Developer announcement
Published
Turning Silver into Gold
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
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Excerpt of the current interface with sample values. Values and prerequisites illustrate the controls; available tools depend on server software, plugins and permissions. · Captured on 2026-10-08
Excerpt of the current interface with sample values. Values and prerequisites illustrate the controls; available tools depend on server software, plugins and permissions. · Captured on 2026-10-08
Left 4 Dead 2: updates, settings and interface
Game updates, plugin versions and improvements to our interface with a traceable history.
Recorded, available and installed are different states. Your actual installation status and suitable updates are shown in the server panel.
Developer announcement
Published
Turning Silver into Gold
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Developer announcement
Published
Left 4 Dead 2 Game Add-on #1 Announced
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Developer announcement
Published
Left 4 Dead 2 Game Add-on #1 Announced
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Developer announcement
Published
Left 4 Dead 2 Nabs Six VGA Nominations
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Developer announcement
Published
Left 4 Dead 2 Nabs Six VGA Nominations
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Game update
Published
An Update for all you Zombie Killers in the UK
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Effects on plugins
No independent plugin compatibility test is documented for this announcement. Check the affected plugins in the update center before changing game versions.
Game update
Published
An Update for all you Zombie Killers in the UK
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Effects on plugins
No independent plugin compatibility test is documented for this announcement. Check the affected plugins in the update center before changing game versions.
Developer announcement
Published
Left 4 Dead 2 is live on Steam!
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Developer announcement
Published
Left 4 Dead 2 is live on Steam!
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Developer announcement
Published
Our Contest Winners, and L4D2's New Special Infected
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Developer announcement
Published
Our Contest Winners, and L4D2's New Special Infected
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Developer announcement
Published
A Slight Clarification...
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Developer announcement
Published
A Slight Clarification...
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Developer announcement
Published
Get Free Wallpaper, Turn Yourself into a Zombie, and Win an Xbox
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Developer announcement
Published
Get Free Wallpaper, Turn Yourself into a Zombie, and Win an Xbox
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Developer announcement
Published
L4D2's "Dude, Where's My Thumb 2" Contest
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Developer announcement
Published
L4D2's "Dude, Where's My Thumb 2" Contest
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Developer announcement
Published
Left 4 Dead 2's G4TV Interviews
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Developer announcement
Published
Left 4 Dead 2's G4TV Interviews
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
What the interface looks like
The image shows the interface on its capture date; earlier versions may differ.
What the settings do
These values come from our guided editors. Defaults are the editor starting values; they do not show the contents of a customer server.
Enable cheats (sv_cheats)
Allows console commands. Disable on public servers.
- Setting
- sv_cheats
- Default
- 0
LAN mode (sv_lan)
1 = LAN only, 0 = public.
- Setting
- sv_lan
- Default
- 0
Voice chat (sv_voiceenable)
1 = players can talk, 0 = disabled.
- Setting
- sv_voiceenable
- Default
- 1
Difficulty (z_difficulty)
Zombie difficulty: Easy/Normal/Hard/Impossible (Expert).
- Setting
- z_difficulty
- Default
- Normal
- Range / options
- Easy, Normal, Hard, Impossible
Survivor limit (survivor_limit)
Max human survivors (default 4; up to 8 with MultiSlots plugin).
- Setting
- survivor_limit
- Default
- 4
- Range / options
- 1 – 32
Max player zombies (z_max_player_zombies)
How many players can be active as Infected simultaneously (Versus mode).
- Setting
- z_max_player_zombies
- Default
- 28
- Range / options
- 1 – 64
Gamemode (mp_gamemode)
Game mode: coop (default), versus, survival, realism, scavenge.
- Setting
- mp_gamemode
- Default
- coop
- Range / options
- coop, versus, survival, realism, realismversus, scavenge
Default Map
Startkarte (z.B. c1m1_hotel)
- Setting
- SRCDS_MAP
- Default
- c1m1_hotel
- When it takes effect
- Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.
Max Players
Maximale Spielerzahl (+maxplayers)
- Setting
- MAX_PLAYERS
- Default
- 8
- Range / options
- … – 32
- When it takes effect
- Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.
Auto Update
1 = beim Start updaten
- Setting
- AUTO_UPDATE
- Default
- 1
- When it takes effect
- Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.
Hostname
Name des Servers in der Serverliste (hostname).
- Setting
- HOSTNAME
- Default
- Left 4 Dead 2 Server
- When it takes effect
- Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.