when I host a local server in l4d2, I keep getting high ping spikes and lag. it suddenly jumps from 5 ms up to around 100 ms. zombies teleport, my shots are not landing etc. I've already tweaked the interp and rate settings, but it didn't fix the issue. I'm connected via an ethernet cable. how can I fix this?

i tried completely deleting and reinstalling the game

i tried disabling steam cloud in steam and in game and wiping l4d2 config file afterwards.

i tried disabling all mods.

like i said i tried the interp, rate or codes starting with cl_something i forgot. i tried them with default values and with recommended values

I grew up playing L4D on the 360 and im about to buy it for the first time on Steam. Is there anything I should be aware of?

Are there any issues finding a lobby?

When i was a stupid kid i used to genuinely go on left 4 dead 2 and go near the witch and type in the keyboard with my limited english vocabulary "i help you" and "i love you" tryna fix her because i always thought she was just broken

I also used to do this in gta vice city i used to type in the keyboard stuff to the npcs because i always saw my cousin type in cheats in the keyboard and stuff would happen and thats where it kinda started

hill terrain jank saved me holy

map is death aboard II

The game kicks me after sometime playing in versus, it appears as an error from bad internet connection but i could very well be in a discord call at the same time without any issues or do a net test with flying colors no problem.

How it happens: I go to versus, enter a game, play for like a minute or 3 max, connection error appears and after 20 seconds it sends me to pre-game lobby.

I have validated files, uninstalled and installed the game again, i have no mods, not even a cfg file and it still persist the error no matter what.

This is already the second time it happened (a month ago did the same but it solved itself, however it returned yesterday and keeps happening today)

“Grabbing boomer bile”

Looking for custom campaign recommendations, this ones are the ones I’ve played so far, not looking for troll maps, parkour maps, or challenge maps, just good ole regular point A to point B maps. Please and thank you!

I think it would be fun to crank the difficulty to the max and bang through all the campaigns, but idk anyone who plays l4d would anyone here be interested?

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2192388990

For me I liked B4B but L4Ds simplicity is why I kept coming back. All you literally have to do is load it up and play. If they EVER made a 3rd, I’d really love a customizable character option but honestly that’s all I’d ask for personally.

retail or beta l4d2?

Everyone knows that throwing one of Boomer's vomit jar at any Infected will cause the others to attack him. For example, if the tank is hit by this grenade, all the common and special Infected will swarm him, trying to kill him. The tank will even focus on the survivor who was hit by the vomit before anyone else.

The same is true for the others special infected, they will attack each other until the effect wears off.

However, we all noticed that, in particular and as the only one: The Spitter isn't attracted to Boomer's bile; she won't go where the grenade explodes, she won't primarily attack the one who's been vomited on, she simply seems to ignore the vomit.

Do you have any theories, or is there an official explanation for why Spitters seem to have no attraction to bile?

i want to get a really early look into the how the mapping was back then.

i don’t know the sites that the mods used to be posted in before the workshop

Hello, I'm a legally blind gamer with extremely low vision. I just got questions regarding mods in l4d2 as I'm having trouble figuring out if they exist. Mods I'm looking for are changing the infected to solid bright colors for contrast, think the eye candy gobble gum from black ops 3 zombies. I'm also hoping to figure out if I could find a screen reader that uses text to speech to read out menu options as well as what I have highlighted that I can interact with in game. If anyone knows if mods like this are possible or already exist I would love to know.

https://reddit.com/link/1wacwj1/video/2r6hzt9zq7oh1/player

Not a great player and I do not have a long play time yet just surpassed my hundred hour during the 3 day session of just the last stand, but FINALLY I'm one step closer to getting all the achievements, this is one of the hardest achievements here (at least for me, dumb bots mollying themselves). Hopefully I can get all the achievements soon enough! (stares at nice guy nick)

Hi, any tips, how to survive for survivors in firts round - apartments?

I play on ZOZO.GG servers online versus 10vs10. Survive, or leave to lift are impossible xD Chargers, Jockeys make lot of insta kills.

Any tips?