Left 4 Dead 2 Cheats Code
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This page contains a list of cheats, codes, Easter eggs, tips, and other secrets for Left 4 Dead for PC. If you've discovered a cheat you'd like to add to the page, or have a correction, please click EDIT and add it.
In Part 2 (The Crane), jump on the fence by climbing onto the vent cover. Head across the fence and jump to the other side of the horizontal fence. Turn left, and head to the end, jumping up and to the right to the AC unit / box on the corner of the next building, allowing you to bypass the crescendo event. On the next building, go to the left corner and jump into the highest branch of the tree below. You may lose up to 80% of your health, so heal up before you leap. This leaves you right at the next safe room.
In Part 3 (The Construction Site), by the barricade that you burn is a metal door and a raised fence. Jump on the railing / fence and follow it until it begins to start downward. Here, hop onto the metal siding / door (a difficult maneuver).
In Part 1 (The Rooftops), as soo as you start, look over the edge of the building, down to the street. There's a box partway down, possibly an air conditioner. Hop down to that and it should reduce you to 41% life. Drop to ground from there to skip the interior of the apartments entirely.
Alternate tapping the melee button and the weapon switch button rapidly to double your melee speed. This can be useful for beating off zombies on Expert difficulty. Note: This may be banned in Versus mode.
If you'd like to "refill" your health as a zombie, run away from the survivors until you see a message claiming you are too far away. Now you'll be allowed end your current life and then respawn back in the fray. Hopefully they won't make it to the safe room before you're back!
As the director's commentary points out, the Tank can be outrun by any survivor with green (51% or more) health, but the Tank can overtake any survivor with 50% of less life, because the more injured a survivor is, the slower s/he moves.
If you need to 'reset' your primary weapon to its original (cherry) state, pick up a weapon different from yours, then re-select the weapon you want. This is faster than reloading (plus the time used from replenishing from the ammunition pile), and can help in close-call rescue finales.
The infected cannot extinguish fires once they are ignited (all modes - but especially in versus mode). Use that to your advantage in the campaign by using the molotov (or igniting gas cans) on tough targets like Tanks and Witches.
The all-in-one guide for everything related to Left 4 Dead 2 cheats and console commands on PC and Mac. These L4D2 cheats are up-to-date for the latest version of the game on Steam, working for both single player and multiplayer.
Some commands require sv_cheats to be set to 1 in order to work - these are indicated with the sv_cheats tag in their description in the full command list. Commands that have a default value are also indicated with a badge.
In L4D2, you can change the map using the map cheat. This command takes one parameter, the map code of the map you wish to load. Simply select a map code from the "Map ID" dropdown below to generate a map command for your desired map. After doing so, all you need to do is paste it into a L4D2 console to switch map!
In L4D2, you can spawn items and weapons with the give command. This cheat takes one parameter, the item ID of the item or weapon you wish to add to your inventory. Select an item ID from the dropdown below to generate a give command. Once you've generated a command, copy and paste it into the L4D2 console to give it to yourself!
You can spawn zombies with the z_spawn cheat in L4D2. Simply select the type of zombie you wish to spawn from the dropdown below (e.g. Tank) and a working z_spawn command will be generated below. Just copy and paste this into the Left 4 Dead 2 console to spawn it in-game!
This console command has a number of functions, dependent on the number you provide as an argument. Functions include refilling ammo, health, and removing entities. See argument information for a list of possible numbers and functions.
This command enables "Buddha" mode, if set to 1. In Buddha mode, you will still appear to take damage, but will not die when you health reaches 0. This command is similar to god, but with the god command, you don't react to/take damage.
This command will make you take control of the character under your crosshair (or the closest survivor to your crosshair, if your crosshair is not over a survivor). If you specify the name of a character as an argument, you will take control of the survivor with that name, rather than the closest survivor to your crosshair.
This command changes the "timescale" of the game - i.e. what speed the game processes/runs at. Setting this command to 2 would make the game run two times as fast (as-if it were in fast forward), whereas setting this command to 0.5 would make the game run in slow motion (half as fast).
This command sets the amount of time, in seconds, it takes for the frustration meter of The Tank to reach full (frustration rises when the survivors are not in sight). After the frustration meter reaches full, the AI will take over control of The Tank, raise the value of this command to prevent this from happening. Default is 20 seconds.
This command toggles mayamode for third person, in maya mode, the camera will stick in its current third person position and will not rotate to stay behind your character. In other words, the camera will stay in a fixed position facing you, but it will not move around you as you look around.
This command, if set to 0, will stop bots from teleporting to "unstick" themselves from locations. The default setting for this command is 1, which allow bots to teleport themselves out of locations they get stuck inside.
This command, if set to 1, will enable "full bright" mode, in which all areas of the map are at the maximum lighting level (as-if it were daytime, even in the darkest areas). Setting this command to 2 removes textures from all objects (and sets brightness to max).
This command sets how much more damage a hit from a zombie from behind will deal to you (i.e. if they hit your back). Default is 0, which means there is no extra damage. 0.5 would add 0.5x the dealt damage to the total (so 50% more damage).
This command, if set to 1, will make the server you are currently on a LAN server. A LAN server does not require a connection to the internet to run. This setting disables authentication, the heartbeat to Steam servers, and other features that require a connection to the internet.
This command, if set to 1, will only allow players to connect to your server from the matchmaking lobby, and will not be able to connect directly (e.g. through Steam invite or connect command). If you want a player to be able to connect to your server mid-game, set this command to 0.
This command sets how close you can get to a witch before startling her. Default is 0.2, setting this command to 0 would allow you to get very close without startling, a higher number would make it easier to startle witches.
This command sets the minimum cooldown, in seconds, between each throw attack from a Tank (i.e. they have to wait at least this amount of time after using a throw attack before being able to use another one).
This command sets the field-of-view (FOV) for your flashlight. The FOV is how wide the light of your flashlight is. With this at a higher number, the light from your flashlight will be more spread out (cover more area).
This command sets the maximum amount of "The Hunter" zombies that can be present in the game at any given time - i.e. if this is set to 1, no other Hunter zombies will spawn whilst there is one present.
This command sets the maximum amount of "special infected" zombies that can be in the game at any given time. Once this amount of special infected zombies present in the game, no more will spawn (until one is killed).
Left 4 Dead 2 is almost 10 years old, but many players still play the game today. One of the reasons for the long-term success of L4D2 is its console. The console is essentially a text-box that allows you to enter cheat codes, also known as commands, to spice up gameplay and do all sorts of other things.
In order to use the console with most commands, you'll need to load a game with the map command. This is a relatively simple command to use. All you need to do is type "map" into the console, followed by a space, and the map code of the map you wish to load. The map code for the first chapter of "Dead Center" (The Hotel), is c1m1_hotel . The command to load the Dead Center Hotel map would be as follows:
Finally, we'll show you how to use the "give" command to add an item. The give command works in a similar way to the map command. You need to type give into the console, followed by a space, and the item code of the item you wish to give to yourself. You can find a list of all item codes here. For this example, we will be giving ourselves an AK-47, which has an item ID of rifle_ak47 . The give command with the AK-47's item code added to it looks like this:
If you've enabled the console via your L4D2 settings, but it still isn't working, fear not! Almost always, the issue is due to a different keyboard layout that doesn't have the correct key, or L4D2 doesn't pick up that you're pressing the correct key.
After adding the -console launch option to Left 4 Dead 2, the console will open automatically when you start the game. You can then use the console to set a key to open it. We recommend F12 . To bind the console to F12 , use the following command:
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