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A preview of the first custom "movie" in development for Left 4 Dead

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Sourced from L4Dmods.com:

I just had a very interesting interview with Darth_Brush, the creator of the map, Crossroads Mall.


Anyone who has been active in the Left 4 Dead community knows about this map. This map was started in November 2005. Originally it was made for the Half-Life 2 mod, No More Room in Hell. It's been in development for 5 years and it certainly will be a great mod when it is eventually released.

As my converstation with Darth_Brush continued, he told me a lot about the map itself and what his plans are for it. He has shown me some screenshots of the map and it has grown so much since he posted the video on YouTube.

L4DMods.com got an exclusive preview of exactly how much this map has grown over the last 2 years. Lighting has been added, shops in the mall have been filled with props, some spectacular custom textures have also been added to this wonderful map.

L4DMods.com will serve as the primary and exclusive location for all updates concering this particular map. We have given our full support to have this map ported to Left 4 Dead. Darth_Brush has agreed to have us advertise in the map and a special little surprise will be coming to the L4DMods.com Community real soon!

Furthermore, our community will have the chance to help with scripts and prop modelling.
If you have any skills you think will be useful to the development of this map, please let us know.

If you want to be updated about the development of this map, you'd better watch this space.
We will be hosting an HD video of the updated version soon. We are very excited about this map and cannot wait to see it on our servers real soon!

This work of art will be a full blown campaign. How many chapters is still being discussed... Maybe 5?

Here are some screenshots of the map. Click on them to view the full size image.

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MechanicalPaladin
MechanicalPaladin - - 585 comments

Cant wait to get my hands on this puppy!

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LongBottom
LongBottom - - 233 comments

AWESOME, BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR LONG TIMES!!!!

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KEEP_IT_UP!
KEEP_IT_UP! - - 1,444 comments

YEAH FINALLY! first real "custom map" for l4d so far, i think - and a amazing one, too - loved the movie! great to have it ingame soon ;)

i know i'm very early with my question, but:
what are your plans for the other maps of the "movie" ?

also nice contest-idea from l4dmods.com ----> gogogogo FINISH IT^^

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Tokoya
Tokoya - - 503 comments

I'm a big fan of all the Dead movies, I got psyched when you crested the hill and the mall popped into view, fantastic work! It looks so close to the real thing, I can't wait to see the latest version

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Otreum
Otreum - - 767 comments

Here is a link to the new updated map video:
Au.youtube.com

Scroll down the page and you will see this poster:
L4dmods.com
This news post has information on the different "scenes"/section of the "Movie"/campaign

L4dmods.com

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tastyjerk
tastyjerk - - 611 comments

Awesome. Get this map pack out tha door! I wanna shoot some zombie heads!!

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RogerRamjet
RogerRamjet - - 1,564 comments

Superbly mapped, even if it is an older version.. looking forward to seeing the latest.. should be amazing...

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pyrohamster
pyrohamster - - 226 comments

this will be awsome in vs mode

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