Left 4 Dead 2

Left 4 Dead 2

1,493 ratings
E3 Flashlight Beams
2
4
4
2
2
2
   
Award
Favorite
Favorited
Unfavorite
Survivors: Survivors
Game Content: Miscellaneous
File Size
Posted
18.995 KB
13 Aug, 2023 @ 2:23pm
1 Change Note ( view )

Subscribe to download
E3 Flashlight Beams

Description
Kept you waiting, huh? Here's another "beta flashlight beams" mod by yours truly. This time based on E3 variant seen in different presentations and gameplay footages of the time.

Pros:
- Beams can light up some dim areas.
- Unlike Early 2008 counterpart, won't obscure your view!
- Longer flashlight beam that helps you see where exactly your teammates are aiming.

Cons:
- Invisible in complete darkness due to $mod2x shader (pretty sure that's how it was in E3).
- FP flashlight beam scaled back to being a simple texture (just how it is in retail).
- Valve's beta.

Notes:
- Intensity might differ depending on the campaign/map settings.
- Works only in Local Server, because I have no idea how to force "r_flashlight_3rd_person_range" cvar otherwise (it will still work in non-local server but the beam itself will be as short as it was in original).
- Could also work in L4D1.

You can get gamemodes.txt version (so the mod works for every client in the lobby at the cost of being less compatible with other mods that edit gamemodes.txt) here!

Credits:
Valve/TRS - Original particles
XENORT - Procrastinating the whole year, editing

That's all I've got to say, have fun.
55 Comments
GS Mod In Play 24 Nov, 2024 @ 8:49am 
The sad thing about this mod is knowing that it closes the game when it doesn't crash or freeze.
Inari 12 Nov, 2024 @ 3:24pm 
Anyway to make the beam texture go longer, its a little jarring to be in front of the beam then the light disappears. I tried opening my console and setting the the 3rd person range, but the cvar doesnt show as a valid command in my console :3
Desano 2 Sep, 2024 @ 5:58am 
Compatible with your 2008 beam?
RainsideKid 2 Aug, 2024 @ 5:35pm 
It really is a shame they don't work in the dark because they look lovely. I'm still using it though don't misunderstand! Genuinely wonderful addon, dude!
76561198412377016 23 Jan, 2024 @ 9:26pm 
error on night vision source mod.
XENORT  [author] 5 Jan, 2024 @ 11:02am 
Raiko's Touhoufest Bonanza 5 Jan, 2024 @ 10:50am 
subscribed to this addon back in August, been using it ever since! :revelatorelphelt:
GS Mod In Play 1 Jan, 2024 @ 8:11pm 
My only regret is that this mod crashes the maps at some point.
SolRascal 1 Dec, 2023 @ 7:48pm 
He said kept you waiting huh? MGS-3 Reference
Tacho Dieter 27 Oct, 2023 @ 12:34pm 
:steamthumbsup: