Left 4 Dead 2

Left 4 Dead 2

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STEAM WORKSHOP IS A PURE BROKEN TIME WASTER (WITH FIX)
By TrinitySeven and 9 collaborators
POSTEDIT I AM NOW USING STEAM WORKSHOP AND HAVE DETECTED NO ERRORS, IT'S BEEN FIXED FROM WHAT zi CAN TELL! SO PLEASE KNOW THAT UNLESS I FIND MORE ERRORS, THIS GUIDE NO LONGER APPLIES.
This is a brief convo I had with another player who could not get his game to work. What ensues is the fixing of his l4d2 install
so THEY CAN HAVE MORE FUN AND ALSO HELP OTHERS WITH THE SAME!
   
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CONVERSATION TO FIX YOUR L4D2 NEAR PERFECT
Note steam so-called moderators banned me 2x for the creation of this guide...Tip steam, HIRE SOME REAL PROFESSIONALS TO DO YOUR FORUM MODERATION and not get a bunch of 13 yr olds to do it for free. Youthink free speech is anything except difficult with people who will censor you from truth, let alone just having an opinion...well welcome TO THE BEST GAMING COMPANY IN THE WORLD THAT HAS THE WORST MODERATORS IN EXISTENCE - ONES WHO DO NOT THEMSELVES FOLLOW THE STEAM USER AGREEMENT, AND BAN OTHERS WHO DO FOLLOW IT. Yes I will be emailing the CEO and a few other people about these discrepancies, I have gamed 35 years I know exactly how to handle this. I have quite a few friends in here, and they saw how unfairly I have been treated, while the culprits have been rewarded for their deeds...so you do realize that to any good people, that creates a very good sense of lack of trust for your company, not to mention that I myself will always tell the truth about these things, and I have gamed 3.5 decades, you now have informed someone like myself of how horrid and antiFreedom your forums have been for some time now. Land of the free? More like land of the tv programmed zombie horde...how about breaking free from the spell they have you under? You understand this is about LOVE right, most precious thing in existence.

5:05 AM - TrinitySeven: 2019 II Breakdown (beta)
5:07 AM - 时光深存少年梦丶: sorry , i can't join this game
5:07 AM - 时光深存少年梦丶: i can't download this map
5:07 AM - TrinitySeven: 2019 II Breakdown (beta)
5:08 AM - TrinitySeven: its very small
5:09 AM - 时光深存少年梦丶: yup , but installed i still can't join
5:10 AM - TrinitySeven: strange
5:11 AM - TrinitySeven: maybe its a new version"/
5:11 AM - TrinitySeven: I think it just came out, it's like 1 map
5:12 AM - 时光深存少年梦丶: i trying again
5:12 AM - TrinitySeven: k
5:15 AM - 时光深存少年梦丶: try invite me again
5:15 AM - TrinitySeven: so its 2019 II Breakdown (beta)
5:15 AM - TrinitySeven: for sure?
5:15 AM - TrinitySeven: you must be using WorkShop
5:16 AM - 时光深存少年梦丶: can't join , but display install successful
5:15 AM - TrinitySeven: please understand the WS is pure broken
5:15 AM - TrinitySeven: you will waste huge time for all using it
5:15 AM - TrinitySeven: I am a l4f2 expert
5:15 AM - TrinitySeven: l4d2
5:17 AM - 时光深存少年梦丶: can you give me this map workshop link?
5:16 AM - TrinitySeven: want me to tell you what to do?
5:16 AM - TrinitySeven: please understand - workshop is pure BROKEN
5:16 AM - TrinitySeven: I kid you not
5:17 AM - TrinitySeven: use it and you will be wasting huge amounts of time while you TRY to game...
5:17 AM - TrinitySeven: do you understand?
5:19 AM - 时光深存少年梦丶: i copy the deadline.vpk to addons directory
5:18 AM - TrinitySeven: yes, yet are you using ANY workshop, that is the real question
5:18 AM - TrinitySeven: i have gamed 35 years, when I tell you it is broken, i am not at all joking
5:20 AM - 时光深存少年梦丶: i need disable all workshop addons?
