Garena

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OK i got Left 4 Dead, and wondered how can i play this online?
Found this garena program its like xfire
goto www.garena.com
to setup L4D all i had to do was
I. Install the patch in the game's directory, by clicking in "Browse" during the installation.
II. Download Garena and register it at www.garena.com.
III. Enter in a game/chat room of Left 4 Dead (in Garena).
IV. After enter a room, go to: Settings--»Game Settings--»Left 4 Dead --» Lan Games --» Executable Settings --»
--» search for "left4dead.exe".
Then, in "Game Bootstrap Parameters", Write "-console" (no quotes).


TO PLAY ONLINE:

CONNECT TO A SERVER:


Write "connect" followed by the IP in the console; for example:

Connect 192.168.29.33 in case that it my be protected by firewall connect 192.168.29.168:27015


CREATE NON-STEAM SERVER:


After run the game in Garena, write those values on the console:
sv_lan 0
sv_allow_lobby_connect_only 0
net_start

In order to iniciate the game, now you only have to choose a map:

Write "map" + map's name, for exemple: map l4d_hospital01_apartment

To change zombie's difficulty write "z_difficulty" (easy,normal,hard,impossible);
for exemple: z_difficulty normal

To know you IP, write "net_status"

NOTE: Don't use quotes ("") in the console values.
ANOTHER small NOTE: You only be able to play online if the game it's launched by Garena,
the users that play with you must have Garena too.

So maybe we can do the same with other games

[Flasher]

Cool, sounds like it's worth a try. Would like to see if it works with other games too, though it doesn't seem any easier then Hamachi does it?