Left 4 Dead 2 and the Left 4 Dead 2 SDK Update Released

[Steam News]

Updates to Left 4 Dead 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Gameplay

• Now ghost PZ's can never be staggered
• Enabled PZ bots
• PZ bots use their more aggressive survival mode behavior in versus and scavenge
• Enabled finale manual spawn by default
• Fixed human PZ players not getting counted when they were dead, allowing extra PZ bots to spawn
• Reduced effectiveness of melee weapons against the Tank ( 5% of max health, from 10% )
• Fixed a case where a player who dies, then is rescued from a rescue closet, and then is revived from a ledge hang receives the secondary weapon that he lost when he was initially killed
• Improved SurvivorBot AI in cases where the bots refused to shoot through their teammates and became non-responsive
• Fixed issue with witch sometimes taking on uncommon common properties
• Fix for cheaters quitting before the vote to kick them would succeed and avoiding ban on serverVAC banned users can now play L4D2 single-player, commentary mode and credits

Map Fixes

• Dark Carnival Fair Ground: added env_player_blocker to keep special infected from getting stuck
• Dark Carnival Fair Ground: added navigation area that was missing
• Dark Carnival Fair Ground: Disconnected drops that were blocked by the top of a fence
• Swamp Fever Plank Country: Deleted 2 nav areas that connected between tree trunks you can't pass through
• Swamp Fever Shanty Town: Redrew ladder thinner so special infected could climb up to the roof
• The Parish Waterfront: Fixed various navigation areasMall: Tuned spawning for difficulty

SDK Content

• Added missing nature/blend tooltextures added
• Added missing cs models/textures
• Added missing acunit01 model/texture
• Added missing ammo_can_02 model/textureAdded missing patio_chair model/texture

[Giga]

• Enabled finale manual spawn by default
• Reduced effectiveness of melee weapons against the Tank ( 5% of max health, from 10% )

• Mall: Tuned spawning for difficulty

Yaaaaaay! Took long enough.

[Steam News]

Updates to Left 4 Dead 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. XBOX 360 users will see these changes in an upcoming title update. The major changes include:

Gameplay

• Now ghost PZ's can never be staggered
• Enabled PZ bots
• PZ bots use their more aggressive survival mode behavior in versus and scavenge
• Enabled finale manual spawn by default
• Fixed human PZ players not getting counted when they were dead, allowing extra PZ bots to spawn
• Reduced effectiveness of melee weapons against the Tank ( 5% of max health, from 10% )
• Fixed a case where a player who dies, then is rescued from a rescue closet, and then is revived from a ledge hang receives the secondary weapon that he lost when he was initially killed
• Improved SurvivorBot AI in cases where the bots refused to shoot through their teammates and became non-responsive
• Fixed issue with witch sometimes taking on uncommon common properties
• Fix for cheaters quitting before the vote to kick them would succeed and avoiding ban on serverVAC banned users can now play L4D2 single-player, commentary mode and credits

Map Fixes

• Dark Carnival Fair Ground: added env_player_blocker to keep special infected from getting stuck
• Dark Carnival Fair Ground: added navigation area that was missing
• Dark Carnival Fair Ground: Disconnected drops that were blocked by the top of a fence
• Swamp Fever Plank Country: Deleted 2 nav areas that connected between tree trunks you can't pass through
• Swamp Fever Shanty Town: Redrew ladder thinner so special infected could climb up to the roof
• The Parish Waterfront: Fixed various navigation areasMall: Tuned spawning for difficulty

SDK Content

• Added missing nature/blend tooltextures added
• Added missing cs models/textures
• Added missing acunit01 model/texture
• Added missing ammo_can_02 model/textureAdded missing patio_chair model/texture

[the TURNIP]

This looks like a pretty solid update. However... they still haven't fixed spawning in the finale of Dark Carnival.