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CREATING YOUR SERVER
These instructions worked for me just now AND let me set a private password.
Login to Steam, Go to My Games -> Tools and make sure Left 4 Dead Demo Dedicated Server is downloaded.
Open notepad and put the following into a new file:
Replace the name and passwords with what you would like to use.
Save the file as server.cfg in Steam\steamapps\common\left 4 dead demo\left4dead\cfg\
Open Steam\steamapps\common\left 4 dead demo\left4dead\mapcycle.txt
Make sure it reads the following 2 lines ONLY:
Create a shortcut on your desktop to:
C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\left 4 dead demo\srcds.exe"
Right click the shortcut and in the "Target" text box append:
Double click your shortcut to start your dedicated server.
Your server will be a private server that only you and your friends can connect to using your password.
CONNECTING to your dedicated server
Tell this to your friends who you want to connect.
Start your Left 4 Dead game client
Go into Keyboard Options and Enable Developer Console
Press ~ to bring up your developer console
type "connect YOUR.IP.ADDRESS"
The loading screen will come up.
DO NOT WAIT FOR IT TO LOAD, IT WILL TIME OUT
Press ~ during the loading screen, and you will see the password box.
Type in the password that you set for your server.
This guide assumes you know how to forward the correct game ports to your computer if you are behind a router/firewall. Don't ask me for help on how to do this.
Alternatively this is supposed to work for connecting but I could not get it to work.
Press ~ to bring up developer console.
Type openserverbrowser
The server browser comes up, you can add your server to favorites with your ip address.
Then you can double click and put in the password to play.
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