Chet says "DLC Announcement Soon"

[Squishy3]

Left 4 Dead has been updated with a host of fixes, tweaks and new features, including enhancements to Versus mode for improved competitive play. The full change list is below. For PC users the update will be applied automatically via Steam. Meanwhile, the update will be made available to Xbox 360 players in the coming weeks.

General
Fixed Survivors being able to climb surfaces marked for versus infected only
Fixed a class of SurvivorBot bugs dealing with rescuing downed players
Players can no longer grab ladders while flying through the air after a Tank punch
Shooting near a car with an alarm that has already fired the alarm will no longer make chirping noises
Improved loading time
Fixed mini-gun physics exploit
Fixed propane tanks (and other physics objects) causing players to fall through elevators
Fixed rare achievement bug issues
Fixed several map exploits
Fixed various match making issues
Fixed NAT traversal issues

Versus Changes
Added HUD elements to show status of other infected players
Changed color of infected player name in chat to red
Fixed exploit where players could spawn infected bots
Fixed instance where a Survivor changing to the infected team would be attacked by infected bots
Normalized special infected melee damage
Made the following client commands cheat protected: "Kill" and "explode"
Fixed exploit where infected players could run away and teleport back to gain health
Players can only change teams once per map
Players can't change teams while other players are still loading
Tank spawns at the same % through the map for both teams in versus mode
Made the Tank and Witch spawn directly on the escape route
Increased chance of getting the Tank or Witch
Fixed team swap issue

Hunter
Easier to pounce a Survivor who is meleeing
Increased Minimum damage a Hunter pounce does

Smoker
Fixed Smoker tongue tolerance
Smoker now has to be killed or the tongue destroyed for the tongue to break
Survivor's cannot bash someone off the tongue until the Survivor being pulled is paralyzed or hanging
Tongue attacks that fail to paralyze or hang a Survivor will use the shorter ability delay timer
Fixed cases where the ability timer was not using the correct time
Fixed case where you could point at a Survivor but not register a tongue hit
Fixed Smoker tongue not targeting and landing properly through PZ ghosts
Smoker tongue does damage every second while dragging paralyzed Survivors

Tank
Bashable objects now appear with a red glow
Tanks hitting a car with an alarm disables the alarm permanently
Tank frustration timer is only reset by hitting Survivors with rocks or fists
Reduced autoshotgun damage against Tanks

Witch
Witch spawns at the same % through the map for both teams
Avoids spawning within a certain % of the tank
Fixed an exploit where the Witch could be woken up and tricked into attacking Survivors

[Maxon]

"Easier to pounce a Survivor who is meleeing"

Thank goodness.  That was pissing me off that someone wildly swinging away at melee in no particular direction could easily knock back the hunter leaping at him.  Which got annoying when the game was always making me the hunter 3/4th's of the time.

[KarthXLR]

FINALLY.

I can't tell you how much I've wanted these bugs to be fixed. A bit disappointed that there isn't any new content, but other than that, I'm satisfied.

[Honest]

Seems like they thought of everythin...wait a second.

Can you still melee quick switch? FFS This better be fixed.

[Surf314]

Please tell me the smoker buff is only for versus.  I mean I know the smoker sucks in versus, but in co-op expert the hunter is like the biggest threat.

[Vongore]

Please tell me the smoker buff is only for versus.  I mean I know the smoker sucks in versus, but in co-op expert the hunter is like the biggest threat.

Yes, it's only for versus

[Surf314]

[quote author=Surf314 link=topic=2086.msg61421#msg61421 date=1231991899]
Please tell me the smoker buff is only for versus.  I mean I know the smoker sucks in versus, but in co-op expert the hunter is like the biggest threat.

Yes, it's only for versus
[/quote]

Sweet.  These fixes rock then.

[Versus]

people still play this?

[Blues]

people still play this?

Yeah a lot of people aren't big whiners. :o

[x]

Tank spawns at the same % through the map for both teams in versus mode
Made the Tank and Witch spawn directly on the escape route
Witch spawns at the same % through the map for both teams

Is it just me or are these a bit shit? The second team through is always going to know exactly where and when the Tanks will spawn?

[CaffeinePowered]

[quote author=Squishy3 link=topic=2086.msg61405#msg61405 date=1231985507]
Tank spawns at the same % through the map for both teams in versus mode
Made the Tank and Witch spawn directly on the escape route
Witch spawns at the same % through the map for both teams

Is it just me or are these a bit shit? The second team through is always going to know exactly where and when the Tanks will spawn?
[/quote]

I think it means its more of a fix to like one team getting a tank right at start, while the other team didnt get a tank until the end of the level if at all

[ainmosni]

still no server fixes?

[ScottyGrayskull]

I'd be all for DLC coming later if it meant we could have custom stuff in the meantime.

They can't charge you for custom stuff.