Left 4 Dead Strategy Guide and Tweaks

As you may know, Valve’s latest game, Left 4 Dead is the an intense run-away-from-zombies cooperative game that brings a breath of fresh air to gamers that have been craving a decent PC-Coop game since Doom 2. In that sense, it’s a great game… but because it’s a cooperative game, it’s unlikely that it will replacing any of the major shooters.

*UPDATE* Don’t miss the new Left 4 Dead VERSUS strategy & tips article *
*UPDATE 2* Make sure you download the new Hunter Training map from the Training Section !

So if you’re more of a purist, and want to play this as a single player game, with the best graphics on and the most immersion, then you might want to skip this article.

If however, you’re ready to tweak the game, learn the little tricks and rip everything to shreds, then read on.

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New Left 4 Dead Video!

The first official Left 4 Dead video has surfaced… and let me tell you, it looks completely amazing!

If you’ve been living under a rock (or a crate) for the past few years, then you might of not heard of this game. It’s the upcoming hit by Valve, and they have their entire team working on it so they can finish it by November 18th.

Why am I so excited?

Because the last time I played a decent cooperative game, I was still playing with a 33.6k modem and Duke Nukem 3D was king (wait, it’s not anymore?).

This MIGHT be a revolutionary game… I’m excited.

Go see the Left 4 Dead video trailer:
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/left4dead/video/6200402/left-4-dead-official-movie-1?hd=1

New Razer Mouse Drivers & Firmware

If you’re a competitive gamer, then it’s likely you either have a high end Logitech mouse or a Razer mouse. If you’re part of the Razer family, then you’ll be happy to learn that they have just released a new mouse update that fixes tracking problems with their Lachesis Laser mouse (cough, it’s about time).

They also have a new driver for the Razer DeathAdder mouse (my current mouse) which fixes a bug that I never personally encoutered.

Official DeathAdder Release log:

- Fixed the bug where holding down a button on single key at advanced setting would act like a single keystroke. With this driver the key will repeat itself, just as when pressing and holding a key on a keyboard.
- Fixed Macro does not work if button was set to on-the-fly-sensitivity previously.

Official Lachesis Release log:

- Improved tracking performance and faster response
- There are still a limited number of people with jump issues, this firmware addresses people with this issue.

Razer Lachesis Driver 1.10 & Firmware 1.91(Get the firmware, that’s what fixes everything)
http://www.razersupport.com/index.php?_m=downloads&_a=view&parentcategoryid=18&pcid=0&nav=0

Razer DeathAdder Driver 1.09
http://www.razersupport.com/index.php?_m=downloads&_a=view&parentcategoryid=11&pcid=0&nav=0

Personally, I never encoutered the problem with the Deathadder, so I won’t be upgrading my driver just yet. However, if I used a Lachesis … I’d be RUNNING to get that new firmware.

New Razer Mouse Drivers & Firmware

If you’re a competitive gamer, then it’s likely you either have a high end Logitech mouse or a Razer mouse. If you’re part of the Razer family, then you’ll be happy to learn that they have just released a new mouse update that fixes tracking problems with their Lachesis Laser mouse (cough, it’s about time).

They also have a new driver for the Razer DeathAdder mouse (my current mouse) which fixes a bug that I never personally encoutered.

Official DeathAdder Release log:

- Fixed the bug where holding down a button on single key at advanced setting would act like a single keystroke. With this driver the key will repeat itself, just as when pressing and holding a key on a keyboard.
- Fixed Macro does not work if button was set to on-the-fly-sensitivity previously.

Official Lachesis Release log:

- Improved tracking performance and faster response
- There are still a limited number of people with jump issues, this firmware addresses people with this issue.

Razer Lachesis Driver 1.10 & Firmware 1.91(Get the firmware, that’s what fixes everything)
http://www.razersupport.com/index.php?_m=downloads&_a=view&parentcategoryid=18&pcid=0&nav=0

Razer DeathAdder Driver 1.09
http://www.razersupport.com/index.php?_m=downloads&_a=view&parentcategoryid=11&pcid=0&nav=0

Personally, I never encoutered the problem with the Deathadder, so I won’t be upgrading my driver just yet. However, if I used a Lachesis … I’d be RUNNING to get that new firmware.