left-4-dead-2
I have been searching for a guide on how to set up a Left 4 Dead 2 Steam dedicated server on a clean debian install.
But I haven't found one that worked.
So if anyone have successfully set up a server on debian could you please make a simple guide or link to an existing guide.
Valve removed the vocalization commands to stop people spamming in multiplayer games, all that is left are the speech wheel that come up when you press z or x (using default controls).
Edit: This is the very hacky way of doing it through the radial commands which may or may not work.
The safest place, by definition is the safe room.
Other safe places are rooms with doors closed, of course until infected destroy them. And in general all places that can have only few entrances (one or two) so that they can be easily guarded by your team mates. Trucks, garages, rooms and so on.
If you are instead searching places where infected cannot reach you, they probably go under definition of maps bugs/exploits. Because for sure map designer/developers do not want to add places where you can safely stay without being reached by infected.
Best Answer
First of all install steam, or the Half Life Dedicated Server (a.k.a. hldsupdatetool, see This site)
Install it
./hldsupdatetool.binafterchmod +xif necessary. It will put steam in the current directory.Check the tool is at the last version with
./steam(multiple times if necessary, until it displays the help message).Then the install a game just do well with
(It will install l4d2 in the current directory, creating
left4dead2/subdir.)Hint: the game names can be changed to another game. See the list with
./steam -command listBonus: run your server in screen (within the good directory)