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L4D2 Too Dark Fix (Linux)
By methylenedioxymethylamphetamine
A guide on how to fix the game being too dark on Linux.
   
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Category: Maps or Levels, Modding or Configuration
Languages: English
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Edit your videodefaults.txt file in cfg folder 
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Edit your videodefaults.txt file in cfg folder
In my case the location is in '~/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/common/Left 4 Dead 2/left4dead2/cfg'

After you have went to that directory you need to add a new line to video.txt & videodefaults.txt

Add

"setting.mat_tonemapping_occlusion_use_stencil" "1"

to the two files (make sure that the spaces are the same)
Final Steps
Make video.txt & videodefaults.txt read-only
I'm not 100% sure it's necessary to make it read-only but I have it read-only currently, I'm gonna mess around with it.

Right click your game and add "-autoconfig" to your launch options

And that's all!
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iFailaLotl 28 Jul, 2024 @ 2:59pm 
No longer works
Anatta 28 May, 2024 @ 5:48am 
not working on ubuntu :/
AstralWanderer 21 Mar, 2024 @ 3:59am 
It was perfect before what happened!?