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This is how i play L4D over the Internet in a virtual LAN supplied by Hamachi.

Before you begin, i recommand you use patched Steam. You also need at least a playable single player L4D. You will need an out-dated patch files which you may find in this forum.
(Information on from installing and patching steam to installing this game and patching it may be found here, viewtopic.php?f=30&t=49765)
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Edit: Here, this is engine.dll that i'm currently using on my computer http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XB41KK2D
Or, you download from the attachment here
Place this replace it with the one at Steam\steamapps\common\left 4 dead\bin\engine.dll
Caution: i do not know what was done to this file, but it servers the purpose of running the game. use at your own risk.
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1, the players have to have hamachi open and in the same hamachi network.

2. open left 4 dead, in the main menu, press button "~`" which is just left of you number "1" button on the keyboard; this will open up the console.

3. to host a local game, one of the players has to do this to open a local server:
to enable LAN, type in:


if no red lines returned from the console then you are doing it right.

and then to set the game difficulty, type in
and you will see in a drop down menu there are Normal, Advanced and such.

and then to pick a map, type in
and you will see in the dropdown thing you will see a list of map just scroll down and pick one and enter.
upon doing this, your computer will automatically start a game on your LAN interface.

after the host finished loading, to enable people to join without going through a lobby, open up the console again, and type:


4. Now, for the other players to join, they have to type this in the console:


and the client will load and join the host.

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when we did this, we had different hamachi ip ranges, we did not use aliases, and it works fine.
apparently it lags for a couple minutes when a new safe house finishes loading but it sually go away within 2 minutes, so just wait in the safe house for a bit until everyone confirms they are not lagging.

to do this not over the internet, but within the actualy lan, you dont need hamachi, just use the ip your router assigned to each of the computer under the router.

end warning: Hamachi on some degree is like setting up VIP highway from one computer over the internet to your house, it is not a safe thing to join some random hamachi network and just leave it idling, recommand to use it only with the buddies you can trust. set the network to public in vista and turn off file sharing.
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the one group we been using just maxed, i made a new group, people can join and play using this above method.
group name: L4D-NonSteam-airoscar
password: free
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a small list of commands you might use in the console:
(value 0 stands for false, 1 stands for true)

Hey thank you!
Its working with hamachi

when you type in sv_lan, it doesn't show no players connect to lobby.

You must type in sv, than go down to the option and put it to 0.

Thanks for your helpful tips, but PLEASE post L4D related stuff at the specific L4D sticky. There are so many L4D threads right now.. the forum is literally full of them.

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Great! Works wonderfully.

You may want to join my Hamachi group if you are up for a game:

NetworkName: L4D-NoSteam
Password: lol

It's meant for using this method only.

this method did not work for it, it said "validation rejected"

cos you are still trying to go in a lobby.

how do i start a lan game without a lobby?

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as soon as i got to the map part, it auto loaded and failed and said another window is open, generic confirmation and that my validation was rejected

use console to start a game on lan, follow the instruction in the top thread.
oh that validation check can be bypassed by an older multiplayer crack, google left 4 dead multiplayer crack or something and download it, it doesnt work for steam server anymore but i guess you still need it, cos we all have used it.

thank you, does anyone know the command to change sublevel?

must you input a port? if yes, would you use the port opened by hamachi or l4d. What port would i use, what is the default port.

do you use your external ip, or the ip given by hamachi?

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is it really necissary to play over hamachi?, im shure you can play over the internet using the console

i tried but it didnt work for me, not with my steam required L4D.
sv_lan 0 opens up lan interface, hamachi makes virtual lan, it seems to be they are better together. =)

try this engine and give it a go:


this engine also allows completely non steam users to connect to a server (removed the "requires steam running" error)