A free update for the Xbox 360 version of Left 4 Dead is available now via Xbox Live. The update includes a host of fixes, tweaks and new features, including enhancements to Versus mode for improved competitive play. The full change list is:
General- Fixed Survivors being able to climb surfaces marked for versus infected only
- Fixed a class of SurvivorBot bugs dealing with rescuing downed players
- Players can no longer grab ladders while flying through the air after a Tank punch
- Shooting near a car with an alarm that has already fired the alarm will no longer make chirping noises
- Fixed mini-gun physics exploit
- Fixed propane tanks (and other physics objects) causing players to fall through elevators
- Fixed rare achievement bug issues
- Fixed several map exploits
Versus Changes- Added HUD elements to show status of other infected players
- Fixed instance where a Survivor changing to the infected team would be attacked by infected bots
- Normalized special infected melee damage
- Fixed exploit where infected players could run away and teleport back to gain health
- Players can only change teams once per map
- Players can't change teams while other players are still loading
- Tank spawns at the same % through the map for both teams in versus mode
- Made the Tank and Witch spawn directly on the escape route
- Increased chance of getting the Tank or Witch
- Fixed team swap issue
Hunter- Easier to pounce a Survivor who is meleeing
- Increased Minimum damage a Hunter pounce does
Smoker- Fixed Smoker tongue tolerance
- Smoker now has to be killed or the tongue destroyed for the tongue to break
- Survivors cannot bash someone off the tongue until the
- Survivor being pulled is paralyzed or hanging
- Tongue attacks that fail to paralyze or hang a Survivor will use the shorter ability delay timer
- Fixed cases where the ability timer was not using the correct time
- Fixed case where you could point at a Survivor but not register a tongue hit
- Fixed Smoker tongue not targeting and landing properly through PZ ghosts
- Smoker tongue does damage every second while dragging paralyzed Survivors
Tank- Bashable objects now appear with a red glow
- Tanks hitting a car with an alarm disables the alarm permanently
- Tank frustration timer is only reset by hitting Survivors with rocks or fists
- Reduced autoshotgun damage against Tanks
Witch- Witch spawns at the same % through the map for both teams
- Avoids spawning within a certain % of the tank
- Fixed an exploit where the Witch could be woken up and tricked into attacking Survivors