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An '''Add-on''' is a user-created content package utilizing the .[[VPK]] format. Currently, Add-ons are used to deliver custom campaigns for Left 4 Dead. | An '''Add-on''' is a user-created content package utilizing the .[[VPK]] format. Currently, Add-ons are used to deliver custom campaigns for Left 4 Dead. | ||
Left 4 Dead add-on campaigns are much more than just simply a map file. They are a cohesive collection of the poster, navigation file, models, materials and a description file that ties it all together. When players see their friends playing an add-on campaign, they are offered an option to click and visit a web link (via a Download Add-On button). This link is expected to bring players to a website for the add-on campaign from which it can be immediately downloaded, and should not necessarily be a direct link to the VPK file itself. | |||
This allows campaign authors to have a website that is centered on their add-on campaign and provide a place for screenshots, news, updates, and comments about it. It also allows the author to change or add multiple download locations for players to download from if necessary. Another advantage is that it also removes the burden of the download bandwidth from the server operators and places them on sites that are specifically set up for downloading. | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
Revision as of 19:27, 26 June 2009
An Add-on is a user-created content package utilizing the .VPK format. Currently, Add-ons are used to deliver custom campaigns for Left 4 Dead.
Left 4 Dead add-on campaigns are much more than just simply a map file. They are a cohesive collection of the poster, navigation file, models, materials and a description file that ties it all together. When players see their friends playing an add-on campaign, they are offered an option to click and visit a web link (via a Download Add-On button). This link is expected to bring players to a website for the add-on campaign from which it can be immediately downloaded, and should not necessarily be a direct link to the VPK file itself.
This allows campaign authors to have a website that is centered on their add-on campaign and provide a place for screenshots, news, updates, and comments about it. It also allows the author to change or add multiple download locations for players to download from if necessary. Another advantage is that it also removes the burden of the download bandwidth from the server operators and places them on sites that are specifically set up for downloading.