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Left 4 Dead LAN Config

Well, guys…. You don’t have to patch to play LAN in Left 4 Dead. Here are the steps to play LAN. Good for home LAN parties. Haha!! 🙂

At the game menu click > Options > Keyboard/Mouse > Enable the Developer Console

In the console, type

1. sv_lan 1
2. sv_allow_lobby_connect_only 0
3. net_start
4. Choose your map. Type map and hit space. You will be able to see a list of maps bellow. Maps with VS are versus maps.

ENJOY GUYS!!

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  Felipe wrote @ January 22, 2009 at 2:58 pm

Don´t need Hamachi….just a LAN connection??

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  lifeatzerogravity wrote @ January 23, 2009 at 1:34 am

Haha!! Yup!! Sure. you dun need to use Hamachi. Just use the console. 🙂

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  yap wrote @ January 24, 2009 at 12:26 pm

Still play. Csteamclient getiSteamGameServer error SteamGamesSrver008 not defined. Pls update emulator.?

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  lifeatzerogravity wrote @ January 24, 2009 at 12:56 pm

Oh… i have never got that error b4. Are you a steam owner? If u are. Do not log in. Or you might wana try GGPatch if all does not work. The last resort is GGPatch.

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  noob wrote @ January 25, 2009 at 12:12 pm

thank you very much

but how can i select difficulty?

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  noob wrote @ January 25, 2009 at 12:17 pm

sorry guy

i already know it

i’m really noob – -a

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  chllaer kumar wrote @ October 29, 2009 at 12:08 pm

bund maraa behen ke lode

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  lifeatzerogravity wrote @ January 25, 2009 at 1:04 pm

Hey hey!! Hi there. Hmmm…..difficulty? Hit ESC then take a vote to change difficulty. Or you can console [ z_difficulty Expert ] or to follow on. No brackets.

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  lifeatzerogravity wrote @ January 25, 2009 at 1:10 pm

Haha!! its ok. well try the different modes and let me know how everything goes!! Happy playing!! 🙂

You can add me in MSN if you want 🙂

dixon_05hello2u[at]hotmail.co.uk

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  animalistix wrote @ March 19, 2009 at 3:34 am

I cant play on LAN with my friends. Says should login to steam etc. Anything I could do with that?

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  yo wrote @ March 20, 2009 at 9:19 am

thanks man helped me heapss!

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  Mattarack wrote @ April 14, 2009 at 9:54 pm

How do the other players connect?, do they just connect to your ip?

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  lifeatzerogravity wrote @ April 17, 2009 at 11:42 am

yup. Just make sure u type this in you console

sv_lan 1
sv_allow_ lobby 0
and
net_start

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  Bubz wrote @ June 19, 2009 at 9:42 pm

Does one need Steam to play this way?

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  lifeatzerogravity wrote @ June 20, 2009 at 12:22 pm

Nope… you do not need steam to play it 🙂

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  Zephyr wrote @ July 4, 2009 at 2:05 pm

Wht do u mean by typing in the console?? where is the console?

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  lifeatzerogravity wrote @ July 4, 2009 at 3:05 pm

To enable the L4D console. you have to enter options > keyboard and mouse > developer console. Activate it there 🙂

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  julle wrote @ July 22, 2009 at 12:49 pm

erm it says restricted to local clients (class c) , when i use “Connect ”

what to do?

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  lifeatzerogravity wrote @ October 12, 2009 at 2:23 am

Make sure you have the same map on the pc 🙂

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  lifeatzerogravity wrote @ July 22, 2009 at 1:43 pm

Heyhey, can you kindly provide me your IP address and ur IP settings, I think i know wads the problem already.

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  MHell wrote @ July 30, 2009 at 2:23 pm

HI, uhm, i have a problem with versus maps. None of us can join the “dead” side, what shall i do?

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  lifeatzerogravity wrote @ July 30, 2009 at 3:52 pm

Check the link on my page, the VS config

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  jeffery wrote @ August 7, 2009 at 2:38 pm

why i take long time to join a game?

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  lifeatzerogravity wrote @ August 8, 2009 at 2:13 pm

Make sure your L4D versions on all computers are the same. Please do make sure the firewall allows L4D through the network.

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  S.D wrote @ August 18, 2009 at 2:08 pm

Hi, I was checkin your comments here, i think they’re amazing but they didnt quite work with me. I dono how to connect 2 computers together on LAN

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  lifeatzerogravity wrote @ August 19, 2009 at 11:55 am

How come it dint work? 🙂

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  S.D wrote @ August 20, 2009 at 9:08 pm

actually it did now lol but is there anyway to choose ur characters? 🙂

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  lifeatzerogravity wrote @ August 22, 2009 at 1:19 am

the updates for L4D will be uploaded soon 🙂 Check back 🙂

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  Admin wrote @ August 22, 2009 at 1:16 am

You can choose your character. But only in the new versions survival mode.

