Alien Swarm: 4 Person Co-op Shooter, FREE on Steam

[DaDesiCanadian]

Just released today, going to try it out now. I see tons of people from SRK on my friends list on this already, and I hear it’s fully moddable. Shit is going to be insane!!

Alien Swarm re-released with Source upgrade [VIDEO] - CSMonitor.com

[jae_hoon]

Yeah I have it dled already, it has a huge desktop crashing problem right now. It does that to me everytime.

[snaek]

how does this compare to the original? not sure if i’d bother to play it if its all the same.

[Spooty_Whiteboy]

I played the tutorial stage and game is cool. Unfortunately anytime I try to Find or Create a match, the game crashes.

[bear]

I played it a bit tonight. It’s really fun. Doubt there will be much replay value, unless the mod community takes off, but it’s a good game. Free or not.

[Galactic]

Look me up, I’m playing right now. Name is Galactic.

^_-;

[odin]

if you like this game
play alien shooter 2 reloaded

its the best (imo) overhead shooter ever made
its single player, but its gorier than shit and the gore and guts never dissapear
it looks like diablo 2, but thats meaningless, it adds to the game

ex.
http://cdn.steampowered.com/v/gfx/apps/33120/ss_c5338bef27b88e7085cda9875e6cde3df7de1a86.1920x1080.jpg?t=1262214252
http://cdn.steampowered.com/v/gfx/apps/33120/ss_fe4534b22a2d1ab724f3634f0bdad714b7c607ef.1920x1080.jpg?t=1262214252

[sixtymhz]

got my hat im done. peace

[DaDesiCanadian]

Right now it’s only one campaign, so yeah, replay value is limited. Pretty fun first campaign though. I used to love the original Alien Shooter series, and this is very reminiscent of that. The 4 player co-op with semi specialized roles is what’s keeping me interested right now.

Loving the little details as well, like the video slow mo replays of certain kills in the little screen on the side.

[YellowS4]

It has an IN-GAME level editor which can also randomly generate missions.

In Steam Tools, install the Alien Swarm SDK.
Run the game as normal.
Activate the console.
Open it.
Type 'SV_Cheats 1’
Type ‘ASW_tilegen’

There you go. One level editor. I just tested it. Without hyperbole, it took me three minutes to generate and compile a whole new level from scratch. And then I was playing it. And died really quickly because there were no bots to help me, but whatever, it WORKS.

I repeat: THIS GAME HAS A RANDOM MISSION GENERATOR AND IN-GAME EDITOR. The number of missions is officially infinite.

People getting stuck at the “Generating map…” progress bar in TileGen
You need to install the Alien Swarm - SDK. Go to Steam > Library > Tools and install the Alien Swarm - SDK. Your maps will generate properly now.

Firstperson: bind k “sv_cheats 1;firstperson;asw_hide_marine;asw_controls 0;asw_debug_marine_aim 1;sv_cheats 0”

Thirdperson: bind l “sv_cheats 1;thirdperson;asw_hide_marine;asw_controls 1;asw_debug_marine_aim 0;sv_cheats 0”

Got custom maps working in multiplayer with the ingame editor.

First make a map in the ingame editor, with a start and exit. Setup some objectives.
Now close the client.

Look under X:\Steam\SteamApps\common\alien swarm\swarm\maps
You’ll see some files called Output with some extensions.
Feel free to rename all those to something else thats not Output so you don’t overwrite your masterpiece later. (Editor only saves maps as Output)

Now start up an online game.
Then open the console and type map Whatever

Everyone must have the SDK installed. Go to Library -> Tools -> Alien Swarm SDK

Remember that you can add your own music as well in the audio options!

[Mr.Bauce]

Downloaded it yesterday and played with a few friends. It was more fun than I originally thought.