[philipjfry]

hello, is it possible to make the game read some modified game_sounds.txt scripts on a server without editing/messing names of the ones existing in pak01_dir's etc?

[Lux]

Yes editing gameinfo.txt and loading a vpk as a valve content update besure to load whatever you want last.

Here is example (example name of content "update is modified_game_sounds") for you below you have to make sure you follow the folder structure as the other valve content updates.

		SearchPaths
		{
			Game				modified_game_sounds
			Game				update
			Game				left4dead2_dlc3
			Game				left4dead2_dlc2
			Game				left4dead2_dlc1
			Game				|gameinfo_path|.
			Game				hl2
		}

In whatever you named your content update folder besure to name your vpk "pak01_dir" and have proper folder stucture inside the vpk just like other vpks.

folder structure

../l4d2_server/left4dead2
../l4d2_server/left4dead2_dlc1
../l4d2_server/left4dead2_dlc2
../l4d2_server/left4dead2_dlc3
../l4d2_server/update

and last your content update (example)
../l4d2_server/modified_game_sounds

[Balimbanana]

You should also be able to extract game_sounds_manifest.txt from pak01_dir.vpk in scripts to:
Left 4 Dead 2 Dedicated Server\left4dead2\scripts\game_sound_manifest .txt
Then add on at some point:

"precache_file"  	"scripts/game_sounds_modified.txt"

Then make your game_sounds_modified.txt and place it in the same directory.
The only issue with this method is for sv_pure 1 will most likely skip this manifest. Another method that should work with sv_pure 1 would be to create a VPK of just those two files in:

scripts/game_sounds_manifest.txt
scripts/game_sounds_modified.txt

and place that in Left 4 Dead 2 Dedicated Server\left4dead2\addons\myvpk.vpk and restart the server.

[philipjfry]

Thanks, the custom folder vpk method worked alright.