L4DIY: Custom Campaigns Now Supported in Left 4 Dead

Posted 06/26/2009 at 5:07pm | by Nathan Grayson

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Anything can become boring if you do it enough. Skydiving, surfing, and avoiding surefire undead death are just a few non-specific examples. But a change of scenery is always great for freshening things up, so Valve’s decision to add custom campaign support to Left 4 Dead is much appreciated. After all, tussling with hungry zombies is one thing, but fending off boredom? That’s just too much.
 
Adding your zombie-infested obstacle course to Left 4 Dead is as simple as uploading it to a single .VPK file, which other players need only double-click to install. Campaigns and other add-ons can then be managed in Left 4 Dead, ensuring that you’ll never have to be out of Left 4 Dead’s loving embrace for long.  There’s also matchmaking, leaderboards, and auto-updates for the lazy, competitive, and lazy, respectively.
 
The update’s waiting for you over on Steam. So what are you waiting for? Remember, you’re the only one who’s ever come up with the idea for a “Thriller” tribute map. Why keep your brilliance from the rest of the world?