https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeQvwZgICNM

I just made this for my friends to download all my mods easily. If you're looking for a much better looking, more realistic and atmospheric game with some s p o o k i e r special infected, then knock yourself out.

Alrighty, get comfortable -- there's a lot of information (and mods) here.

First thing's first, if you download all of these mods, it will say there are some conflicting files; *completely disregard this*. There will be red "conflicting" mods, but everything works as expected. A few mods may require some tweaking (nothing extensive), but I'll list off everything I've done thus far, as well as all console commands I've used.

NOTE:
It's recommended that you don't have any mods activated prior to downloading this collection, whereas it could possibly hinder / conflict with some mods. It's also safe to verify your game integrity beforehand.

To verify game integrity:

For added immersion, I've removed and binded the crosshair (which makes the laser actually feel useful) to my keyboard, as well as binded third person mode to my keyboard, so you can toggle your view and crosshair whenever you want. The accuracy (with AND without the crosshair) is totally off in third person, but it can look cinematic and pretty sometimes (plus, you'll eventually get used to no crosshair, so the accuracy thing shouldn't be a problem). The only 2 bugs I've noticed with third person (besides accuracy) are that for some reason shotguns don't make a firing sound (you can hear the pump, reload, etc., just not an intial firing sound) and you can see through walls if you get too close. Nothing drastic. Oh, and I've also extended my field of view.

• cl_viewmodelfovsurvivor 65
  (Vanilla FOV is 51)
  
• bind "0" "crosshair 1"
  
• bind "-" "crosshair 0"
  
• bind "[" "sv_cheats 1"
  
• bind "]" "sv_cheats 0"
  (Cheats only work when you open a map via main menu console; example: map c8m1_apartment )
  
• bind "\" "noclip"
  (Only works when cheats are activated)
  
• bind "=" "thirdpersonshoulder"
  (This is the only thing you need for third person, but I'll include tweaks I made to the camera)
  
• c_thirdpersonshoulderaimdist 325
  (Only matters if you still have a crosshair. Not perfect at all, but better than vanilla)
  
• c_thirdpersonshoulderdist 50
  (How far away from your back the camera is; insert whatever number you want)
  
• c_thirdpersonshoulderheight -1.5
  (How high you want the camera to be; insert whatever number you want)
  
• c_thirdpersonsoulderoffset 20
  (How far left or right you want the camera to be; insert whatever number you want)

Feel free to unsubscribe from this mod. It is COMPLETELY optional (hence why it's at the top of the list); it's one of the only mods that requires work to set up.

To Correctly Install:

1. Click Subscribe.
   
2. Download GCFScape (to be able to view VPK files in your '...\addons' folder after you Subscribe).
   link --> https://valvedev.info/tools/gcfscape/
   
3. Open the VPK file (SHOULD BE TITLED: 1171949311) in your '...\Steam\steamapps\common\Left 4 Dead 2\left4dead2\addons\workshop' folder.
   
4. Copy and paste the "valve" and "l4d2_intro" .bik files into your '...\Steam\steamapps\common\Left 4 Dead 2\left4dead2\media' folder and replace the pre-existing files.
   
5. Done.

Go to:

Then bind the VOX Radial Menus to whatever keys you want. I have mine set to:
Orders = Z, Answers = V, Warnings = C, Help = X, Panic = B, Specific Lines 1,2,3 = N,M,H
(Also changed Message of the Day to J, because it was taking up H and it's pointless)


Upon initial glance, the server browser won't work. To fix this, simply switch to the Custom tab instead of the Online tab. Here, you should see all the available servers (still kinda wacky compared to most games, and the map names are set up like they would be in the console; again, example: map c3m4_plantation ).

I'm probably forgetting a lot, but that's definitely the bulk of everything.

Feel free to comment your thoughts below--
whether you hate it, love it, if you have any bugs, recommendations for other mods, etc.