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Garena Online Multiplayer Guide for Left 4 Dead PC Game

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Left 4 Dead Guide

You might be still living under the rock if you haven’t heard yet about Garena. Now it’s time to join online and interact and cooperate with other Left 4 Dead mercenaries in other parts of the world. Experience fast and hack-free gaming with Garena! You can find the complete installation guide after the cut.

Index (Ctrl+F and find the code to reach your destination)
[GA101] Guide
[GA201] – Garena Settings: Set up Garena for Left 4 Dead.
[GA309] – Enable Console: Enabling developer console in Left 4 Dead for other usage.
[GA407] – Joining Game: Join games in Left 4 Dead when playing on Garena.
[GA418] = via Console: Using console to join games.
[GA429] = via Lobby: Using server list to join games.
[GA503] – Hosting Game: Hosting game and let your friends play.
[GA515] = via Console: Using console to host games.
[GA527] = via Lobby: Using lobby to host games.
[GA602] – Useful Hosting CVARs: Configuring your server.
[PA104] Patch
[PA308] – Notice: Something about the patch.
[PA203] – Standalone Patch w/ Game update: Left 4 Dead updates and patch.

Garena Installation Guide

DOWNLOAD GAME CLIENT
Click on the link to start downloading.

Garena Client Installer
English Version Download Mirror1 Mirror2 Mirror3
Zip Install Version(All language) Download (For Cafe/Limited Users) Mirror1 Mirror2 Mirror3
Chinese (Simplified) Version Download Mirror1 Mirror2 Mirror3
Chinese (Traditional) Version Download Mirror1 Mirror2 Mirror3
Spanish Version Download Mirror1 Mirror2 Mirror3
Russian Version Download Mirror1 Mirror2 Mirror3
Portuguese (Brazilian) Version Download Mirror1 Mirror2 Mirror3
Vietnamese Version Download Mirror1 Mirror2 Mirror3
Thai Version Download Mirror1 Mirror2 Mirror3
DOWNLOAD COMPLETE
Click “Run” to open the file “Garena_setup.EXE”..
GAME-INSTALL OPTION
Choose the directory where Garena will be installed.
INSTALLATION COMPLETE
Press “Finish” to end the InstallShield wizard.
RUN GARENA FROM DESKTOP
Double-click on the Garena icon on the desktop to start the game.

Garena Settings

[GA201]
1. On Garena, find and click Settings which located at top of Garena.
Garena Settings 1
2. Once the Game Settings appear, find and click Left 4 Dead in LAN Games list on the left.
3. In Executable Settings, browse to your left4dead.exe, eg: C:\Program Files\Left 4 Dead\left4dead.exe
4. In Game Bootstrap Parameters, fill in +sv_allow_lobby_connect_only 0 +sv_lan 1.
Garena Settings 2
5. Click OK button and you are done.
6. To start Left 4 Dead via Garena, click the Start Game button.
Start

Enable Console [GA309]
1. Start Left 4 Dead.
2. Once on the Menu, click OPTIONS.
3. An extended menu will appear at the right, click Keyboard/Mouse.
Enable Console 1

4. Find and click ALLOW DEVELOPER CONSOLE.
5. Another extended menu will appear right side, click Enabled.
Enable Console 2
6. Your developer console is now enabled.

Joining Game [GA407]
via Console. [GA418]
1. Find IP address, click on the user whom host room to find their Garena IP or find at the chat, eg: 192.168.29.xx

Joining Game 1.1
2. Start your Left 4 Dead.
3. Once on the Menu, press tilde “~” (Beside 1 above Tab) key on your keyboard to call the console.
4. Type in connect[space][IP address] and wait until the game load.
Joining Game 1.2

via Lobby. [GA429]
1. Start Left 4 Dead.
2. Click on Friends Playing that shown at near bottom left.
Joining Game 2.1
3. Choose a server.
4. Double click the server or click Join Game to join in.
Joining Game 2.2

Hosting Game [GA503]
via Console. [GA515]
1. Start your Left 4 Dead.
2. Type in map[space][map name] (Map list will appear after spacing) in console and press Enter, egCo-op) map l4d_hospital01_apartment|(VS)map l4d_vs_hospital01_aprtment
Hosting Game 1
3. Type z_difficulty[space][easy,normal,hard,impossible] in console to change difficulty.
Hosting Game 3
4. Call the console, type net_status to find your Garena IP, eg: 192.168.29.73. Ports also can be found.
Hosting Game 3
5. Switch to Garena and tell others your Garena IP address.

