Developer announcement
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The Sacrifice is out!
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
Week 21
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Developer announcement
Published
Week 21
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Developer announcement
Published
You're headed in the wrong direction.
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Developer announcement
Published
You're headed in the wrong direction.
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Developer announcement
Published
Here's Looking at You
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Developer announcement
Published
Here's Looking at You
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Developer announcement
Published
The Invisible Tank
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Developer announcement
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The Invisible Tank
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Developer announcement
Published
Week 14
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Developer announcement
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Week 14
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Developer announcement
Published
Week 13
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Developer announcement
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Week 13
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Developer announcement
Published
Week 12
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Developer announcement
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Week 12
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Developer announcement
Published
We Might Need a Recount!
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Developer announcement
Published
We Might Need a Recount!
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Developer announcement
Published
Week 9
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Developer announcement
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Week 9
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Developer announcement
Published
Week 7
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 cheat console commands. With 1, Left 4 Dead 2 stops answering server queries: the server disappears from the server browser and from server lists. Joining via connect still works.
- Setting
- sv_cheats
- Default
- 0
LAN mode (sv_lan)
1 = local network only, not visible or queryable from the internet. Keep 0 on a rented server.
- 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)
Vanilla: 1 to 4, default 4. Vanilla ignores this direct config line. Changes require SourceMod with sm_cvar; more than 4 additionally requires a multiplayer plugin.
- Setting
- survivor_limit
- Default
- 4
- Range / options
- 1 – 4
Max player zombies (z_max_player_zombies)
Vanilla: 0 to 4, default 4. Number of human infected in Versus mode. Vanilla ignores this direct config line; changes require SourceMod with sm_cvar.
- Setting
- z_max_player_zombies
- Default
- 4
- Range / options
- 0 – 4
Game mode (mp_gamemode)
Co-op, Versus, Survival, Realism, Realism Versus or Scavenge. Vanilla ignores this direct config line. Choose the mode when starting a map, e.g. map c1m1_hotel versus.
- Setting
- mp_gamemode
- Default
- coop
- Range / options
- coop, versus, survival, realism, realismversus, scavenge
Starting map
Map or level loaded when the server starts.
- 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.
Server name
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.