L4DMods Wed, 16 May 2012 23:47:48 +0000 43200 Manage articles L4DMods Recognized Pokerlistings.
Their web-dev team is currently working on a campaign to promote online gaming
communities that offer unique and high quality content freely to their
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We've been selected because we offer all Left 4 Dead fans the
ability to take part in discussions and share their thoughts in our forums as well as
find and download the latest campaigns and mods.

It's always nice to get positive feedback like this. If you'd like to
share your thoughts with us, feel free to contact us.]]> Thu, 10 May 2012 11:35:15 +0000 ec5decca5ed3d6b8079e2e7e7bacc9f2 Left 4 Dead The Movie - Interview with Daniele...

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1. Where do you get your inspiration when it comes to directing?

Well, of course I like cinema as everyone does. It was about 2006. In a normal afternoon in Rome, me and Marco Tudini (co-director of the movie till 2011) were at home and decided suddenly, with no apparent reason, to take our cameras and go in the cellar of our houses to shoot something. We spent an entire afternoon shooting, and a night editing our work. We made a fake horror trailer for a movie. It was extremely funny. And that's the moment when we both thought that working in the "cinema business" would have been rewarding and funny. Then I started studying on the argument, and was extremely impressed by the possibilities of communication that cinema has to offer, for the incredible combination of elements that a director can use to reach his goal , to express what he wants and feels to express.




2. What inspired you to take on such a massive project that would be seen by thousands of L4D fans?

The starting idea was that working on a massive project like this, would have improved our skills and would have let us know what our limits were. We thought it would have been more interesting working on this kind of project than on an original idea...and we were right!!




3. How has the process been so far regarding getting all of the cast and crew together to begin filming?

When we started this entire project we were just two. Step by step we put together friends, and friends of friends, which could help the cause with their artistic skills. Someone came through the web and this has been a really cool thing since this is a low budget project and we didn't have many "financial" possibilities.




4. How do you know when you’ve got the best shot so you can move onto the next scene?

I think you can never be 100% sure of what you've done until you see it in the evening, after the working day. Set is extremely stressing, you must hurry up for a lot of reasons. So try a shot, do it again because you're not satisfied, do it a third time and it works. Then you realize that the first one you made was the best.... so you scream" STOOOP! Good for me", and go ahead.



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5. What are your techniques when it comes to working with actors? For example, offering free cake when a scene is complete.

Heheh, personally the technique is use education and patience. And even respect. I'm not like an authoritarian director. I prefer to speak with actors and explain the things I want and why. Not pretend things from them and stop. But yeah, sometimes we offered a lunch.




6. When it came to casting the film how did you decide on the cast?

We've chosen actors basing on how they look. As you know we need actors that look like the 4 survivors, and luckily enough we found them!




7. Are there parts of the Left 4 Dead universe you've had to leave out, like any special infected?

We are trying to stay nearest to the game as possible, recreating the atmosphere and situation directly from the 4 campaigns. Special infected will be in of course, and you will see most of the game mood in the movie.




8. Are there any changes you've made to the characters or universe to better help with creating the film?

No substantial changes, but some surprises of course.


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9. What has been the biggest challenge so far?

The biggest challenge was and continues to be having all the people I need on set. ALL people involved in this project are working for free, I can't obligate them to shoot. So the challenge is finding a day in which EVERY person, from actors to the troupe, can be on set for shooting. And of course, another hard task is VFX and 3D, since we are aiming to a professional result even for this.




10. I know you've had a few donators but how do you find the funds to help create such a project become reality? You must have some awesome budgeting crew

Yes, some donation arrived, and we really thank people who believe in this project and donate us something. But as you probably seen, donation hasn't been huge... I'm actually looking for some funders for the project. The problem is that, normally, a funder gives you money, to have more money back. Actually we can't sell this product when it will be finished, so it's hard finding someone that would donate a lot of money.




11. How much of the story is related to the game? Will we see parts of the No Mercy campaign recreated? What direction are you taking?

