[Daewa]

I manage to load all melee weapons on every maps, here's how to do that:

You need GCFScape and an Hex Editor.
-Open pak01_dir.vpk
-Extract missions folder to your left 4 dead 2 folder (C:\Steam\steamapps\common\left 4 dead 2\left4dead2)
-Close GCFScape and open pak01_dir.vpk with you Hex Editor.
-Search for text string "campaign5". To be sure you found the good one, the four others should be right under it, see image.
-Just rename the 5 campaigns just by replacing letters like campaignA, campaignB, etc.
-Save the file, remember to backup before.
-Now go to the missions folder on your left 4 dead 2 folder and open campaign1.txt for example.
-Search for this line:

"meleeweapons" "fireaxe;crowbar;cricket_bat;katana;baseball_ bat;knife"

-I'm sure you understand what's the next step, just add all melee weapons:

"meleeweapons" "electric_guitar;frying_pan;machete;tonfa;fir eaxe;crowbar;cricket_bat;katana;baseball_bat; knife"

-Save and here you go

[billabonker]

Originally Posted by Daewa I manage to load all melee weapons on every maps, here's how to do that: You need GFCScape and an Hex Editor. -Open pak01_dir.vpk -Extract missions folder to your left 4 dead 2 folder (C:\Steam\steamapps\common\left 4 dead 2\left4dead2) -Close GFCScape and open pak01_dir.vpk with you Hex Editor. -Search for text string "campaign5". To be sure you found the good one, the four others should be right under it. -Just rename the 5 campaigns just by replacing letters like campaignA, campaignB, etc. -Save the file, remember to backup before. -Now go to the missions folder on you left 4 dead 2 folder and open campaign1.txt for example. -Search for this line: "meleeweapons" "fireaxe;crowbar;cricket_bat;katana;baseball_ bat;knife" -I'm sure you understand what's the next step, just add all melee weapons: "meleeweapons" "electric_guitar;frying_pan;machete;tonfa;fir eaxe;crowbar;cricket_bat;katana;baseball_bat; knife" -Save and here you go

just back up your pak01_dir.vpk
and by GFCscape you mean GCFScape
and what do you mean by "other four"
please be specific

[Daewa]

Yeah GCFScape lol
And I did say to backup pak01_dir.vpk

[billabonker]

yeah but what did you mean by other four
please be specific
how many campaign5 searches until the exact one?

[Daewa]

Oh, I meant campaign4, campaign3, campaign2 and campaign1.

Here's a screenshot.

http://img692.**************/img692/2441/85279709.jpg

Just rename those to campaignA, campaignB, etc

[Gixxer]

Is there a way to use GCFScape to edit some scripts? For example, I want to change the weapon_pistol_magnum.txt damage from 80 to 125. I can't seem to import it back into the .vpk.

[troop5]

Originally Posted by Daewa I manage to load all melee weapons on every maps, here's how to do that: You need GCFScape and an Hex Editor. -Open pak01_dir.vpk -Extract missions folder to your left 4 dead 2 folder (C:\Steam\steamapps\common\left 4 dead 2\left4dead2) -Close GCFScape and open pak01_dir.vpk with you Hex Editor. -Search for text string "campaign5". To be sure you found the good one, the four others should be right under it, see image. -Just rename the 5 campaigns just by replacing letters like campaignA, campaignB, etc. -Save the file, remember to backup before. -Now go to the missions folder on your left 4 dead 2 folder and open campaign1.txt for example. -Search for this line: "meleeweapons" "fireaxe;crowbar;cricket_bat;katana;baseball_ bat;knife" -I'm sure you understand what's the next step, just add all melee weapons: "meleeweapons" "electric_guitar;frying_pan;machete;tonfa;fir eaxe;crowbar;cricket_bat;katana;baseball_bat; knife" -Save and here you go

Ok, got everything working except the baseball bat for some reason. Can you verify you can give a baseball bat to yourself?

[Daewa]

I can't give myself a baseball bat. And I got the pre ordered version.

[alexip121093]

Originally Posted by Daewa I can't give myself a baseball bat. And I got the pre ordered version.

Thanks it works
same as you cant spawn baseball bat

[Cuthbert]

I've been unable to "give" myself any melee weapons other than the chainsaw, which is really disappointing because I was planning to use this plugin mainly to give people different melee weapons. The "sm_gw" command does not work for any melee weapons in any stage, regardless of what the default melee weapons are for the map.

I also see no instructions for opening the menu. How are we supposed to do this?