How is there no mods to skip/disable the silly gas carrying parts of the campaigns?

[nmmblez]

They feel so unbalanced and the difficulty gap is jarring. 16 cans is ridiculous, I'd be willing to put up with no more than ONE single can. Not to mention how unrealistically dumb it is to fill any machinery with 16 small gas cans.

Those missions should have at least some sort of indication or an asterisk to indicate that "hey btw, we included some ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ at the end of this campaign that doesnt feel like the rest of the game at all"

[they/them pussy :3]

i find them annoying but nowhere near being unbearable tbh

[Tsumugi]

A new low for complaints about the game.

[raving_madness]

ever played bricks scavenge map? with 25 cans :)

but campaign expert (realism), especially last stand was something. friends and me will be forever traumatised....

[King Of Lolis]

its pretty easy as long as you go in groups like two by two
if someone goes solo,well there is 90% chance they will get pinned and die to a special while carrying the gas

but you know whats worse?
when game bugs out and you filled 16/16 but bridge isnt lowering
happens....quite a lot actually
still got no clue as to what it causes it, very strange

[Victor]

skill issue, get good

[Geebanger0]

Why is there no mod to skip the parish bridge segment? Or the 10 minutes of camping on the pier at the end of death toll? Maybe because thats what the entirety of the finale is, and skipping it would defeat the purpose?

Originally posted by nmmblez:

They feel so unbalanced and the difficulty gap is jarring.

Play on a lower difficulty then

Originally posted by nmmblez:

16 cans is ridiculous, I'd be willing to put up with no more than ONE single can.

At that point, why even bother?

Originally posted by nmmblez:

Not to mention how unrealistically dumb it is to fill any machinery with 16 small gas cans.

Given that it takes the better part of 2 seconds to pour the can (including shaking it to get the last bit out) they're very clearly not full, and only contain a tiny bit of gas, hence why so many are needed.

Originally posted by nmmblez:

Those missions should have at least some sort of indication or an asterisk to indicate that "hey btw, we included some ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ at the end of this campaign that doesnt feel like the rest of the game at all"

Read the reviews before you play the maps


3/10 , I've seen better

[kurochama]

Originally posted by nmmblez:

They feel so unbalanced and the difficulty gap is jarring. 16 cans is ridiculous, I'd be willing to put up with no more than ONE single can. Not to mention how unrealistically dumb it is to fill any machinery with 16 small gas cans.

Those missions should have at least some sort of indication or an asterisk to indicate that "hey btw, we included some ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ at the end of this campaign that doesnt feel like the rest of the game at all"

Actually, there is... If you're too lazy to pick gascans one by one, try my "Merciless Survivor Bots", enable "OP Chat Commands", & then type "gather all gascans". Then all gascans will immediately be warped right on your feet . Or, use "Warped Gascans And Cola" feature on "mercilesstoggles3.txt" cfg file of that mod. That feature will immediately warp a gascan right into your hands anytime you press E on the fuel filler, so all you need is just keeping pressing E & filling up the car/ generator. I usually use this feature anytime I'm too lazy to find gascans one by one on custom campaigns with too many gascans (more than 20) even on Singleplayer . But most of the time, I let bots handle the scavenge while I cover their back.

[Zadkiel]

We use a radio to call for help and it somehow attracts a massive horde and two tanks to fight, and your saying filling up usual things with gas is unrealistic? One word: GAMEPLAY

[The Virgin Nick]

Idk if you play versus, online campaigns, or whatever but if you have admin system on single player or host a local online game you can skip the finale so you dont have to do the cans but still complete the map anyways.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=214630948
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=574484797

[nicks husband coach]

skill issue

[supersand]

if you have a proper route then the gas is not an issue. I agree they aren't the best designed (they are a noob trap since actually pouring the gas makes the finales harder), but they aren't the worst and are very manageable once you get past the noob trap.

The Passing is the hardest one, and you can smuggle gascans into it. A gascan even commonly spawns right before the finale safe room. Even without smuggling cans in it isn't too bad, you just don't go into the defib area until a tank spawns because specials tend to spawn back here and the horde spawns really close as well (horde spawns are disabled during tanks).

TL;DR: Don't pour the cans until you have them all and have a plan, bring extra bile or gascans if you struggle on the finale.

[Cursed Hawkins]

Originally posted by supersand:

if you have a proper route then the gas is not an issue. I agree they aren't the best designed (they are a noob trap since actually pouring the gas makes the finales harder), but they aren't the worst and are very manageable once you get past the noob trap.

The Passing is the hardest one, and you can smuggle gascans into it. A gascan even commonly spawns right before the finale safe room. Even without smuggling cans in it isn't too bad, you just don't go into the defib area until a tank spawns because specials tend to spawn back here and the horde spawns really close as well (horde spawns are disabled during tanks).

TL;DR: Don't pour the cans until you have them all and have a plan, bring extra bile or gascans if you struggle on the finale.

They aren't that much harder than the traditional holdout finales especially if you oh I don't know HAVE ADRENALINE and stacked the gas cans by the car/generator before even beginning to fuel it, too many Versus people thinking they're vulnerable in Campaign.

[supersand]

Originally posted by Cursed Hawkins:

They aren't that much harder than the traditional holdout finales especially if you oh I don't know HAVE ADRENALINE and stacked the gas cans by the car/generator before even beginning to fuel it, too many Versus people thinking they're vulnerable in Campaign.

its also important to note that burning easy to get cans is a viable strategy on co-op, its basically an infinite source of fire. On The Passing for example you can use the first can under the L4D1 survivors to constantly burn that 4 way intersection near the generator, making this spot the safest place on the map. On Dead Center, the first can out the elevator should be constantly lit on fire and poured last.

Of course on Versus this is often a bad idea, and the only co-op map you don't do this is TLS unless you smuggled a gascan.

[Zoey.]

Originally posted by King Of Lolis:

but you know whats worse?
when game bugs out and you filled 16/16 but bridge isnt lowering
happens....quite a lot actually
still got no clue as to what it causes it, very strange

This bug usually happens if the finale isn't somehow started and any gas can is poured into the generator before hitting the object that triggers the finale (i.e. the short yellow beam near the elevator), as the game doesn't track the gas cans that are being poured prior to starting the finale

[nmmblez]

Originally posted by kurochama:

Actually, there is... If you're too lazy to pick gascans one by one, try my "Merciless Survivor Bots", enable "OP Chat Commands", & then type "gather all gascans". Then all gascans will immediately be warped right on your feet . Or, use "Warped Gascans And Cola" feature on "mercilesstoggles3.txt" cfg file of that mod. That feature will immediately warp a gascan right into your hands anytime you press E on the fuel filler, so all you need is just keeping pressing E & filling up the car/ generator. I usually use this feature anytime I'm too lazy to find gascans one by one on custom campaigns with too many gascans (more than 20) even on Singleplayer . But most of the time, I let bots handle the scavenge while I cover their back.

Thanks, I was under the assumption that if it wasn't listed on alliedmods.net it didn't exist, glad I was wrong. I just set that up and it works perfectly (although with some, probably harmless logspam).