In the beginning we thought to take parts from any campaign of the game. Then we realised this could be difficult due to locations research. So we asked Bryan Schulz to write a completely new storyline, as it is a brand new campaign, in one, unique, location.




12. How much of the film uses CG?

CG is used for the actions scenes and some of the special infected of course. I personally prefer to use CG as less as possible. I think that at this "level", even spectators realized what has been done in CG and what is real, and... real things always look better. Anyway, sometimes there are things that only CG could make real, so it is absolutely important.




13. Can you take us through the CG creation?

Well, actually I can't because it's not my field. I can only say that our guys are putting so much effort in 3D and CG creation, they are working really hard.




14. How does Left 4 Dead Fan movie fit into the Left 4 Dead games? Will we see how the characters met up then it ends and we play the game to continue the story, how will it go?

No, actually the movie storyline is not related to the game one. But a surprise in the end of the movie leaves some open "roads", and can be interpreted in different ways...




15. Lastly, who is your favourite survivor and special infected?

Personally I love Bill due to him being a wise man, and due to his M-16 rifle. For what concerns special infected, witch I think is the best, since she comes whit a creepy sound and an "horror atmosphere", more than other special infected, that I love.







Final Notes From Daniele Bellucci


If I can add a personal thought to these lines, I want to dedicate it to people who are following us since 2009. As a fan, I perfectly know what hype and wait means. I am the first one who is sorry for this movie taking so long to be realised. But, when we started it, we had not realized perfectly the challenges we would be faced. We know it now. This project has grown thank to your enthusiasm and passion. This makes Left 4 Dead - The Movie a great international project. And as every great thing, it need time to be done. Time to be a very good product everyone can enjoy. Using a way to say of my city: "Rome was not built in one day". So I have to ask you patience. We are quite ready to release another clip on the web. So, as in the last two years, STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER NEWS SOON, and really thanks to you all!]]> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:41:58 +0000 069059b7ef840f0c74a814ec9237b6ec <![CDATA[Blogging Arrived & More]]>
Here are just a few features;

-- Enables Infected members to create their very own blogs.

-- Each blog owner can add special content blocks to their blog, and rearrange them using a simple drag'n'drop interface.

-- Group blogging lets multiple members share their views in a single space. Whether it's a group of friends, a team within a company or simply members with similar interests, group blogging features provide a foundation for all possibilities.

-- If a member already maintains a blog outside of L4DMods, they don't need to be left out. You can add your blog to L4DMods as an external blog, and even automatically import your entries by using the RSS entry importing feature.

-- Every blog can be different. Members can customize their own blog in a number of ways to make it unique.

& a lot more. L4DMods' blog system provides unlimited possibilities for you, your team, a group of friends or maybe you want separate blogs for all of them!



To gain access to L4DMods' blogging system and begin blogging all you need to do is become a Infected premium member by clicking 'Become Infected' in the top navigation menu then choose your best suited packaged choice.



With this announcements that's not all though, we've also launched an exclusive Left 4 Dead 2 server for Infected members. This server has various fun features for everyone to hang out and enjoy themselves ingame from low grav to infinite ammo to a secret jet pack... purchase Infected now to become whitelisted on the server to be able to play!


These are just a few features exclusively available to Infected premium members who help support L4DMods and keep it alive.

Become Infected today.]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:59:28 +0000 3def184ad8f4755ff269862ea77393dd 6 Months of L4DMods
We've come a long way in 6 months from ironing out issues to kick starting the Left 4 Dead community again and we're not going to stop there. With the introduction to the premium package Infected, we can, if we get enough people, expand greatly throughout to provide a better range of downloads across the world. In the new year we hope to soon gain more resources to further expand and provide a better downloading experience for everyone with high speed downloads no matter where you're from, however first and foremost is the need of support from you all. Tell friends, family, strange people all about L4DMods.com as we still get people only just realising we're back! So tell lots of people!


We're still awaiting 100 Infected members for us to enable the User Blogs which will allow developers, fans and general people with good or just plain random stuff to talk about with a core place to provide it.

