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How to Make a Custom Radial Menu
By YUKI.N>
This guide will tell you how to create your own radial menu.
   
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Here We Go
1. Back up config.cfg from "...\Steam\steamapps\common\left 4 dead\left4dead\cfg" and RadialMenu.txt from "...\Steam\steamapps\common\left 4 dead\left4dead\scripts".
2. Add your commands to this code:
//-------------------------------------------------------------- "menuname,Survivor,Alive" { "Center" { "command" "Command here." "text" "Description here." } "North" { "command" "Command here." "text" "Description here." } "NorthEast" { "command" "Command here." "text" "Description here." } "East" { "command" "Command here." "text" "Description here." } "SouthEast" { "command" "Command here." "text" "Description here." } "South" { "command" "Command here." "text" "Description here." } "SouthWest" { "command" "Command here." "text" "Description here." } "West" { "command" "Command here." "text" "Description here." } "NorthWest" { "command" "Command here." "text" "Description here." } }
For example:
//-------------------------------------------------------------- "specialinfected,Survivor,Alive" { "Center" { "command" "vocalize PlayerWarnTank" "text" "Tank" } "North" { "command" "vocalize PlayerWarnHunter" "text" "Hunter" } "NorthEast" { "command" "" "text" "" } "East" { "command" "vocalize PlayerWarnWitch" "text" "Witch" } "SouthEast" { "command" "" "text" "" } "South" { "command" "vocalize PlayerWarnBoomer" "text" "Boomer" } "SouthWest" { "command" "" "text" "" } "West" { "command" "vocalize PlayerWarnSmoker" "text" "Smoker" } "NorthWest" { "command" "" "text" "" } }

Don't use spaces and special characters in your menu name.

You can use not only vocalize commands.
3. Open ...\Steam\steamapps\common\left 4 dead\left4dead\scripts\RadialMenu.txt.
4. Copypaste your code before the last "}".
5. Open ...\Steam\steamapps\common\left 4 dead\left4dead\cfg\config.cfg.
6. Add a bind for your menu (You can also do this through console):
bind "key" "+mouse_menu menuname"
For example:
bind "v" "+mouse_menu specialinfected"
How to Make It Work with L4D2
Everything is pretty much the same as for l4d, but you'll need:

1. radialmenu.txt (you can get it here[pastebin.com], don't forget to rename the file).
2. Left 4 Dead 2 Authoring Tools (Steam→Library→Tools).

Follow the steps 2 and 4 from the previous section to add your menu into the radialmenu.txt.

When your menu is ready you should pack it into the .vpk to add it to the game:

1. Go to your desktop and create a folder without spaces and special characters in the name.
2. Open this folder and create new text file named addoninfo with text like:
"AddonInfo" { addonSteamAppID "550" addontitle "Custom Radial Menu" addonversion "0.1" }
3. Now create folder named scripts.
4. Put your radialmenu.txt into the scripts folder.

So the folder structure should be like:


5. Go to "...\Steam\steamapps\common\left 4 dead 2\bin".
6. Drag'n drop the folder you created in the first step on vpk.exe.
7. Check out your desktop, the .vpk file should be there.
8. Put this file into "...\Steam\steamapps\common\left 4 dead 2\left4dead2\addons".
9. To make a bind for your menu follow the steps 6-7 from the previous section.
(Of course you should go into ...\left 4 dead 2\left4dead2\... instead of ...\left 4 dead\left4dead\...)
10. Open the game and enable your addon in ADD-ONS menu, if it's disabled.


Have fun!
83 Comments
⋘Hooray◖4◗Foray⋙ 24 Mar, 2023 @ 10:24am 
seems simple enough now just to put it to practice
BabyUrsher 30 Jul, 2022 @ 5:41am 
Why don't you just do a video? This is convoluted af
Hiuman 22 Jun, 2022 @ 4:53pm 
Is it possible to use vocalizer as a survivor while being dead?
ㄒ乇匚-几丨几乇 14 May, 2022 @ 4:28am 
If you post a vedio how to do it were good to go.
ICanChokeYouOut 20 Apr, 2022 @ 12:31am 
can we get a video on how to do it?
fishy business 28 May, 2020 @ 7:58am 
Doesn't work, I followed the directions to get it for l4d2 and I still only have the 2 normal sliders.
Mister Sir XXIII Esq. 4 Dec, 2018 @ 7:40pm 
ahh that's what I forgot
YUKI.N>  [author] 3 Dec, 2018 @ 9:43pm 
Do you have the Authoring Tools installed?
Mister Sir XXIII Esq. 3 Dec, 2018 @ 7:52pm 
Right so I lost everything when my hard drive crashed and have to do this again and I've managed everything but turning the folder into a vpk because I can't find the vpk converter. Was it removed or something?