5:18 AM - TrinitySeven: i am a gamepro, and YES
5:18 AM - TrinitySeven: even further
5:19 AM - TrinitySeven: you of coarse need to unsub everything and delete the folder contents
5:19 AM - TrinitySeven: then do ONLY manual
5:19 AM - TrinitySeven: and you will almost never have any problems
5:19 AM - TrinitySeven: took me only 2 days to figure this out
5:19 AM - TrinitySeven: because of how pro i am
5:21 AM - 时光深存少年梦丶: okay , i try to do
5:20 AM - TrinitySeven: so you should unsub everthing, if you know how to do that
5:20 AM - TrinitySeven: that is first
5:21 AM - TrinitySeven: because if you dont, and you delete the folder of coarse it will just keep re-downloading it
5:21 AM - TrinitySeven: none of your campaigns will work properly if you do not do this...at least that is the strong chance you take each time unless you only use manual
5:22 AM - TrinitySeven: it is most likely why you can not join now after downloading the proper campaign
5:23 AM - 时光深存少年梦丶: it's really trouble
5:22 AM - TrinitySeven: yes
5:22 AM - TrinitySeven: well now you know the fix
5:22 AM - TrinitySeven: good thing you ran into me
5:22 AM - TrinitySeven: watch the difference after doing this
5:22 AM - TrinitySeven: so first unsub
5:22 AM - TrinitySeven: need help with that?
5:24 AM - 时光深存少年梦丶: i use so much workshop addons , disable all it's trouble
5:23 AM - TrinitySeven: ouch
5:23 AM - TrinitySeven: no wonder your game is so messed
5:23 AM - TrinitySeven: well you can unsub right?
5:23 AM - TrinitySeven: most of the mods suck anyways buds
5:23 AM - TrinitySeven: go into the workshop and go into all your subsciptions, and then unsub from everything
5:24 AM - TrinitySeven: the actually delete all the fles right afterwards
5:25 AM - 时光深存少年梦丶: just this addons can't use
5:24 AM - TrinitySeven: you wont be able to play any map hardly
5:25 AM - 时光深存少年梦丶: deadline.vpk
5:24 AM - TrinitySeven: it will crash you everywhere
5:24 AM - TrinitySeven: lets not waste anymore time
5:24 AM - TrinitySeven: unsub
5:24 AM - TrinitySeven: there are TWO steps
5:25 AM - TrinitySeven: its first
5:26 AM - 时光深存少年梦丶: i delete all addons files
5:25 AM - TrinitySeven: no
5:25 AM - TrinitySeven: you unsub FIRST
5:25 AM - TrinitySeven: and yes after delete them all
5:25 AM - TrinitySeven: but WAIT
5:26 AM - 时光深存少年梦丶: but deadline.vpk insn't work
5:25 AM - TrinitySeven: NOT the addons folder, the one right above it
5:25 AM - TrinitySeven: you have to listen to get it to work
5:25 AM - TrinitySeven: CAN YOU UNSUB EVERYTHING
5:27 AM - 时光深存少年梦丶: okay
5:26 AM - TrinitySeven: tell me when you got that done
5:27 AM - TrinitySeven: when you are done, DO NOT delete the addons folder...you delete the WORKSHOP folder, or at least it's contents...
5:29 AM - 时光深存少年梦丶: okay
5:27 AM - TrinitySeven: and reset your l4d2 is you have not also
5:28 AM - TrinitySeven: like reload
5:29 AM - 时光深存少年梦丶: i backup the workshop subscribe first.
5:28 AM - TrinitySeven: then your good to go
5:28 AM - TrinitySeven: i did too, yet its useless
5:28 AM - TrinitySeven: its so pure broken they are not fixing it anytime soon
5:29 AM - TrinitySeven: so i deleted it all again pretty sure
5:29 AM - TrinitySeven: remember if you are not unsubbing all, you are really going to screw it up because it will redownload everytime you enter game
5:31 AM - 时光深存少年梦丶: yup , i know
5:30 AM - TrinitySeven: so now you can still keep all your manual stuff, just have to do anything else by manual from now on, and
5:30 AM - TrinitySeven: if you have conflicting mods, you must turn them on, your whole list should be white, i have only 50 gigs or so of campaigns installed, and all show WHITE
5:31 AM - TrinitySeven: meant to say turn them OFF
5:33 AM - 时光深存少年梦丶: okay
5:31 AM - TrinitySeven: if you want to experiment when you can afford to waste time (by yourself) then maybe try it out with RED conflicts sometimes, yet not when playing with friends
5:32 AM - TrinitySeven: now your game will almost always work, and therefore you will have more fun
5:32 AM - TrinitySeven: We should like sticky this convo, and post it up on l4d2, I am going to do that now
5:33 AM - TrinitySeven: do I have your permission?