With that said and done, enjoy the holidays, enjoy new years eve and stick with us for the new year! Good things can only happen!]]> Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:19:59 +0000 c8ffe9a587b126f152ed3d89a146b445 Dead before Dawn 2 Posted Image

"This is Hank Kowalski, head of security of the Crossroads Mall. As head of security I have a responsability for our customers and, of course for Jason and Billy. So I'm glad to informing you guys about the new and final update of my favourite Left 4 Dead 2 Campaign "Dead before Dawn 2".


Dead before Dawn started way back in 2008 as a one man project, it soon gathered a team to help and attracted plenty of attention with its exciting setting and story surrounded around Dawn of the Dead, the 2004 epic zombie film of where the survivors survived in a shopping mall for a while.

Up until this point Dead before Dawn has had three official releases, the two standard versions for Left 4 Dead 1 and 2 then the directors cut for Left 4 Dead 2.

However, now there is a brand new full official release, Dead before Dawn 2. This brand new release polishes the entire campaign, fixes and changes several additions to provide an even better experience. You can get the full list of changes over on the download page.


To get started head over to the download area and download Dead before Dawn 2 now!

If you're lazy, here's a link; http://www.l4dmods.c...ds&showfile=128]]> Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:13:03 +0000 a0a080f42e6f13b3a2df133f073095dd User blogs coming soon Posted Image





Hello fellow survivors, developers and guests.

The Infected rank is moving into full swing with our very first exclusive Infected campaign, Absolute Zero by Soul, and it's only beginning.

Now here comes the exciting part, once L4DMods hits 100 Infected members we'll be able to enable L4DMods' User Blogs. That's 100 people buying the Infected status, simples.

So what exactly does L4DMods' User Blogs contain:
  • Blogs within L4DMods.com - Enables Infected members to create their very own blog. All public blogs are gathered in a central location, showing recent blogging activity by members. Or if chosen you may decide to have a private blog, just for you and your followers.
  • Featured content - Blog posts can be set as featured. Featured entries are displayed prominently on the community blog homepage to help gather more notice.
  • Content blocks add functionality - Each blog owner can add special content blocks to their blog, and rearrange them using a simple drag'n'drop interface. Content blocks add new features to a blog, such as calendars or recent comments.
  • Blog as a group - With all of the features of an individual blog, group blogging lets multiple members share their views in a single space. Whether it's a group of friends, a team within a company or simply members with similar interests, group blogging features provide a foundation for all possibilities.
  • External Blogs & RSS Entry Import - If a member already maintains a blog outside of L4DMods, they don't need to be left out. You can add your blog to L4DMods as an external blog, and even automatically import your entries by using the RSS entry importing feature. This latter feature adds external blog posts as bona fide entries, supporting commenting, rating and more.
  • Customize blogs - Every blog can be different. Members can customize their own blog in a number of ways to make it unique.
    -- CSS Theming: Change the look of a blog by selected the default themes, or enter your own CSS styles for a truly unique style.
    -- Custom Headers: Members can personalize their blog by choosing a header style, and specifying the text that is displayed within it.
    -- Custom Blocks: Members can add their own content blocks to their blogs, for everything from gamer cards to Twitter widgets.
Overall Key Features:

Blog Homepage

* Central blog homepage
* Featured entries
* Inline blog moderation
* Pin blogs to homepage
* Top 10 stats
* Set blogs as favorite
* Rate blogs & entries


Blogging

* Group blogging
* Private blogs
* Import entries via RSS
* Content blocks (ready-made/custom)
* Members can run multiple blogs


Customization Options

* Custom header images/text
* CSS theme support
* Members can customize CSS


Content Discovery

* Combined & individual RSS feeds
* Subscribe to blogs & entries
* Tagging
* "Blog This" button in posts
* Trackback support
* "Share this" support for social news



