Left 4 Dead 2

Left 4 Dead 2

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10 Comments
Mike Oxlong  [author] 26 Nov, 2024 @ 10:05am 
Hi folks

As I've been getting a lot of requests to do custom versions of these and it is getting a bit out of hand, I've put up a fairly simple tutorial to create your own, and I won't be taking any more requests, sorry, I just don't have the time to keep following through on all of them.

I appreciate people's enjoyment of my mods and want to make it clear this is aimed at no one user, this comment will be posted on all of my current mods so people see it. Try it out and have some fun, it's actually pretty easy to do!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA7Cp-B5O6c
WhiteRockHunter 27 May, 2023 @ 12:32am 
hey can you pls add the riot zombie
Karl's brother Gimli 16 May, 2022 @ 1:13pm 
Great job and thank you for one again making another version mate, bless you
[̲̅$̲̅(̲̅35)̲̅$̲̅] 14 Feb, 2022 @ 8:38am 
oh thanks i didnt even see the wertologist one
Mike Oxlong  [author] 14 Feb, 2022 @ 2:41am 
There should be a couple already on my workshop that have no mudmen.
[̲̅$̲̅(̲̅35)̲̅$̲̅] 13 Feb, 2022 @ 12:47am 
can you make one that removes mudmen too
sammiday 10 Feb, 2022 @ 5:17pm 
oh wow thank you so much thats awsome ^0^/ :spiffo:
Mike Oxlong  [author] 10 Feb, 2022 @ 1:05pm 
When you're done modding open \SteamApps\common\left 4 dead 2\bin and drag the /root folder with population.txt in it over vpk.exe. It will create a vpk file you can drop into left 4 dead 2\addons. You can only have one population.txt mod active at a time, so if you do mod it, make sure you deactivate any others or it won't work.

(sorry for double commenting, character limit)
Mike Oxlong  [author] 10 Feb, 2022 @ 1:05pm 
You need a couple of tools. The first is called gcfscape. Install that and associate it with gcf and vpk files.

Then navigate to <steam install folder>\SteamApps\common\left 4 dead 2\left4dead2\addons\workshop\

(I believe the filename for my mod is 1644514155.vpk)

Open it with gcfscape, and extract the /root folder from the VPK to a folder on your computer. Open the folder /scripts and edit population.txt with something like notepad. You'll be able to see there what zombies spawn and where. If you change the numbers 1 to lower (for example 0.6 will reduce the appearance of a zombie by 40%) it will also reduce the odds of that zombie type appearing When you're done editing save the file.
sammiday 10 Feb, 2022 @ 9:29am 
WOW OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH IT WORKS PERFECTLY testing now, and it seems clowns and riots are gone for good, BUT HOW DID YOU DO IT?? :health: :zomshaka: :6face: