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Oct 22, 09 at 10:28am
Australia's Censor..

I pre-ordered my L4D2 today (;D) And I was wondering about the 'highly edited' stuff..

As far as I've heard, it just makes the big blood splatters / hacked up bodies disappear after they hit the ground right?

That doesnt sound too bad? :S
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Oct 22, 09 at 10:31am
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Yeah, it's that kind of stuff. Bodies stay intact, no dismemberment. ACtually, now that you say it, the decision about whether Australia will allow the uncensored version is today...



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Oct 22, 09 at 10:39am
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Really? Cool, lets hope it passes!!
If I want to see dismemberment, Ill just go play L4D1 xD I only really play for the fun, I dont notice the blood, gore and headless bodies xD

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Oct 22, 09 at 10:46am
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Well it's one of those things you don't notice much, but you do in a way. I guess it helps in the drama etc. But the decision is due today so well see. Don't know what time it is over there but we shouldn't get it for a few hours...

Here's to hoping it goes through!


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Oct 22, 09 at 10:53am
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quote Black_Shadow_93
Well it's one of those things you don't notice much, but you do in a way.
I only notice the dead bodies that are on the ground of former survivors etc, like in the basement of the house in one part of the blood harvest campain.. Also, Its about 8:30pm
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Oct 22, 09 at 11:01am
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Hmmm...well I'll be back as I gotta go for a while so I'll check then. Is that wednesday or thursday btw?



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Oct 22, 09 at 11:03am
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quote Black_Shadow_93
Is that wednesday or thursday btw?
Thursday
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Oct 22, 09 at 11:06am
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Well the appeal process ends today so We'll get te news soon.



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Oct 31, 09 at 3:32am
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Well we don't get an uncensored version. However, Valve would have just stuck the bare minimum security measures on their censor, which is their way of giving us a fair go, so people with a little know-how could get a full mature content up and running quickly, feasibly within a couple of days after release.

Failing that, there's other methods, like mods that could add gore, or using a New Zealand Proxy site to order your game... Steam traces the IP and designates you a copy based on the country it was found in. Or (and I can't verify this so be careful), you could get .vpk files from someone who has the original version. Apparently the gore controls are in those files. I've only heard it third-hand so I don't really trust it though.

I just wish the OFLC would stop treating us like the convicts our ancestors were, jeez.


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Oct 31, 09 at 9:11am
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I am personally going to get modifications so I can enjoy this game to it's full extent!



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There is a quick and painless way to remove the censorship, from the demo at least.

Navigate to your L4D2 folder (in my case Steam/steamapps/common/left 4 dead 2 demo/), and find:

steam_appid.txt.
Back it up and open the original.
Replace the number 590 with the number 510. Then, save and exit.
Then, you have to find:

left4dead2 folder in that same directory.
Inside, find

steam.inf
, create a backup, then open the original and once again replace 590 with 510. It gives full mature content, with no problems whatsoever.

Keep in mind that this is only for the demo so far.
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I must say that the game is actually much easier with gore options enabled- in the censored version, it actually takes many shots to kill even a regular zombie. However, with gore options on, you can do things like shoot them in the legs to blow them off (basically as sure an instant kill as a headshot), so they can't run after you.

That's why zombie games are so funny- there's no contingency for zombies with missing legs, no animations an behaviour, so the devs have to kill them.


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Oct 31, 09 at 11:50am
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Unfortunately, I didnt stop, think and buy pc, since my freaking pc has almost no hdd, So I'm screwed with the 360 version ;[

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Oct 31, 09 at 12:08pm
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quote SGD
There is a quick and painless way to remove the censorship, from the demo at least.

Navigate to your L4D2 folder (in my case Steam/steamapps/common/left 4 dead 2 demo/), and find:

steam_appid.txt.
Back it up and open the original.
Replace the number 590 with the number 510. Then, save and exit.
Then, you have to find:

left4dead2 folder in that same directory.
Inside, find

steam.inf
, create a backup, then open the original and once again replace 590 with 510. It gives full mature content, with no problems whatsoever.

Keep in mind that this is only for the demo so far.
----------

I must say that the game is actually much easier with gore options enabled- in the censored version, it actually takes many shots to kill even a regular zombie. However, with gore options on, you can do things like shoot them in the legs to blow them off (basically as sure an instant kill as a headshot), so they can't run after you.

That's why zombie games are so funny- there's no contingency for zombies with missing legs, no animations an behaviour, so the devs have to kill them.


Wow. That's awesome! This means that it will be most likely easier to enable gore options again. So besides the limbs blowing off, what about the increased blood, missing Riot Cops or dead-bodies staying intact when they hit the floor?


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Oct 31, 09 at 12:18pm
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quote Machienzo


Wow. That's awesome! This means that it will be most likely easier to enable gore options again. So besides the limbs blowing off, what about the increased blood, missing Riot Cops or dead-bodies staying intact when they hit the floor?

Yep, every single bit of locked content is enabled once again when you follow those steps. Now the levels don't look so barren, and those shotguns really make an impact!


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re: Australia's Censor..

So, what exactly is the size of the demo?



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