If you're a company/developer group, a group of friends with similar interests or even an individual member who wants to create their own blog, the Infected L4DMods' User Blogs allows you to do just that with perfection and exactly to your taste.
So help the Infected reach 100 members for this feature to be added. The sooner we gain 100 Infected members, the sooner we can add this feature.]]> Tue, 11 Oct 2011 20:24:30 +0000 5ef059938ba799aaa845e1c2e8a762bd <![CDATA[L4DMods developer rank & developer Infected...]]> Posted Image
L4DMods is now beginning to pick up with more activity within the forums to even more users downloading on the website which I’d like to quickly thank everyone within the community that’s making an effort to bring L4DMods.com back to its prime. With this growth we’re now announcing the Developer rank for the website. This rank is specially designed for all developers of modifications out there, from mappers to skinners. Not only will this new rank get your name out there and noticed during your stay with us but you’ll also be granted a 25% off the Infected treatment. Plus there’s no need to worry as if you do purchase the Infected, your Developer rank will stay. The Infected will be set up as your secondary rank so you'll be given all the benefits while leaving your rank showing as Developer.

To gain the Developer rank all you need to do is firstly click the ‘Contact Us’ tab and under ‘Department’ choose ‘Apply for Developer’. Now all you need to do is in the message box prove that you’re a true developer of modifications. (For example by showing/linking your modifications)
After submitting the application you shall be contacted shortly with the verdict. This offer is exclusive to developers.]]> Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:17:46 +0000 eb160de1de89d9058fcb0b968dbbbd68 Left 4 Dead 2 Community Contest (Update: Winner... Posted Image




Fancy winning Left 4 Dead 2 for free? Well luckily for you, you're reading the right article ;) L4DMods.com is giving one lucky winner Left 4 Dead 2 for 100% free. What the monkeys you might ask, well let me explain dudes and dudettes.

To celebrate the Left 4 Dead campaigns being ported to Left 4 Dead 2, we're giving one copy of Left 4 Dead 2 for free. Now all you have to do to win Left 4 Dead 2 is to get involved in the community. As you may have noticed L4DMods has recently added the ZombieConomy so to make this contest fun we'll be including just that. So how do you enter? All you have to do to enter is to get involved in the forums and the person with the most zPoints at the end of the contest deadline will be the lucky winner. Now to be valid to win you must have at least 50zPoints or more by the deadline. You can gain zPoints from replying in topics, creating topics, uploading mods etc (See ZombieConomy page for more) It doesn't matter if you don't have 50 or more zPoints now as you still have time to gain them, you just need to make sure you have 50 or more by the deadline and to secure the win gain as many as you can. If you already have Left 4 Dead 2 you could win it for a friend instead!

The ins and outs... the rules:

1. You must gain your zPoints in a legit way. No unnecessary spam etc.

2. You'll need Steam to play Left 4 Dead 2.

3. The deadline is Friday 30th September 17:00 GMT / 10:00 PST8PDT

And that's about it!

Good luck and have fun!
Thanks all for participating with this community contestThe winner is officially Sp00ferSp00fer enjoy Left 4 Dead 2]]> Sun, 18 Sep 2011 23:13:32 +0000 c45147dee729311ef5b5c3003946c48f ZombieConomy Posted Image


Welcome to ZombieConomy, L4DMods and your way to survive the zombie apocalypse.


So what actually is ZombieConomy I hear you ask, well it’s an economy based around the zombie apocalypse. It’s a fun way to show your awesomeness. ZombieConomy is centred around zPoints which can be gained by creating topics, replying to topics, gaining rep, uploading files, commenting on files and much more.

After gaining zPoints you can then spend them because why would you want to have zPoints without having items to survive the zombie hordes. The items available to purchase are all your essentials for surviving the zombie apocalypse from health to guns to achievements.
Currently the Safe Room and the Tier 1 Gun Store are open for business while the Tier 2 Gun Store, Sidearms Gun Store, Special Essentials Store which has extreme limited stock and Achievements store will open soon.

