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L4D Character Pack (Beta)
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Tags: L4D, left 4 dead, bill, francis, zoey, louis, coach, nick, rochelle, ellis
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1 Mar, 2020 @ 2:05pm
20 Apr, 2023 @ 6:53pm
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Eddieboy
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LiteralFraud
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Eranthis
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L4D Character Pack (Beta)

Description
The Left 4 Dead cast is here! This massive addon brings all the survivors to Alienswarm as fully playable characters. Build your team by mixing and matching your favorite survivors to face off against a new kind of horde. This includes the following:
  • (Nearly) Full voice replacements for the existing marines.
  • Complete set of original character portraits.
  • Custom character names and unique descriptions.

Installation / Troubleshooting
Simply click the subscribe button to install. If the characters' voices sound staticy. Enable the developer console and type in snd_rebuildaudiocache without quotations. This should resolve any issues.

Word from the developers
If youre reading this, thank you! This addon has been in development since 2017 and even though its still unfinished. Its far enough along that we feel the public can finally see it! Were open to any and all feedback and will try our best to someday finish this addon.

Currently the main chunk of the voice lines are done. The only remaining lines are most of the conversations between the marines. This alone has halted development for so long. Were still trying to figure out what to do about this but as previously mentioned were open to feedback. If you can cook up a believable conversation for any unedited voice lines wed love to hear it!

Credits
Eddieboy: project director, sound
Eranthis: sound, artwork
LiteralFraud: writing

Shoutouts & Supported Addons
L4D survivor marines by imelman
Replaces marines models with L4D1&2 survivors.
40 Comments
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k65569404 29 Sep, 2023 @ 8:18am 
good:steamthumbsup::medal::medal::medal::steamthumbsup:
imelman 11 Oct, 2022 @ 6:55am 
Greetings sire, I think you may have noticed I made a L4D swarm marine pack, which was based on what the base characters are, but considering I can make a version that uses your voice pack already in with characters from here, mind you negotiate something that could work out with you? I can bet people will like it.
Caruwr Eirin Gwlanus 28 Aug, 2021 @ 5:03pm 
Amazing mod. Love the way the characters interact with each other, and how the phrases adapt to the gameplay. Particularly love Nick's "Candy Asses" taunt, and Francis screaming when he gets set on fire. Priceless XD
Nice one, thanks a lot :steamthumbsup:
Orinuse 11 Aug, 2021 @ 4:52am 
amazing first impression with these character potraits honestly, especially since this is coming from a mod. and that 4 of the potraits are very veeerry good. Came from the L4D2 workshop after noticing a mod utilizing "alien swarm styled potraits", had a feeling its nabbed from a published mod for Reactive Drop
SkeleBen 6 Mar, 2021 @ 6:57am 
Absolutely brilliant
Eddieboy  [author] 11 Dec, 2020 @ 12:47pm 
Did they actually add new lines? I thought they just made unused lines already in the game files useable. Either way I do plan on checking out if there's anything new.

Sorry for the lack of updates on this project, I haven't worked on it in quite awhile but I plan on coming back to review and do a quality polish on everything that's done.
Speed Racer 11 Dec, 2020 @ 5:06am 
Seeing as how Valve added back in the unused voicelines thanks to the new "Last Stand" update, maybe try having a listen to them?
Blue 10 Dec, 2020 @ 11:10pm 
Dont change it! Its very very good and the choices are logical. It was the devs choice back in 2009 to make Zoey and Rochelle the "along for the ride", supportive type. They really do fall naturally into the medic role, it has nothing to do with their gender and everything with their personality and background. Plus, I cannot see any of the other survivors being any other role, their backgrounds and personalities founded by the l4d devs literally lands them square in the roles chosen here. To me this is how I wouldve set it up, having it different would be awkward.
Eddieboy  [author] 7 Dec, 2020 @ 11:21am 
Because of all of that Zoey and Rochelle are the result of running out of roles to fit them into. Sadly I agree it's unfitting for them both but this was the best team setup I could think of keeping their backstories and playstyles into account. This goes with writing their bio in this mod aswell.

That said I cannot simply "Change a survivors role" because that would require me to remake every voiceline all over again just to swap them over. It's an insane amount of work for what seems like a simple swap.

If possible I do however want to adjust the marines sizes to fit the survivors more. It hurts seeing Francis as the smallest marine when he's actually the 2nd tallest survivor of the eight.
Eddieboy  [author] 7 Dec, 2020 @ 11:21am 
I briefly explained it in a now deleted post. How I assigned the survivors was based on two things. Having L4D1 top & L4D2 bottom instead of jumbled around and assigning survivor based on their role and stats.

-Bill and Coach are leaders of their respective survivor groups. So I gave them officers because they buff and support their teammates around them.
-Francis and Nick are criminals and troublemakers when it comes to the law. It's a stretch but it felt more fitting to have them on heavy weapons compared to everyone else based on that backstory detail alone.
-Louis and Ellis were tricky. Louis is perfect for technician giving his IT office busywork backstory. However I knew Ellis would also be a tech but didn't know how to make sense of it until I realized he's more effective with both engineering and sentries compared to Louis. Which was also fitting given Ellis backstory as a mechanic.