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Q. How Do I Check My Version?
Answer
Start Your Game.
Go To Options > Keyboard/Mouse > Allow Developer Console > Enable It.
Now Press the "~" Button, Belw Number 1 Button and Ablove the Tab Button.
and Type Version in the Console's Commands Field.
You will get something like this.
[code]Version 1.0.1.4 (left4dead)
Exe build: 13:08:42 Aug 3 2009 (3939) (500)[/code]
It has to say 1.0.1.4 for the correct version for you to be able to play with others online.
Q. I Can't See Anyone On The Server List? What Do I Do?
Answer
Check that you are at Version 1.0.1.4, Also Be sure to look for the "Friends Playing" List Bottom Left Corner Of Game Menu, And Click There. If you still not able to see the servers. Use the Server Browser and Go To The "Lan" Tab, and you will see list of servers to join.
Q. My Game Closes When I Start it, It gives Steam Error, What Do I Do?
Answer
You must Install The Standalone Patch, The Latest Standalone Patch for the latest Version, Latest Version is 1.0.1.4.
So Install the Standalone 1.21b
Always Remember to Install the Latest Standalone Patch.
Q. My Game Keeps Lagging And Crashing, What Is Wrong?
Answer
There are a few ways to get you game to have less lag online, especially if you are hosting, you wont Lag.
it is the host that either does't have a good connection or does not have his config server rates set up correctly.
Here is an example of rates for better performance
// Keep sv_minrate at 5000
// Formula for maxrate = [upload speed in kbps] * 128 / (# of players)
// Lower it to be safe, because if the bandwidth draw is greater than what your connection can handle, latencies will spike.
// Mine is 480 * 128 / 8 = 7680
// And as you can see, 7000 is a conversative estimate.
// Lowering the maxrate will lower/stabilize latencies, but as a consequence, choke will rise (but it's at least better than having high latencies).
sv_minrate 5000
sv_maxrate 7000
// This is related to tickrate, but I know they've changed how things work a little bit for Left 4 Dead.
// If you have a really nice internet connection, I would recommend setting the maxcmdrate to 100.
sv_mincmdrate 20
sv_maxcmdrate 30
//Basic Rates for less lag and better gameplay
//General CVARs
sv_consistency 1
sv_pure 2
sv_pure_kick_clients 1
sv_voiceenable 1
sv_alltalk 0
sv_region 0
sv_minrate 10000
sv_maxrate 50000
sv_maxcmdrate 101
sv_mincmdrate 67
sv_visiblemaxplayers -1
sv_log_onefile 0
sv_logbans 1
You can just simply add these commands in the listenserver.cfg file, if you dont have one, open Notepad and name it listenserver and Save it As .cfg and put it in left4dead/cfg and these commands will automatically generate when you Host.
Also go to Tutorial Section 2: How To Fix Lag Spikes, And Crashes
For more advanced options to make you game have better performance.