So what else can you do with zPoints? Well if you’re a kind bunny you may want to donate zPoints to your friends or maybe put it all in the bank to keep secure or if you’re ambitious you may even purchase some of the available stocks which could either be a loss or very profitable.



So join the ZombieConomy, earn zPoints, purchase items and become the ZombieConomy Elitist.

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The Left 4 Dead fan made movie has got a brand new teaser, Left 4 Dead - The Movie Pre-Outbreak File #A.
It shows us a little preview of the movie's back story and what good ol' Bill was doing at the time of the zombie outbreak.

You can watch it here and to keep up to date with all the developments of the fan made film head over to their facebook page.]]> Sun, 11 Sep 2011 21:38:15 +0000 5fd0b37cd7dbbb00f97ba6ce92bf5add <![CDATA[[Winner Inside & More] L4DMods.com Lottery...]]> Posted Image
We've now completed our very first L4DMods lottery for the community to win Dead Island, the zombie infested co-op slasher. With review scores high, minor release bugs besides them giving us a developer version (this activated no clip etc) but other than that a solid fun co-op fps, so why wouldn't you want to enter to win at an amazing price.

Well enough of that, time to reveal the winner... *tense music*....*lights go down*...*5 minutes pass*....The winner of L4DMods lottery Dead Island is a gentleman by the name of: MagnumCongratulations Magnum! I hope you enjoy Dead Island!We shall be in touch shortly to give you the key and for a little testimonial :)


To everyone else thanks for playing, if you didn't win this time no need to panic, there's always next time!


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On another note we're going to be changing the server of which the website is hosted on to help accommodate L4DMods better which should also allow us to re-enable the download section with the internal tweaking. So you'll be back to downloading and uploading mods in no time.]]> Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:48:42 +0000 73278a4a86960eeb576a8fd4c9ec6997 L4DMods.com Lottery – Dead Island: 30/8/2011 -... L4DMods.com Lottery – Dead Island

Here’s your chance to win the amazing zombie infested game, Dead Island.All you need to do is buy a ticket.
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About the game

Dead Island combines first-person action with a heavy focus on melee combat, character development and customization of a vast array of weapons. All of these gameplay features are presented in a dark story inspired by classic zombie movies with a gritty and engrossing campaign that can be played with up to four players in co-op mode.
Set in an open world tropical island, hordes of different festering zombies await players around every corner while they embark on a variety of thrilling missions through the holiday resort. With firearms and ammunition being scarce the player must rely on utilizing found items as weapons for self-defense and fight off zombie hordes in intense melee combat. A diverse range of items can be collected and will later serve to transform the player’s ordinary makeshift weapons into serious instruments of destruction.

Game features

§ First-person melee combat

§ 4-player coop

§ Weapon customization

§ Set on an gorgeous open world tropical island

§ RPG elements for character development

§ Hordes of gruesome zombies


System Requirements
Minimum:
o OS: Windows XP
o Processor: Core2Duo 2.66 GHz
o Memory: 1 GB RAM
o Graphics: ATI 2600XT 512MB VRAM (GeForce 8600GT)
o DirectX®: DirectX 9.0C
o Hard Drive: 7 GB available hard drive space
o Other: keyboard, mouse

Recommended:

o OS: Windows 7

o Processor: Core2Duo 2.66 GHz

o Memory: 4 GB RAM

o Graphics: GeForce 9600 (1GB)

o DirectX®: DirectX 9.0C

o Hard Drive: 7 GB available hard drive space

o Other: keyboard, mouse


How do I enter? You can enter into the lottery by going here or by clicking ‘Go Premium’ -> Product Categories ‘Lottery’ -> then purchase ‘Lottery 30/8/2011 - 6/9/2011’.

Can I enter multiple times? Yes, you may enter as many times as you desire to allow yourself an even higher chance of winning.


Can I change or get a refund for the prize? No, the prize is Dead Island and will not be changed or the money worth a purchase of Dead Island given to you. Dead Island is the prize for the one winner.


