you can leave them alone, the mod's files replace only the base subtitles if i recall correctly.
if i remembered wrong and there ARE subtitles for the other DLCs in the mod then you can replace those, but otherwise just leave them alone

And, what about the other DLCs?

i haven't played l4d2 in a while so i'm not sure if there are any other instances of subtitles_english.dat (like in some other directories or whatnot), but if there are then you can just leave them alone

you need to replace the subtitles_english.dat file in the /left4dead2/resource/ directory with the mod's subtitles_english.dat.

if you do just that you'll have the modded subtitles for the base game and the regular subtitles for the Passing DLC, which don't match up with the voicelines from the mod.

unfortunately modding the Passing subtitles is impossible for some reason, so in the readme I just wrote that you should delete the subtitles_english.dat in the /left4dead2_dlc1/resource/ directory.

this will cause the passing voicelines to simply not have subtitles. if you need subtitles you can just not delete the file in the DLC directory.

Yes, I meant the passing DLC. Btw, do I only need to replace the Passing DLC ones, or all others too???

what do you mean exactly by "story subtitles"?
it could be that you mean the subtitles from the Passing DLC, and those don't work because it's for some reason impossible to mod them, so I included a step in the instructions to just disable them.
if you mean the subtitles in general it might be some sort of mod conflict or something - in any case it's not really within my abilities to really answer that as the issue wouldn't stem from my mod.
if it's a mod conflict, disable all mods, and then enable them one by one to see which one screws up the subtitles.

Got a little problem; the story subtitles stopped working, can you help with that? I'd like to understand it as I have a low volume and play whilst in a call

dude the english_subtitles.dat doesnt exist

can someone do a YouTube video on how to do this

Thanks :D

If you can't find the VPK, even with the instructions I gave below, then here's the raw file [drive.google.com], hosted temporarily on GDrive

I cant find the VPK, any help? Or, if possible, do you have a link to just download the subtitles file?

honestly no clue, did you check the right directory? i assume you did, but still, on windows it should be C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/left4dead2/addons/workshop ( "~/home/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/left4dead2/addons/workshop" on most linux distros )

if you can't find the file in that folder then go to the top steam directory ("Steam" folder) and perform a search for the filename: "2966116375.vpk"

if it brings up no results then boot up l4d2 and check if the addon shows up in the addons menu. if it doesn't then it hasn't been downloaded. if it shows as subscribed to, but isn't actually downloaded and/or installed, try unsubscribing and resubscribing

The file containing the mod is nowhere to be seen for me in the files, do you know why?

renaming subtitles_english.dat prevents the game from loading them, as the game looks specifically for files named "subtitles_english.dat", thus letting you insert the mod's subtitles under the appropriate name, while also preventing the dlc1 subtitles from showing up.

By renaming the subtitle files, is it supposed to not show any subtitles at all for any of the characters?

as in the file isn't there, or are you having trouble getting to it?

i can't find the file with the replacement subtitles

nevermind, just read the readme thing

where do i find the mod subtitles? is it just right above the normal one?

Ah, okay. Thanks for the swift reply.

if you can put up with the inconsistencies then yeah, you don't need to disable them, nothing will happen to the addon if you don't

I'm confused about why The Passing's subtitles need to be disabled, I get that it's subtitles can't be replaced with new ones but other than that why can't I just use The Passing's subtitles and deal with the inconsistencies? Will the addon/game break if its left un-disabled?