Left 4 Dead 2 and that evil, infamous censor.

Numerous

L4: Comfortable Member
Oct 14, 2009
150
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Mine says:

Left 4 Dead 2 Demo (AU)
Left 4 Dead 2 (preorder)

And the demo's uncensored. Odd.

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Licenses and subscriptions

Acquisition Method Item
Complimentary
Left 4 Dead 2 Demo (AU)
Steam Store
Left 4 Dead 2 (preorder)
Steam Store
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (AU)
Gift/Guest Pass
STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl (AU)
Mine's censored. That just sucks.
But, will the actual game be uncensored when I recieve it? Left 4 Dead 2 non-demo, I mean.
 

Blue552

L3: Member
Sep 16, 2009
137
18
Some people have reported that their gifted versions had been updated and censored.

The best thing to do is get all Australians to switch their appid and we all play the left 4 dead dedicated server version :D
 

Cameron:D

L6: Sharp Member
Sep 28, 2008
363
145
Left 4 Dead 2 Demo (AU)
Left 4 Dead 2 - Four Pack (preorder)

Odd... Mine says Demo (AU) now too.
But the intro video is censored, nothing else is.
 

HojoTheGreat

L5: Dapper Member
Nov 11, 2008
206
34
I've heard from another of places that there is a way to modify your game files to fix the censorship, so I did a little bit of Google-sleuthing. I found this, which seems reasonable. I am not 100% sure if this is illegal (my guess is it is not, and the forum poster that this originated from didn't seem to think so) nor if it works at all. Regardless, I offer everyone this potential path to victory!

Enable gore fix:
This fix can be run without risk. There is no chance of receiving a ban.

You need to edit 2 text files, and in future only launch the game via the left4dead2.exe instead of through Steam.

The first file ("steam_appid.txt") is found in \Steam\steamapps\common\left 4 dead 2 demo and needs to be edited as per this picture ("590" to "510"):

l4d2demofix.jpg



Second file ("steam.inf") is found in \Steam\steamapps\common\left 4 dead 2 demo\left4dead2 and needs to be edited as per this picture ("590" to "510"):

l4d2demofix2.jpg


You've now enabled gorey, unedited goodness that the OFLC didn't want you to have.

SOURCE
 
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Tapp

L10: Glamorous Member
Jan 26, 2009
776
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Haha! I finally have uncensored l4d2! I can't use online, and I have to run it directly using the exe, but it's totally worth it. Take THAT censors who don't believe anybody over the age of 10 plays video games.