Left 4 Dead Modding Update + The Return of Classic Francis

[Lobster]

The latest update to the official Left 4 Dead blog has announced a series of helpful resources aimed at improving the experience of modders creating new weapons and skins for the game. The first of these updates includes a large range of example templates for existing weapons, Special Infected, and Survivor models, complete with their raw components.​

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Contributing to the new update is community modder Splinks, who was invited to Valve's offices some months ago to help develop a wish list of community requested improvements to the authoring tools. More additions of this kind are expected to appear in the future.​

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Also revealed in the post was the release of the original Turtle Rock model of Francis, which has been made available on the Steam Workshop. The original four survivors received a major visual overhaul prior to launching in 2008. While no promises could yet be made for the other three, this arrival should be welcome to fans of the original design.​

 

[MindCrack]

Well, L43 is on the way now.

 

[cheesepie]

Well, L43 is on the way now.

I bet 6 and 2/3 internet points that L4D3 is the secret codename for HL3.

 

[GeorgeWLucas]

The original Francis is great. I want the original Zoey next.

 

[Barnz]

Good, now people can stop crying about the beta (hobo) models.

 

[Bob Freeman1]

i'd like to see Beta Louis next