Left 4 Dead 2

Left 4 Dead 2

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How To Change The Name Of Zombies!
By SuperMario20
I have had this tutorial on gamebanana for some time: https://gamebanana.com/tuts/12720
I decided to repost it here in case people can't access gamebanana or something.
   
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Installation
1. Download my dank txt and my dank addon info
2. Create a folder somewhere
3. Put the addoninfo.txt into that folder
4. Create a folder inside of that folder called "resource"
5. Put the "closecaption_english.txt" into the "resource" folder
6. Open the "closecaption_english.txt" with Notepad, Notepad++, etc.
7. Edit "Witch", "Boomer", etc. to whatever you want to rename that zombie type to
8. Open the bin folder of l4d2 and drag the folder containing the resource folder into vpk.exe
9. Drag the resulting .vpk file into your Left 4 Dead 2 addon folder.
10. Open your game and play. You should see the new names when you kill them!
example of where you can see custom names: "<PlayerName> killed <ZombieType>"

Example Mod
For reference, I have added an example mod for reference[drive.google.com] so you can see how the files are used. I also have the source of the mod[drive.google.com] in case you would like too see inside it and edit it yourself.
21 Comments
animekid59 21 Aug, 2024 @ 4:13am 
i made it work
SuperMario20  [author] 20 Aug, 2024 @ 11:05am 
However, have you tried to download the example mod and put it in your addon folder and see if it works?
SuperMario20  [author] 20 Aug, 2024 @ 11:02am 
my guess is an update broke this. When I uploaded this to Steam, it was already 2 years old. So this tutorial is basically 7 years old. I'll update the title accordingly.
The Neighbor's Cat 19 Aug, 2024 @ 2:10pm 
This doesn't work, tried it.
animekid59 17 Aug, 2024 @ 6:04pm 
can u possibly assist a brother in need/
animekid59 17 Aug, 2024 @ 6:04pm 
hi i cant seem to get it working i might be stoopid
Kea Renee 28 Jan, 2020 @ 7:55pm 
Lovely! I was just talking to my sibling about how I wished we could change the name of the zombies to those of ppl we knew and didn't like and also make a map of our home town to go along with it.
Mundfish 27 Dec, 2019 @ 8:05am 
Welp, I tried. Still impossible. Even used your reference VPK to try it like that. Still produces "Boomer" instead of, I.E. "Bomber".
Mundfish 22 Dec, 2019 @ 9:37am 
Thank you kindly, Sir.
SuperMario20  [author] 22 Dec, 2019 @ 9:36am 
I will post an example one for reference.