5:34 AM - 时光深存少年梦丶: i doing
5:33 AM - TrinitySeven: Can I post conversation to Steam for others to benefit from please?
5:35 AM - 时光深存少年梦丶: okay
5:34 AM - TrinitySeven: Thank You
10 Comments
James Bong'121 18 Jan, 2017 @ 4:45am 
:D
小鐳  [author] 27 Dec, 2015 @ 7:18am 
??
:steamhappy:
TrinitySeven  [author] 9 Jan, 2015 @ 5:41pm 
Just got through another game where people were pure oblivious to PVX rule one, and their garbage server was like most, so modded that the GAME THEORY AS FAR AS BALANCE AND CHALLENGE GOES was completely thrown out the window, finally I told these peeps (who were not amateurs either as I am a gamepro and know how much time they had in) that they needed to learn some PVX BASICS like PVX RULE ONE (maintain formation and gank) to which they all heehawed like a bunch of bumpkin newbs as I simply flamed them deservedly for their insane constant teamwiping rediculousness they call gaming. I remind those on the THREAD that THE BEST CHALLENGE comes from making the game hard yet still beatable, I hope peeps understand this game mechanic basic that are players...how many of you like to repeat a lvl over and over again like a grindey mmo at it's worst? Play TOGETHER, and you will get proper WINS and PROGESSION in the campaign.
TrinitySeven  [author] 30 Dec, 2014 @ 9:13pm 
I would recommend this, run FREE scans with EMSIsoft and Dr. Web and tell me if they report anything.
Sexy Uncle 30 Dec, 2014 @ 8:24pm 
but when 1st download l4d2 i din't download anything from workshop i go to gamemaps.com to download addons then put it in addons but the game still crash what is the problem ?
TrinitySeven  [author] 28 Dec, 2014 @ 11:00am 
I guess you just can't read eh trilemma, I mean you must be either pure stupid if that is not the case, stop trolling the post, or you will be reported, and have a strike against your record (which you seem to be pushing for for some garbage...you do realize the person WAS GRATEFUL afterwards their game worked better, NOW JUST ADD THE FINAL PIECE OF THE PUZZLE, ONLY ENABLE ONE OF YOUR CAMPAIGNS AT ONCE, AND YOUR GAME WILL ALMOST NEVER CRASH. I mean you really gotta be next to pure stupid to keep trolling my posts and wanting to get more stikes against your account. Hey, and please do not think I do not know how evil people can be, 110 visitors so far and NOT ONE favorite for helping others to get better game...and if it was a stupid facebook likewhore post you can imagine how popular it would be. So please also understand that I know there are good people as well, even if they are a rarer breed than the popular crass banal general public. Love matters most, remember that...
MALAY BOT SLAYER 27 Dec, 2014 @ 8:57pm 
what i'm seeing above is just you annoying the heck out of that person.
TrinitySeven  [author] 27 Dec, 2014 @ 5:04pm 
what I do with the 50gigs I have DLed, is just enable the one I need when I need it...I have not found a bug yet this way...first it was workshop messing things up, then it was having more than one enabled...white or not, it's misleading...so try it this way if you will and see if it works for you perfect like it does for me. I know what I am saying, valuable information, and I have decades of gaming experience IN ADDITION to the fact l4d2 is my main title right now and has been for much longer than what most people would think by looking at my profile, WAY WAY longer.
TrinitySeven  [author] 26 Dec, 2014 @ 9:22am 
PVX RULE ONE (AND IF IT'S NOT A MULTI IT'S NOT A REAL GAME) =
MAINTAIN FORMATION & GANK! THIS IS THE FIRST RULE TO ALL MULTI
THIS RULE WORKS BRUTALLY WELL IN L4D2 REMEMBER THAT!
优质战士  [author] 23 Dec, 2014 @ 8:26pm 
:boomer: