Left 4 Dead 2 Level Creation

This page contains articles relating specifically to Level Design for Left 4 Dead 2.

For Left 4 Dead level creation articles, see Left 4 Dead Level Creation.

Getting started Downloading and Installing the Left 4 Dead 2 Authoring Tools Level Design Basics Your First Map Your First Left 4 Dead Map General Level Design documentation Tutorials Creating Add-ons Add-on Notes Custom Sound and Music Soundscripts Scripting Panic Events Finale Events Legacy Assets VMF Instances Random Weapon, Item and Melee spawns Director Queries Wandering Witch Instructor Hints Tank & Witch Prohibition Versus Gametype Survival Gametype Scavenge Gametype Multi-Gamemode Support Design Theory Left 4 Dead Design Theory Common Mapping Problems

Reference Information Authoring Tool Changes List of L4D2 Campaign Music List of L4D2 Entities List of L4D2 Particles List of L4D2 Skyboxes List of L4D2 Soundscapes Navigation meshes General Navigation Meshes Navigation Mesh Commands Left 4 Dead Navigation Meshes (Left 4 Dead) Left 4 Dead Infected Populations Advanced Nav Editing Sorting out navigation flow Other SketchUp Source Tools GCFscape (updated to extract vpk. files.) User projects L4D mapping mailing list L4D2 Custom Campaigns/Maps Forums Creating Server Plugins