via Lobby. [GA527]
1. Start Left 4 Dead.
2. Once reached the Menu Screen, click PLAY CAMPAIGN.
3. The menu will extend to the right, click Play With Friends.
4. The Lobby will appear, click CREATE LOBBY.
5. The menu will extend to the right, click Campaign Mode (Co-op) or Versus Mode (VS).
6. Game Settings will be shown, the Permission set Friends Playing and Server Type set Local Server.
7. You will reach the Lobby, set up your desired settings for your game and wait for some players. (OPTIONAL)
8. Click START THE GAME to start your game.
9. The game will start loading and create your server.

Useful Hosting CVARs [GA602]

hostname “MyServerName” // Give your server a name
sv_password “RoomPassword” // Lock your server with a password
sv_lan 0/1 // Hosting for internet server(0) or LAN server(1)
sv_cheats 0/1 // Toggle cheats in server.
z_difficulty “Easy, Normal, Hard, Impossible” // Choose a difficulty for your server
motd_enabled 0/1 // Enable Message of the day in your server
cl_cmdrate [numbers] // Can fix lag with lower value. Control the rate of your server to send/receive coordinate. (min:11, max:100)
sv_mincmdrate “33? // Set minimum value for cl_cmdrate. 0 == unlimited.
sv_maxcmdrate “100? // sv_maxcmdrate “100? // 40 – Default. (If sv_mincmdrate is > 0), this sets the maximum value for cl_cmdrate.
mp_disable_autokick 1 // Prevents a userid from being autokicked
Notice: [PA308]
1. Start Left 4 Dead via left4dead.exe as game executable.
2. The little box besides the player name is white only.Standalone Patch Game update 1.0.1.1 [PA203]

QUOTE:
Patch version: 1.18 RC1 (18 Apr 2009)
Rev-Emu version: 9.76 RC1 (18 Apr 2009)
Left 4 Dead version: 1.0.1.1 (25 Mar 2009)
[L4D] Update 1.0.1.1 (Mirror [iFile]| Mirror [RS]) [MD5: 9B496AE755824BB72C7D8162F772A5E1]
[L4D] Standalone 1.17 (Mirror) [MD5: F2079F76847565AA6BC79235DAABE78C]
[L4D] Standalone 1.18 RC1 [MD5: 824631DA783363576C0760BEDA58910E]
[L4D] Standalone 1.18 RC2 [MD5: 4356CDDD366F7121B01F27C938AE7C75]
[L4D] Mini-Update 1.0.1.0-1.0.1.1 (Mirror) [MD5: E07DB11482E911EB781F3A1D1D1D521B]
NOTE: INSTALLERS AND UPDATES DOES NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEM.
NOTE: UPDATE CAN INSTALL ON ANY OLDER VERSIONS. MINI-UPDATE CAN ONLY INSTALL ON SPECIFIC VERSION.NOTE: YOU MUST NOT SKIP ANY STEPS TO AVOID STEAM ERROR.
1. Update your Left 4 Dead. Using Steam or download and install [L4D] Update 1.0.1.1.
2. Download and install [L4D] Standalone 1.17. Visual C++ 2008 x86 (x64) and .Net Framework 3.5 may be required.Left 4 Dead Launcher Patcher (by WMNetwork)
Information: This is not exglade’s product, it’s WMNetwork’s. You only need to use either exglade’s(above) or WMNetwork’s(below), just one.


Version: 2.0.1.2 [Support/Original Thread: HERE]
Without Sound – Format of RAR : Download (735 KB)
With Sound – Format of RAR : Download (735 KB)
(Note : The sound file needs from the directory from “left4dead\sound\UI\gamestartup1.mp3?)

Source: http://www.garena.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=419115

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One Response to “Garena Online Multiplayer Guide for Left 4 Dead PC Game”

  1. usamah Says:
    October 18th, 2009 at 11:40 pm

    hey i followed all the instructions you gave but i still dont understand how to connect to a server or join it.
    plz plz help me!

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