So it’s $5 for a ticket? Yes and no actually. The price is $5 for everyone except for Premium members, for Premiums the price is discounted to $2.50 (half price) giving even more value to your Premium membership.


How is the winner picked? The names of the users that have entered will be all put into a hat and one name will be picked out, that name will be the winner of the lottery.


How will the game be given to me? The game will be given to you through the online digital distributer, Steam


Is this a worldwide lottery? Yes, you can enter from the moon if you desire, as long as you have Steam.


So why should I enter again? Because you could win Dead Island, saving yourself a lot of money.






The winner will be selected on 6/9/2011 at 17:00 GMT/10:00 PST8PDT and an announcement revealing the winner will be created shortly after.Good luck & have fun.]]> Tue, 30 Aug 2011 12:28:40 +0000 7f6ffaa6bb0b408017b62254211691b5 Welcome to L4DMods
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Hello L4DMods visitor.

It has been a tense few months of reforming L4DMods.com after its unfortunate downtime of several months but we’re nearly back to how it all started but with new management and one or two of the original crew.


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Previous L4DMods.com moments...
The L4DMods website was created to cater for all Left 4 Dead fans as it provided a fun and exciting community. It was successful with creating an awesome community for all fans of the game; however it missed one next obvious evolution, a download section. Anyone who was around back then will remember the download section went through a few ups and downs however it was eventually live. But this brought new issues, the running costs of L4DMods were climbing and as much as the old team tried there wasn’t much they could do about the inevitable.Posted Image



L4DMods experienced quite a few months of downtime even with the old teams efforts to try keeping the website alive, the funds were too little to get anywhere. On June 05 2011, Traggey officially announced L4DMods.com dead. But then...



L4DMods.com is resurrected...
A few months ago I (Mister Blonde) took on a new challenge. This challenge was L4DMods.com, with high expectations, plus the challenge of recreating the community with a working download section this was going to be fun.
About a month later we had the forums, downloads and shoutbox features all up and running, with a few tweaks here and there with the uploading to be had. As we were still in beta stage, these small issues were expected and solved quickly.
Then we land here, in the present day. Forums live, downloads and uploads live, shoutbox live, and the newest feature the News section which is now live, of where you’re reading this from. We didn’t stop there though; we’ve also created a Premium membership option for anyone interested in those few little more features such as changing your alias, custom title, less advertisements, premium downloads (which grants access to closed beta of our mods), free sidebar advertisement and more. The Premium membership however doesn’t stop at L4DMods; all Premium memberships will also extend to any more future networks connected with L4DMods.com, giving you the users more for your pennies. As I said though, we didn’t stop there. One big task I wanted to complete in a short time was also getting together an L4DMods.com mod team, which we’ve successfully accomplished. Introducing Fat Seraph Studios, the team consists of Fat Pauly, Traggey, BlackSeraph and EscalanteMusic. With this speedy launch we’re already on our way with creating our first mod for the new L4DMods.

And new straight out tonight; we've activated Facebook & Twitter login features for even more ease of use.





So why exactly am I reminiscing about the old L4DMods and giving you all this information. Well firstly because a lot of this information is new, secondly I wanted the first article on the News section to be centred on L4DMods in particular and lastly because we’re officially launching L4DMods.com and are now out of beta. So to celebrate we’ve updated the current template to feature a more Left 4 Dead theme and this comes in two variations;


- A red/blood theme, similar to the very first theme of L4DMods.Posted Image



- A green/zombie theme, similar to the newer theme of L4DMods before it went down.Posted Image



To change your template, scroll down and in the bottom left it will say 'Change Theme' click this and choose either BlackStreamRed or BlackStreamGreen




L4DMods.com is definitely moving in strides and I hope the L4DMods.com community can grow to be as big as it once was and even better. So make sure to tell all your friends, developers and zombies.

Love from the L4DMods team
Mister Blonde <3 L4DMods.com community...stay tuned.]]> Sun, 21 Aug 2011 23:48:09 +0000 698d51a19d8a121ce581499d7b701668