Echo Evac (Left 4 Dead 2)

Echo Evac is a 3 map campaign that picks up as a sequel to Blood Harvest (L4D1)
The campaign was first posted on L4Dmaps back in 2010
This campaign has had over 20k downloads before it was taken down due to lack of updates over the past few years.
I am placing this back on Gamemaps, for others to enjoy the hours of I've work done. The map had a broken ladder in the finale Hub map that would not allow the campaign to be finished. It also would crash due to no stringtable.dct filein any maps on modded servers when a 2nd, or 3rd player would join. These errors have been fixed.

The story:

After reaching the Echo Station (Farmhouse) the players find the site has no signs of life and overrun by zombies. A radio broadcast has informed the players to head north to the CEDA outpost for transport. They are left with FEW resources to help them on their passage.

! ! ! This campaign is HARD (when set to easy to normal game play) and has anti-rushing components in place to slow game play. You will need to search for supplies and play as a team if you wish to survive. This Campaign was designed for a full group of 4 players (I have only made one change and that was to make it a solo campaign (nov. 2013)) ! ! !

There are many known issues:

Map 1: The info hint "Start the Pumps" continues to flash after the pumps are started
Map 2: Has lag issues at points
Map 3: in the vent: the fan no longer 'glows' and guns seen to do no damage to it...you may need a melee weapon to break the fan...?
To be able to end the Campaign ALL survivors need to be on the lift...other wise it fails
Some ladders do not work (due to when I decompiled it)
(there are other bugs...that should not change game play)

At this point there are no plans to change anything in the campaign, unless requested and time allows.
Many thanks for checking out Echo campaign!

Note...there are gnomes on each map that will unlock goodies if found

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Tagged 3/3 Maps L4D2 Survivors Time of day Dusk Day Difficulty 3) Hard Weather Foggy Player Mode Multiplayer

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fpelayo November 2017

Hey Herby, someone uploaded a v2 of your fixed version to here. I think it's the same guy that tried updating your Silent Hill 2. Can you duplicate his fixes to this one?

Extremely buggy, not enough items, not clear where to go

By Mz Cookies December 2016

PROS - Lots of areas to explore CONS - Glitchy textures constantly reappearing in map 2, spawning onto the player - never clear where to go - map difficulty on expert is unevenly balanced - finale is way too long - rescue point in finale is unclear - 'start the pumps' keeps flashing the whole time in map 1 - no highlights on important items Definitely a campaign to avoid. Unfortunately the dev seems aware of these issues and how much they affect player enjoyment but chooses to ignore and keep it the way it is.

bazrael March 2016

Can you remove broken model of Crash Course's van in level 2? It always blinked during gameplay of level 2.

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By ErrorUnknownGT February 2016

Lack of health items throughout chapters. Not clear where to go. Glitchy textures. No indication of where this "rescue point" in the finale is.

Has potential

By Wibble199 February 2016

I found that this map had a lot of potential however it felt very overly complex or difficult in some parts and some areas were just not well designed. The map did have a nice atmosphere to it and the lighting was well done as were some of the zones. However during the first mission after draining water using the pump and entering the underground zone I was swarmed by many specials all at once - 2 hunters, numerous spitters, 2 chargers, a smoker, a jockey and several boomers. This was on advanced difficulty. It was way too much to handle all at once and combined with the fact that there were common infected and water to slowly walk through it meant we got knocked down in this area. We ended up restarting the campaign from chapter 2. In a later stage (2 possibly) we were stuck for where to go and were running around like headless chickens trying to find the way forwards. Eventually a horde comes and knocks down part of a wall which allowed us to carry on. It seems like bad design to have a map that requires a random horde event to trigger to open a way to carry on the level. All in all not a particularly bad campaign but can't honestly say I'd play it again or recommend it to any other friends to play.

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Extremely buggy, not enough items, not clear where to go

By Mz Cookies December 2016

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By ErrorUnknownGT February 2016

Lack of health items throughout chapters. Not clear where to go. Glitchy textures. No indication of where this "rescue point" in the finale is.

Has potential

By Wibble199 February 2016

Terrible map

By Olde January 2016

Bug-ridden, terribly optimized, huge framerate drops, ugly, bad directionality, unnecessarily stingy with resources, and bots are totally detrimental. This campaign is unfinished, broken, and hugely unfun. I'm sorry, but I can't see why any author would want this released in its present condition.

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By Trunten October 2015

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