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Left 4 Dead SDK Beta Released

Posted by Soulskill on from the building-for-braaaains dept.

Valve has released a beta version of their authoring tools for Left 4 Dead. The tools will allow you to "create your own campaign maps, character skins, 3D models, sound effects, and music and load them into the game." The kit includes a level editor and command-line compiling utilities, as well as example maps, props, infected, and explosives. It also brings plugins for a 3D modeling program called SketchUp. Valve has updated their development wiki to go along with the release.

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  1. Bah! by NuclearError · · Score: 4, Funny

    The only mod you need is replacing the tank music with Ride of the Valkyries!

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    Nuclear engineers build weapons. Civil engineers build targets.
    1. Re:Bah! by BikeHelmet · · Score: 2, Funny

      What tank music? It never plays for me! :(

      I think I disagree with you. The Survivor_SpecialInfected mod is pretty funny, as are the Boomer thongs.