L4D Level Design/Additional Finale Components

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[edit] Creating a Rescue Closet

Rescue closets can be placed anywhere in Left 4 Dead levels, not just finales. It's basically a room with a closed door and 3 info_survivor_rescue entities in it. The nav mesh can be marked with the RESCUE_CLOSET attribute, but this usually happens automatically when you analyze the nav.

Start by creating the room.

The room doesn't have to be any specific size or shape. It can even have more than one doorway. Most of the rescue closets in Left 4 Dead are closets or bathrooms.

Creating a rescue closet.
Creating a rescue closet.

Now, place a prop_door_rotating in the doorway. Open up its properties.

The only thing to note is that the Spawn Position should be "Closed".

The prop_door_rotating properties.
The prop_door_rotating properties.

Inside the closet, place 3 info_survivor_rescue entities.

Go to the Entity Creation Tool and select "info_survivor_rescue" from the Objects drop-down menu in the Entity Box.

Place 3 of these inside the closet.

Placing info_survivor_rescue entities in the rescue closet.
Placing info_survivor_rescue entities in the rescue closet.

Image:note.png Note: The game will only use one info_survivor_rescue at a time so it's important to place 3 in case a player needs to rescue all 3 of his teammates at the same time.

Save and compile your level.

Run it in the game.

Create the nav mesh for the rescue closet area.

Select the nav mesh inside the rescue closet and use "mark RESCUE_CLOSET" to mark it with the RESCUE_CLOSET attribute.

The nav area for the rescue closet.
The nav area for the rescue closet.

[edit] Adding a Minigun

Placing a prop_minigun.
Placing a prop_minigun.

Go to the Entity Creation Tool and select "prop_minigun" from the Objects list.

Place it in the Camera viewport.

Done.


Selecting the fortification model.
Selecting the fortification model.

The optional fortification model is a prop_static with the World model called "props_fortifications/fortification_indoor_01.mdl". You can find it if you type "fortifications" in the filter.

Don't forget to modify the nav mesh where the minigun is placed.