Dark Carnival: Remix (Left 4 Dead 2)

Dark Carnival: Remix is a remake of Dark Carnival that restores beta and cut content and adds new areas of Whispering Oaks for you to explore! See the Tunnel of Love with flowing water, the towering Ferris Wheel spinning around, and the explosive Concert finale as it was originally intended. In addition, new mechanics have been added for versus mode that provide for a more competitively balanced experience. There's also a secret ending cutscene that bridges the gap between Dark Carnival and Swamp Fever if you can find all five secret coins (one on each map! Special thanks to the original designers of Dark Carnival at Valve for providing me with information about its beta development.

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12/3/2018

Massive bug fix, optimization, and balance update! Please update to the newest version when you can.
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More information on the restored beta content / new mechanics can be found at:
www.L4DNation(insert .c o m here)/mapping-discussion/(release)-dark-carnival-remix/ 
(GameMaps doesn't allow me to direct link, sorry)

Credits:
Valve for information on Dark Carnival's beta development.
Zeon for co-designing.
Daroot Leafstorm for scripting help.
Eranthis for his custom billboard textures.
SpeedBoost for his Ferris Wheel model.
MrFunreal and Roku for technical assistance.
Ysana for texture assistance. 
Epilimic for providing a test server.
Olde, Jacob, Sir, Roku for beta testing feedback.

Enjoy!

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Tagged 5/5 Maps L4D2 Survivors Time of day Dawn Difficulty 3) Hard Player Mode Single Player Multiplayer remake valve beta carnival

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Guest in 2 hours

I have problem the rescue was not moving I just tested it this day in a campaign me plus 3 bots and still the chopper is not responding like waiting for something please help how to fix it :(

MattNF in 3 hours

You need to kill the Tank before it will land.

Decgrad08 22 hours ago

Bravo on the water slide!!!

Decgrad08 20 hours ago

Everybody needs to play this campaign!! 6 out of 5 stars!! :D :P

Decgrad08 23 hours ago

I noticed you have water in the pool in the first level at the motel. When I've been putting water in my custom map WIP, I've needed to add some fog to get the texture to show. Did you have to do the same?? I believe some people have had problems making water work in Hammer--did you have trouble, yourself? Did you have to add fog like I did?? I'd love to know. :)

MattNF in 4 hours

I always had fog entities in my map since the start, so I didn't have to worry about that problem. Didn't really have much problem with water overall either, if you're having issues I suggest going to the Valve Developer Wiki or joining the L4Dnation or Dead4Mods Discords for help.

MiCura 4 days ago

After playing a few times I noticed that in the final map generated only 1 Tank. It should have 2 Tanks during the part that triggers the fireworks ... + 1 for final run up to the helicopter. I was a bit disappointed with the lack of Tanks on the final map. But the campaign is sensational

MattNF 4 days ago

There are two finale tanks unless you are playing in versus mode, in which case there is one early tank and one finale tank.

MiCura 4 days ago

I tested again today with 10 players. It really spawned 2 tanks, and I would say that it was too smart to make the helicopter go down only after killing the tank. very good. Perfect campaign. 5 stars

MattNF 4 days ago

Thanks!

Nemesis1933 5 days ago

This is, in my opinion, this is the way Dark Carnival was meant to be. For me I give 5 Stars. I may never play STEAM's Dark Carnival again.

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Basically no reason to play the regular Dark Carnival again

By ctfChallonge 5 days ago

**Pros: >Great level design. Good pacing. >A lot of attention to small details. Finally feels like a real amusement park. >Many new and improved areas. >A bit lengthier levels compared to the official version. >Very nice, slightly modified events. >The finale chapter is amazing. Challanging but not frustrating. >Custom survivor dialogue. >Easter eggs. >Good ammo placements. **Cons: >Could be a bit more difficult overall. >Way too many throwables. The abundance of molotovs and gascans is quite silly, especially in the 2nd chapter. >Bad optimization. Frequent fps drops, mostly due to long sightlines of which there are many. I'd personally prefer having a couple more geometric pop-in instances rather than tanking fps drops on an overkill rig. Hope it gets improved on. >Survivor dialogue plays even if a survivor is dead. Mostly noticeable during the finale. "TURN ON THE LIGHTS!" - Coach from beyond the grave. **Conclusion: Overall it's an amazing remix. A must play for everyone. Between all the recent garbage, It's incredibly pleasant to see some quality stuff still being released this late in the game's lifecycle. Due to a couple of problems (mainly the optimization) I can't give the campaign a 5-start rating (yet). But I hope it will improve with future updates. A huge thanks to the author for making this. I'm certain the community appreciates the immense effort put into this project!

a follow up after Hard Rain Downpour

By Trunten 6 days ago

It is definitely well done and impressive, I had been following this one for a few years, happy to see it finally released. Alternate paths, cut content and/or beta content, rare or unused survivor dialogue... and of course, the finale. Still never got around to finding the secret ending... but I DID find the entity trigger to fire for the coins if I get impatient lol. Matt, glad to see you guys coming out with another campaign after Hard Rain Downpour's success and would be interested in more. Only complaint I'd have is consider rescue closets, I'm sure with how large each chapter is individually and being what they are it'd be easy.

WOW

By BlueHighSky 1 weeks ago

WOW this map is soo cool' The 'The Paris' has some cut-out contents (if I am right), too. Just sayin' , Keep up this hard work bro!

Snarky Carnival is the new Dark Carnival. :)

By daywalkerdave1963 2 weeks ago

Dude that was way too fun. On my modded server with 8 players with thing is nuts :) Everything worked great. Keep up the good work. :)

Refreshing take on one of the greats, but more isn't always better

By hedleyLamar 2 weeks ago

So I am glad that I downloaded this campaign and had fun playing it. Overall, it is a nice reimagining of DC, and does a nice job of providing mostly intuitive paths, and better capturing the look of the loading poster. The map is brighter than the stock DC, has a lot more detail and more colorful lighting. There is a strange mix of having many of the colorful amusement-park lights on, but more destroyed architecture. We can also better see the large rides and attractions in the distance, so it feels more like roaming a large amusement park than the stock map. All this is good right? Well, not everything is better. The items and ammo placement seemed gratuitious in spots (ammo and trowables around every corner), and strangly lacking in at least one other. It is also event and tank happy: twice as many events than the original, it seems, and I got a lot of tanks. So more items, more ammo, more tanks, more events sounds like more fun, but it does not have the professional flow of the original - there is a rhythm and a nice pace that is lacking here. The finale has a much different multi-stage mechanic to it: less of finding a good defensible spot, tank fight, repeat and more of back-and-forth chores. But I am thankful for the difference here, just for the sake of it. So excellent work here - certainly a keeper and worth visiting again. I think a bit more balancing of item and ammo placement is worth considering.

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