How To Change Glow Colors | L4D2

This tutorial will help you change the glow colors in L4D2

Introduction

This guide will help you change the glow colors in L4D2. The developers have allowed us to change these colors only there is a lack of user friendly settings and everything is done via console commands.

These commands are NOT VAC BANNABLE as they are part of the game and can be typed in the developer console.

If any command doesn't work write in the comments below this guide, but everything should work since I use these commands as well.

Make your own glow colors

You can create your own glow colors using the L4D2 Glow Picker website.
Just click on the color square and select the color you want.
You can use RGB or HEX values.
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After you have created your own glow colors scroll down and click on the "Copy to Clipboard" button.
It will copy all of the necessary commands for your glow colors.

Creating an autoexec.cfg

If you already have a autoexec.cfg you can skip this part!

Unfortunately, these commands are "client side - cl", so we create this autoexec.cfg file so that our glow colors changes don't reset when we restart L4D2

Creating the mentioned autoexec.cfg in steps:

1. Navigate to your L4D2 game directory
   Default route: C:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Left 4 Dead 2\left4dead2\cfg
   
2. Create a new .txt file
   
3. Open the created .txt file and paste your glow colors from the L4D2 Glow Picker [prodigysim.github.io]
   
4. Save as "autoexec.cfg"
   You need to change the file type from .txt to .cfg

My glow colors

These glow colors are the ones I use.
If you would like to have them as well you can put them in your autoexec.cfg file.

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cl_glow_ability_r "1";
cl_glow_ability_g "0";
cl_glow_ability_b "0";
cl_glow_ability_colorblind_r "1";
cl_glow_ability_colorblind_g "0";
cl_glow_ability_colorblind_b "0";
cl_glow_ghost_infected_r "1";
cl_glow_ghost_infected_g "1";
cl_glow_ghost_infected_b "1";
cl_glow_infected_r "0";
cl_glow_infected_g "0.7058823529411765";
cl_glow_infected_b "1";
cl_glow_infected_vomit_r "1";
cl_glow_infected_vomit_g "0";
cl_glow_infected_vomit_b "0.9019607843137255";
cl_glow_item_r "0.8274509803921568";
cl_glow_item_g "0.08235294117647059";
cl_glow_item_b "0.9725490196078431";
cl_glow_item_far_r "0.5333333333333333";
cl_glow_item_far_g "0";
cl_glow_item_far_b "1";
cl_glow_survivor_r "0.2980392156862745";
cl_glow_survivor_g "0.4";
cl_glow_survivor_b "1";
cl_glow_survivor_health_crit_r "0.9921568627450981";
cl_glow_survivor_health_crit_g "0";
cl_glow_survivor_health_crit_b "0";
cl_glow_survivor_health_crit_colorblind_r "0.9921568627450981";
cl_glow_survivor_health_crit_colorblind_g "0";
cl_glow_survivor_health_crit_colorblind_b "0";
cl_glow_survivor_health_high_r "0";
cl_glow_survivor_health_high_g "1";
cl_glow_survivor_health_high_b "0.25098039215686274";
cl_glow_survivor_health_high_colorblind_r "0";
cl_glow_survivor_health_high_colorblind_g "1";
cl_glow_survivor_health_high_colorblind_b "0.25098039215686274";
cl_glow_survivor_health_low_r "1";
cl_glow_survivor_health_low_g "0.3568627450980392";
cl_glow_survivor_health_low_b "0";
cl_glow_survivor_health_low_colorblind_r "1";
cl_glow_survivor_health_low_colorblind_g "0.3568627450980392";
cl_glow_survivor_health_low_colorblind_b "0";
cl_glow_survivor_health_med_r "1";
cl_glow_survivor_health_med_g "0.8";
cl_glow_survivor_health_med_b "0";
cl_glow_survivor_health_med_colorblind_r "1";
cl_glow_survivor_health_med_colorblind_g "0.8";
cl_glow_survivor_health_med_colorblind_b "0";
cl_glow_survivor_hurt_r "1";
cl_glow_survivor_hurt_g "0.4";
cl_glow_survivor_hurt_b "0";
cl_glow_survivor_vomit_r "1";
cl_glow_survivor_vomit_g "0.6274509803921569";
cl_glow_survivor_vomit_b "0";
cl_glow_thirdstrike_item_r "1";
cl_glow_thirdstrike_item_g "0";
cl_glow_thirdstrike_item_b "0";
cl_glow_thirdstrike_item_colorblind_r "1";
cl_glow_thirdstrike_item_colorblind_g "0";
cl_glow_thirdstrike_item_colorblind_b "0";
cl_witch_glow_idle_r "0.2";
cl_witch_glow_idle_g "0.4";
cl_witch_glow_idle_b "0.2";
cl_witch_glow_angry_r "1";
cl_witch_glow_angry_g "0";
cl_witch_glow_angry_b "0";

Summary

These glow color changes won't give you any advantage or change your gaming experience in any special way.
Already mentioned at the beginning you can't get VAC ban in any way.
It's just a color change if you don't like the base glow.

[yowtfkrupz]

Glad you liked this guide!

[parappa]

thanks!

[Huntress]

thanks for the tutorial man!