de_dust in Left 4 Dead Demo

TIHan · 11-07-2008, 09:25 AM

The Director
- You will not be wading through hordes of infected from start to finish. What Valve has implemented is an AI Director that places the infected on the map in real time using no flags or checkpoints at all. It is intelligent enough to place them on it's own, needing only a map to be able to work with.

de_dust.bsp was not modified.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SlXeiRH8VI

FreakinSyco · 11-07-2008, 09:26 AM

Holy awesome!

eAi · 11-07-2008, 09:28 AM

Looks good, though clearly it doesn't work so well as on the real maps...

Sabre · 11-07-2008, 09:29 AM

Interesting as a proof of concept for fully thought-out custom maps for L4D, but I sure as hell wouldn't want to play L4D online on Dust.

Kroimpa · 11-07-2008, 09:32 AM

So if u load de_dust on your server you can play on it?

Spectre · 11-07-2008, 09:35 AM

Wow sweet.

TIHan · 11-07-2008, 09:38 AM

This was merely a test to see how the AI Director works on randomly spawning zombies. Yes, there are a few errors and textures missing in de_dust even though I have extracted all the Counter-Strike: Source files into Left4Dead. Perhaps those missing textures and models are in other GCF files that I haven't extracted out of. (Again, this was a test.)

Pretty much any map will work with Left4Dead. All you need is the textures, models, scripts, and sounds for the map as well as the nav mesh(l4d will tell you the map is unplayable, however, it still works as you can see).

More testing needs to be done if someone ever wants to fully incorporate any cs:s, hl2, dod:s, tf2 maps into left4dead. Some of it would require entity manipulation within the .bsp.

Rawd · 11-07-2008, 09:42 AM

I was wondering if this was possible. Thanks for doing this.

About a year ago, I remember playing Fortress Forever maps within TF2.

Kroimpa · 11-07-2008, 09:44 AM

Zombie Panic maps would be awesome to play.

ignite · 11-07-2008, 09:45 AM

Hrm interesting.
So i'm assuming there is no finish, or ending point (like a safe room) to the map? Just walk around and kill zombies?

TIHan · 11-07-2008, 09:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kroimpa

Zombie Panic maps would be awesome to play.

Yes it would be. Only problem with Zombie Panic maps is that(I believe) they do not have any nodes for AI to path their way through the map; however, nav generation might help in this factor, but I have not been able to get it to work.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ignite

Hrm interesting.
So i'm assuming there is no finish, or ending point (like a safe room) to the map? Just walk around and kill zombies?

Just walking around and killing zombies. This is an unmodified de_dust.bsp, I have done nothing to the .bsp or its .nav file. If I were to use an entity manipulation program I could incorporate(maybe, not positive) safe zones and perhaps weapon spawns, etc. However, I wanted to see how the game worked with an unmodified de_dust map.

Zaniah · 11-07-2008, 09:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kroimpa

Zombie Panic maps would be awesome to play.

Wow, good idea!

_ReCon · 11-07-2008, 09:46 AM

Awesome dude, just awesome.

Youngoli · 11-07-2008, 09:46 AM

What difficulty was the video in? I'd like to see it played on Expert and see if the difficulty is well preserved even if the map wasn't made for L4D.

Rawd · 11-07-2008, 09:47 AM

Can you please find this map and port it?

http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=atuZvbEPsAg

11-07-2008, 09:25 AM	#1
TIHan Join Date: Nov 2008 Reputation: 7 Posts: 65	de_dust in Left 4 Dead Demo The Director - You will not be wading through hordes of infected from start to finish. What Valve has implemented is an AI Director that places the infected on the map in real time using no flags or checkpoints at all. It is intelligent enough to place them on it's own, needing only a map to be able to work with. de_dust.bsp was not modified. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SlXeiRH8VI

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Sabre Join Date: May 2006 Reputation: 3 Posts: 235	Interesting as a proof of concept for fully thought-out custom maps for L4D, but I sure as hell wouldn't want to play L4D online on Dust.

11-07-2008, 09:32 AM	#5
Kroimpa Join Date: Nov 2008 Reputation: 0 Posts: 26	So if u load de_dust on your server you can play on it?

11-07-2008, 09:35 AM	#6
Spectre Join Date: Nov 2008 Reputation: 2 Posts: 14	Wow sweet.

11-07-2008, 09:38 AM	#7
TIHan Join Date: Nov 2008 Reputation: 7 Posts: 65	This was merely a test to see how the AI Director works on randomly spawning zombies. Yes, there are a few errors and textures missing in de_dust even though I have extracted all the Counter-Strike: Source files into Left4Dead. Perhaps those missing textures and models are in other GCF files that I haven't extracted out of. (Again, this was a test.) Pretty much any map will work with Left4Dead. All you need is the textures, models, scripts, and sounds for the map as well as the nav mesh(l4d will tell you the map is unplayable, however, it still works as you can see). More testing needs to be done if someone ever wants to fully incorporate any cs:s, hl2, dod:s, tf2 maps into left4dead. Some of it would require entity manipulation within the .bsp.

11-07-2008, 09:42 AM	#8
Rawd Join Date: Sep 2004 Reputation: 13 Posts: 442	I was wondering if this was possible. Thanks for doing this. About a year ago, I remember playing Fortress Forever maps within TF2.

11-07-2008, 09:44 AM	#9
Kroimpa Join Date: Nov 2008 Reputation: 0 Posts: 26	Zombie Panic maps would be awesome to play.

11-07-2008, 09:45 AM	#10
ignite Join Date: Oct 2008 Reputation: 0 Posts: 12	Hrm interesting. So i'm assuming there is no finish, or ending point (like a safe room) to the map? Just walk around and kill zombies?

11-07-2008, 09:46 AM	#13
_ReCon Join Date: Oct 2007 Reputation: 5 Posts: 1,230	Awesome dude, just awesome.

11-07-2008, 09:46 AM	#14
Youngoli Join Date: Nov 2008 Reputation: 0 Posts: 31	What difficulty was the video in? I'd like to see it played on Expert and see if the difficulty is well preserved even if the map wasn't made for L4D.

11-07-2008, 09:47 AM	#15
Rawd Join Date: Sep 2004 Reputation: 13 Posts: 442	Can you please find this map and port it? http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=atuZvbEPsAg