Left 4 Dead 2

Left 4 Dead 2

Menu UI Fixes and Improvements
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Olde  [developer] 12 Feb, 2018 @ 8:53pm
Suggestions
Please post suggestions for other things you might want to see included in this discussion thread. I am planning on giving this new updates to be more useful and address issues that I didn't consider before starting this project. Please note the following suggestions that I am already aware of:

Add Survival Versus to list of main buttons: Will not be done because it's too obscure and would cause clutter.
Add Developer Console to main menu: Developer Console button added to Extras.
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MetaVandetta23 13 Feb, 2018 @ 8:22am 
Hm, maybe add option to play custom maps on splitscreen with this addon
Dush-K 2 May, 2018 @ 9:39pm 
Make it work with Rayman's mutation mod addon
Sculltex 27 May, 2018 @ 6:43pm 
Any way to make it work with this AI improvment mod?
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=121071656
If not it's fine, although it would be nice.
Olde  [developer] 27 May, 2018 @ 8:09pm 
I see what the problem is. The issue is that he (Ziggy) included a file that he shouldn't have. His Improved Bots (Advanced) mod includes a changed Extrasflyout.res file, as well as a number of other menu-changing files, that don't have anything to do with improving bot performance. The two addons conflict because he has menu-changing stuff when that's not the cited goal of the mod. You'd have to ask him to remove the .res file because it's not even really pertinent to his mod.
Sculltex 29 May, 2018 @ 4:50pm 
He's not answering my posts or comments, so I'm assuming he doesn't care enough to help me or fix it. Would it be possible to delete the .res files and/or replace it with unedited versions? I'd hate to have to choose betwen these two great addons.
As for me, I'm not sure where to find these files, so if you want to help, you can tell me the directory I should be looking in.
EDIT: It also seems mainmenu.res being altered is another main confliction according to console.
EDIT 2: I have found a mod that can replace Ziggy's AI improvment addon without conflicting with the UI improvments.
Last edited by Sculltex; 29 May, 2018 @ 5:33pm
Olde  [developer] 29 May, 2018 @ 7:14pm 
You can use them together. Just make sure that mine is above the Improved Bots in the order of addons (if you don't know how to work the addonlist.txt file, just make sure that you subscribe to mine before his; unsub from both and then sub to mine before his if need be). Even though they say they will conflict in the addons menu, they should technically still work together. The conflicting files from the first add-on should load before the second.
Hay-weeᵗᵗᵛ 31 May, 2018 @ 11:00pm 
Can you add server browser tab in the ESC? sometimes I switch to servers and just rather do it that way?
Olde  [developer] 1 Jun, 2018 @ 12:38am 
A) No, I can't. I've already looked into this and I cannot create a button with the "toggleconsole" function in the in-game menu.
B) Just watch this tutorial to find out how to rebind the console to any button you want:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NfCNP22_Y8#t=16s
Xanaguy 5 Sep, 2018 @ 2:34am 
Maybe a Flyout Menu on the Single Player Button for all official game modes? I've already done most of the setup with getting the buttons correct and functional, but now I gotta reposition them. I'll be more than happy to submit my work to contribute to the addon(s).
Xanaguy 8 Sep, 2018 @ 8:37pm 
I've developed a successful Single Player Menu and would like to contribute it to this addon. (Referring to the attempt above) It is live here: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1507355438
玲音23 14 Oct, 2018 @ 7:55am 
I'd love to see all online game modes (e.g. versus, versus realism, scavage, etc) merged into one tab. I don't think anyone really cares that much about the game mode, people just want to play with other people. Is something like that possible? I haven't found anything existing
Olde  [developer] 14 Oct, 2018 @ 11:45am 
Originally posted by zimniy pleb:
I'd love to see all online game modes (e.g. versus, versus realism, scavage, etc) merged into one tab. I don't think anyone really cares that much about the game mode, people just want to play with other people. Is something like that possible? I haven't found anything existing
That kind of defeats the purpose of those tabs in the first place, don't you think? After all, the tabs are: Single-Player, Campaign, Realism, Versus, Versus Realism, Mutations, Survival, and Scavenge. If all the online modes are merged together, that only leaves two tabs: Online and Single-Player (and many people want to see single-player merged with campaign anyway).

I already have an add-on that does something similar, conveniently putting all the game modes on the screen at once immediately upon loading in. You can find it here:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1391162732
玲音23 14 Oct, 2018 @ 12:54pm 
Kind of. It's more that in less popular regions (e.g. AU) it's hard to find an online game, so if it showed them all at once then you could see if there was a game currently going (sometimes there is, sometimes there isn't).
Olde  [developer] 14 Oct, 2018 @ 7:14pm 
I see. However, for that you might want to just use the server browser, then order by number of players.
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