Left 4 Dead Play on LAN (Offline)

We enable Left 4 Dead multiplayer with command. First we enable the game console window. For this:
Right click to Left 4 Dead shortcut and click Properties. Type " -console" (without quotation marks) to Target section. This setting must be both game server and other computers.



Before find out ip address of server pc. For find out ip address: Type cmd to Run and press enter. On dos prompt type ipconfig and press enter. Then open the game.


On console screen type maps * and press enter, map list will open.


Copy a map name from the list. Then type map mapname and press enter. For example map l4d_hospital01_apartment.bsp.


For access the other gamers to game, they must type connect ipaddress and enter to console screen. That ip address must be the server gamer's ip address.



Left 4 Dead 2 Play on LAN (Offline)


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