You can download the update on this blog.

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  BukoJuice wrote @ August 28, 2009 at 3:57 pm

same question as above animalistix

I cant play on LAN with my friends. Says should login to steam etc. Anything I could do with that?

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  Smiddi wrote @ September 30, 2009 at 2:44 am

Hey, forgive me for the dumb question, but how do u access left for dead without steam?

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  luciddreamer wrote @ October 10, 2009 at 12:53 am

When i tried this i get a error saying rejected . I dunno never got it before , but last night i did. Can anyone help?

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  lifeatzerogravity wrote @ October 12, 2009 at 2:24 am

May i know the error code please? Make sure you have activated the allow lobby option. Is this L4D survivor mode?

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  bävern wrote @ October 18, 2009 at 9:18 am

This will not work for me and ym friend we keep getting failed after 10 retries we are using a cracked left 4 dead and i have done exactly what you told me to HELP ME!

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  lifeatzerogravity wrote @ October 20, 2009 at 6:11 pm

Ok. you must make sure that the installation is done properly. Make sure your firewall is off or unblocked for the L4D application.
Check the IP address that you are connecting to. Please make sure its the right one.

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  Hunter wrote @ October 19, 2009 at 4:21 am

I get the error: “Expected 1015, got 1010”

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  bävern wrote @ October 24, 2009 at 8:47 pm

WE will try that for the next time!

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  renzo wrote @ October 26, 2009 at 1:52 am

it still doesn’t work..

it says, whenever i try to connect, to log-in to steam..

what should i do?

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  Qreste wrote @ October 26, 2009 at 10:55 am

How do I join the game from other PCs on my network? I can create a map on one pc, that’s fine. But when I go to the Campaign menu to join with my second pc, it says I should login to steam.

Thank you.

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  olim wrote @ October 29, 2009 at 1:45 pm

hey! when i try to set up a lan my freinds can’t join! 😦 we get the ‘failed after 10 retries’ and sometimes restricted to local clients (class c) we have the same maps though!

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  Yojo wrote @ October 29, 2009 at 8:56 pm

Uhm…i cant get up this console….i activated it in options but it doesnt happend anything when i click the button….='(
help anyone?

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  alex wrote @ October 30, 2009 at 6:46 am

Probably the console is mapped to another button.
Check config.

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  eener wrote @ November 10, 2009 at 8:03 pm

Hit the ` key for the console. the little key above the tab key.

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  dj wrote @ November 14, 2009 at 6:02 am

you need to press the tild key to get into console. Activate console in options and then press tild key…

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  Grayfish wrote @ December 5, 2009 at 1:09 am

Ok what game type do i start before i type these commands.

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  Jeremy wrote @ December 28, 2009 at 4:31 am

Hi there! I’ve been playing left 4 dead in versus mode over the lan for quite sometime now. We were using the first version of left 4 dead (the one with walking zombies at the main menu). Just recently, my friend and I patched our left 4 dead to version 1.0.1.6 (crash course patch). Now we can’t switch teams in versus mode. We can only do co-op mode. What did I do wrong? Thanks

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  lifeatzerogravity wrote @ January 1, 2010 at 3:54 am

Hi there, nice to hear from you. This are the things you must take note.

Installing the Update
Installing the No Steam Patch
Installing the Survival Update

Have you obtained all this 3 installations?

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  Jeremy wrote @ January 3, 2010 at 5:10 am

Hi, thanks for replying.
Hmmm. I’m not sure but the patch that I downloaded is like an update for the No Steam version for left 4 dead. It’s got the survival mode (lighthouse) and the Crash Course Map already. It’s basically like a 3 in one patch. But if you have a different update, no steam patch, and survival update, could you please send me the download links? Thanks a lot.

  puug wrote @ April 14, 2010 at 2:51 pm

hey guys, can i play lan if i have downloaded it from the net ??? (it s not original…a pirate copy)

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  Baakk wrote @ May 14, 2010 at 9:42 pm

How to pop on console? even though i enable, it dosent appear when starting game

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  Antwon wrote @ May 23, 2010 at 8:48 am

Hey, I’m fairly certain i have done everything properly leaving me with a question. My l4d isn’t exactly installed, regards of Skullptura, so will that prevent this from working? when i attempt to connect the connecting machine says it gave up after 10 retries. this is after sv_lan 1 sv_allow_lobby_connect_only 0 and net_start have been entered. i take the Ip spewed out after net_start and type connect ***.***.*.* on the other computer but to no avail. tried before and after choosing the map. Help much appreciated thanks

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  Antwon wrote @ May 23, 2010 at 9:26 am

Sorry for my ignorance i have solved my problem thanks you very much for your little tut

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