Mapping.

[joe_rogers_11155]

I am still really pissed off that they decided to release the Authoring Tools but not the SDK. Sure I don't think I am skilled enough to utilize a full SDK of L4D but I am totally sure there are some mod teams like the I Hate Mountains crew and the Deadlock team that would LOVE to get their hands on the code. Why is Valve not going to be releasing the SDK?

Jesus every time they release a new game people ask this question and every time we have to respond with the same sentence but this time I have had it raggggeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

It is because they offer the code to people who license the engine and if they just give that away there is one less incentive for people to license their engine.

OK I just never heard that one before. Fair enough.

[no00dylan]

That was a planned, then scrapped uncommon common, the fallen survivor he had supplies, and if you shot him in the chest to kill him, a molotov broke and made a fire. Valve scrapped this because it helped the survivors more than infected, killing whole hordes with one uncommon, and used his model for Whitaker.
EDIT: didnt see the 2nd page, i r stoopid

love the new features!

[joe_rogers_11155]

That was a planned, then scrapped uncommon common, the fallen survivor he had supplies, and if you shot him in the chest to kill him, a molotov broke and made a fire. Valve scrapped this because it helped the survivors more than infected, killing whole hordes with one uncommon, and used his model for Whitaker.
EDIT: didnt see the 2nd page, i r stoopid

love the new features!

I think it would have been cool if the fallen survivor dropped weapons and nades and stuff...then the maps contained almost ZERO weapons and nades...so the survivors absolutely HAD to find these fallen survivors and take their stuff in order to arm themselves.

[Furling]

I think it would have been cool if the fallen survivor dropped weapons and nades and stuff...then the maps contained almost ZERO weapons and nades...so the survivors absolutely HAD to find these fallen survivors and take their stuff in order to arm themselves.

Yeah, that would have been really cool.
Tbh they could just replace the Construction Workers because their "special ability" is so unnoticeable, that they feel like any other zombie.

[F0xHunter]

didgeridoo?

[Furling]

didgeridoo?

The didgeridoo (also known as a didjeridu or didge) is a wind instrument developed by Indigenous Australians of northern Australia at least 1,500 years ago and is still in widespread usage today both in Australia and around the world.

Eh, probably just another fancy model for the baseball bat. I would rather like to get an ordinary taken-off-the-ground stick to fight zombies. Or a mallet.

Nice find though, i wonder if that's the new weapon, or just a scrapped concept.

[Gary]

Got RAM and a TV.

TV: Pretty cool, 22'', HD(1028X920p with 360), the edges of the screen looks a bit odd, not sure why(res?).

RAM: 2GB, now I have 2.8GB, big difference.

[coder0xff]

I am still really pissed off that they decided to release the Authoring Tools but not the SDK. Sure I don't think I am skilled enough to utilize a full SDK of L4D but I am totally sure there are some mod teams like the I Hate Mountains crew and the Deadlock team that would LOVE to get their hands on the code. Why is Valve not going to be releasing the SDK?

Jesus every time they release a new game people ask this question and every time we have to respond with the same sentence but this time I have had it raggggeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

It is because they offer the code to people who license the engine and if they just give that away there is one less incentive for people to license their engine.

I sometimes wonder if the HL2 SDK was released only because the source code got out anyway. If L4D(2) had been leaked, would the same have happened then?

[no00dylan]

Anyone wanna look at my map and try to make a good nav mesh for it? I've tried about everything and its not working.
Also, new particle editor is awesome

[F0xHunter]

Whats the difference?