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SoundScript Manifest Base [SSMB]
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мяFunreal  [developer] 18 Sep, 2023 @ 5:43am
Install Instructions
Installing SSMB
  1. Go to steamapps\common\Left 4 Dead 2\left4dead2.
  2. Open Gameinfo.txt.
  3. Above "Game Update" add Game "!Custom_Sounds/!SoundScripts_BASE".
  4. Save the Gameinfo.txt, make a shortcut of it, Copy/Cut it.
  5. Go to steamapps\common\Left 4 Dead 2.
  6. Make a folder called !Custom_Sounds.
  7. Open !Custom_Sounds.
  8. Paste the shortcut of Gameinfo.txt into this folder.
  9. Download SSMB via crowbar into the !Custom_Sounds folder.
  10. Unpack the SSMB vpk with crowbar. You'll get a folder called "Unpacked 0.XY".
  11. Rename the "unpacked 0.XY" folder to !SoundScripts_BASE.

Installing mods using SSMB
  1. Download mods using SSMB via crowbar into the !Custom_Sounds folder.
  2. Unpack the mods using SSMB's vpk with crowbar. You'll get a folder called "Unpacked 0.XY".
  3. Rename the "unpacked 0.XY" folder to whatever the mod was called.
  4. Copy the name of this folder.
  5. Open the shortcut of the Gameinfo.txt.
  6. Above the existing Game "!Custom_Sounds/!SoundScripts_BASE" add a new line reading Game "!Custom_Sounds/MODNAME".
  7. If the mod downloaded does not come with a soundcache, open the game and use the following command snd_buildsoundcachefordirectory ../!custom_sounds/MODNAME

Uninstalling SSMB or mods using it
Just rename or delete the folders you added and undo the Gameinfo edits.
Last edited by мяFunreal; 18 Sep, 2023 @ 6:25am