crash's halfway through loading any level :@... any help?

**ToLiveIsToDie** · 10-30-09, 09:52 AM

Hey everyone, i've been downloading levels off of Free Maps & Campaigns for Left 4 Dead and L4D2. quite a bit recently but today one of the levels didnt work properly and now whenever i load any level at all, even things like no mercy, it crashes halfway through the loading where there is the 'NO MERCY' poster. BTW i have deleted some of the levels i downloaded to see if it would fix the problem but it hasn't. Also when i load the game up, the main menu options don't come up so all i see is zombies walking around, but when i open the console and then close it again, all the options appear. Any help anyone, all is appreciated

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**PhilHayes** · 10-30-09, 10:31 AM

Something must be screwed in your data folder somewhere. Go to steam, right click on Left 4 Dead, and then delete local content.
To be extra sure go to the Steam folder on your computer and delete the entire folder. And then reinstall, should work fine then.

PhilHayes = Master of stating the obvious.

**imported_Iggy** · 10-30-09, 02:31 PM

You could do as Phil suggested, or you could first try a Verify Integrity via Steam. That might be a little faster than reinstalling the game. If that doesn't work, then a reinstall sounds like your best bet.

**ToLiveIsToDie** · 11-01-09, 05:59 AM

Thanks for the tips, but i managed to sort it out after all, it said it wasn't responding half-way through. But if i leave it, it loads. It takes a while for every first load, but if i wanna do a different level or something it's fine, thanks for all the advice though. Much appreciated.