Auth Tools opens fine for me too.

Note that you can also access components of the auth tools manually by going to:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Left 4 Dead 2 Beta\bin\

There's hammer.exe and workshop manager etc. Workshop manager will need to be started with some command-line parameters I think, but I am not sure what.

Thanks Kerry :)

a) No, the HUD does not have z-values. However, you can create a modified hudscriptedmode.res file with the graphical changes that you desire.

b) Not yet. You can emit simple named sounds with EmitSoundOnClient()

c) Yes. You can use VSLib[github.com], a simple vscript library for the EMS system being worked on by a couple of people here. VSLib has a Entity::AttachOther() function.

I recommend you take a look at VSLib... It makes many things easier since most of the repetitive stuff is already coded for you.

http://zombiescanfly.com/vslib/

Keep in mind that the documentation is already outdated (there are dozens of new functions and feature changes), so until we get around to updating the docs, you can always ask me on Steam for help or suggestions on how to do things.

Good luck with your projects! :)

How will this work? Consider an arbitrary mutation that is accepted into the l4d2 release build; will all L4D2 users be "subscribed" to the mutation? Or, will the mutation be "packaged" into the game? If the latter, how would the authors update/fix bugs? Thanks.

This thread won't be updated anymore. You can view updates here:

https://github.com/L4D2Scripters/vslib/commits/master

6/13/13 - Added SlowTime() functions for slowing down world time, pseudorandom number generation function from 0 - max, and some other stuff like Pickup functions fix
6/14/13 - Rayman added Notifications::OnDifficulty()
6/15/13 - Rayman added witch detection to Player::GetPlayerType() and I fixed global connect cache bug during round_end

Very nice! Your first post still says "minus the witch" btw :)

The player_spawn game event allows you to hook special infected/survivor spawns. For commons, we need a better OnEntitySpawned listener.

I think a combo of OnEntitySpawn and ChangeModel() would be really, really cool.

[Deprecated post, new links somewhere below]

VSLib Update 6/12/13
Over 50 bug fixes, a couple of new functions (utils and player), old function enhancements, improved cache, versus mode fix.