Every time you start Left 4 Dead, it plays a short video to introduce Valve software, then it plays the game intro video. You can skip these videos by pressing ESC twice, but is there an easier way to do this automatically?
Way to automatically skip the intro videos in Left 4 Dead
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It is possible. If you use srcds to set up a dedicated server and note the LAN IP of the computer hosting it, you can enable the developer console in-game (under Keyboard settings then advanced) press the ~ key (on foreign keyboards, it is usually whichever key is next to the 1 key) to open it and enter the command connect <LAN IP of server> into it. You'll then be dropped into the game. Make sure to edit the key of the server so that random people don't start joining. Consider setting it to LAN-only.
If you're using a non-QWERTY keyboard, sometimes binding the developer console may not work. If so, you can edit the launch options and add --console. Then, whenever you launch the game, you'll have console open.
I could post an elaborate answer which would be basically ripping off other people's work, but instead I'll just show you a link to a great tutorial. Adding a radial menu.
If you need to know what commands to use et cetera just let me know what you want to do and I (or someone else here) will help you further.
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Best Answer
Right-click the game's entry in your library, click "Properties", "Set Launch Options..." and add
-novid. That'll automatically skip all the videos.By the way, this goes for any Source game.