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Left 4 Dead 2 · handler “Left 4 Dead 2”

Version 10

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fixed blackscreen ingame at different monitor scales.

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Hub.Handler.Version = 10; // Released at https://hub.splitscreen.me/ on Thu Jan 12 2023 01:35:15 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time).
Hub.Handler.Id = "wFsXDjoAkHpL4XZm8";
Hub.Maintainer.Name = "Talos91";
Hub.Maintainer.Id = "eeL7HAz8zJovChWw4";

var answers1 = ["No", "Yes"];
Game.AddOption("Will you use the game's native splitscreen?", "If yes only launch TWO instances, you need 3 or 4 gamepads.", "Native", answers1);

Game.ExecutableContext = ["left4dead2"];
Game.KillMutex = ["hl2_singleton_mutex"];
Game.DirSymlinkExclusions = ["bin", "left4dead2", "left4dead2\\cfg", "left4dead2\\addons"];
Game.FileSymlinkExclusions = [
  "autoexec.cfg",
  "config.cfg",
  "steam_api.dll",
  "steam_appid.txt",
  "steam_interfaces.txt",
  "local_save.txt",
  "dinput8.dll",
  "xinput1_3.dll",
  "xinput1_4.dll",
  "571568537.vpk"
];
Game.FileSymlinkCopyInstead = ["video.txt", "debug.log", "360controller.cfg"];
Game.HandlerInterval = 100;
Game.SymlinkExe = false;
Game.SymlinkGame = true;
Game.SymlinkFolders = true;
Game.SupportsKeyboard = true;
Game.ExecutableName = "left4dead2.exe";
Game.SteamID = "550";
Game.GUID = "Left 4 Dead 2";
Game.GameName = "Left 4 Dead 2";
Game.UseNucleusEnvironment = true;
Game.NeedsSteamEmulation = false;
Game.UseGoldberg = true;
Game.GoldbergNoLocalSave = true;
Game.CreateSteamAppIdByExe = true;
Game.LauncherTitle = "";
Game.WorkingFolder = "bin";
Game.StartArguments = "-steam -window -AlwaysFocus -nointro -novid";
Game.MaxPlayersOneMonitor = 8;
Game.MaxPlayers = 8;
Game.Hook.ForceFocus = false;
Game.Hook.ForceFocusWindowName = "Left 4 Dead 2 - Direct3D 9";
Game.HasDynamicWindowTitle = true;
Game.DPIHandling = Nucleus.DPIHandling.InvScaled;
Game.HookFocus = true;
Game.Hook.DInputEnabled = false;
Game.UseDInputBlocker = true;
Game.Hook.XInputEnabled = true;
Game.Hook.XInputReroute = false;
Game.XInputPlusDll = ["xinput1_3.dll", "xinput1_4.dll"];
Game.Hook.CustomDllEnabled = false;
Game.UserProfileSavePath = "AppData\\Roaming\\Goldberg SteamEmu Saves\\550\\remote";
Game.UserProfileSavePathNoCopy = true;
Game.Description =
  "Create a multiplayer game in the first instance, select campaign, play with friends, press X on your gamepad, create a new room, set it to public and in server type choose local, then the other players can join the room using the play with friends options too. Use the mouse cursor to navigate the menus in all instances if you have trouble navigating the menus using gamepads as the game lacks full gamepad support in menus. Alt-tab to the keyboard/mouse instance to control it, disable controller in the kb instance in the game options, launch the keyboard instance after a gamepad instance for it to work correctly.";
Game.PauseBetweenStarts = 30;

Game.Play = function() {
  Context.StartArguments = " -windowed -noborder -steam +net_graph 0" + " -w " + Context.Width + " -h " + Context.Height;

  /* var saveSrc = System.IO.Path.Combine(Context.RootInstallFolder, "left4dead2\\cfg\\video.txt");
        var savePath = System.IO.Path.Combine(Context.RootFolder, "left4dead2\\cfg\\video.txt");
        Context.ModifySaveFile(saveSrc, savePath, Nucleus.SaveType.CFG, [
        new Nucleus.CfgSaveInfo("config", "setting.fullscreen", "0"),
        new Nucleus.CfgSaveInfo("config", "setting.defaultres", Math.max(640, Context.Width)),
        new Nucleus.CfgSaveInfo("config", "setting.defaultresheight", Math.max(360, Context.Height)),
        new Nucleus.CfgSaveInfo("config", "setting.nowindowborder", "0"),
        new Nucleus.CfgSaveInfo("VideoConfig", "setting.fullscreen", "0"),
        new Nucleus.CfgSaveInfo("VideoConfig", "setting.defaultres", Math.max(640, Context.Width)),
        new Nucleus.CfgSaveInfo("VideoConfig", "setting.defaultresheight", Math.max(360, Context.Height)),
        new Nucleus.CfgSaveInfo("VideoConfig ", "setting.nowindowborder", "0"),
        ]);*/

  //copy config.cfg
  System.IO.File.Copy(System.IO.Path.Combine(Context.RootInstallFolder, "left4dead2\\cfg\\config.cfg"), System.IO.Path.Combine(Context.RootFolder, "left4dead2\\cfg\\config.cfg"), true);

  var autoExec = Context.GetFolder(Nucleus.Folder.InstancedGameFolder) + "\\left4dead2\\cfg\\autoexec.cfg";
  var lines = [
    "sv_lan 1",
    "sv_allow_lobby_connect_only 0",
    "engine_no_focus_sleep 0" // unlimited FPS on all screens
  ];

  if (Player.IsKeyboardPlayer) {
    lines.push("joystick 0");
    lines.push("exec undo360controller.cfg");
  } else {
    lines.push("exec 360controller.cfg");
  }
  Context.WriteTextFile(autoExec, lines);

  if (Context.IsKeyboardPlayer) {
    var txtPath = Context.GetFolder(Nucleus.Folder.InstancedGameFolder) + "\\left4dead2\\cfg\\config.cfg";
    var dict = [Context.FindLineNumberInTextFile(txtPath, 'joystick "1"', Nucleus.SearchType.StartsWith) + '|joystick "0"'];
    Context.ReplaceLinesInTextFile(txtPath, dict);
  } else {
    var txtPath = Context.GetFolder(Nucleus.Folder.InstancedGameFolder) + "\\left4dead2\\cfg\\config.cfg";
    var dict = [Context.FindLineNumberInTextFile(txtPath, 'joystick "0"', Nucleus.SearchType.StartsWith) + '|joystick "1"'];
    Context.ReplaceLinesInTextFile(txtPath, dict);
  }

  var native = Context.Options["Native"];

  if (native == "Yes") {
    Game.PromptAfterFirstInstance = true;

    var savePath = (Context.SavePath = Context.GetFolder(Nucleus.Folder.InstancedGameFolder) + "\\left4dead2\\addons\\571568537.vpk");
    var savePkgOrigin = System.IO.Path.Combine(Game.Folder, "571568537.vpk");
    System.IO.File.Copy(savePkgOrigin, savePath, true);

    var txtPath = Context.GetFolder(Nucleus.Folder.InstancedGameFolder) + "\\left4dead2\\cfg\\360controller.cfg";
    var dict = ["60|cmd2 +jlook "];
    Context.ReplaceLinesInTextFile(txtPath, dict);

    if (Player.Owner.IsDualHorizontal()) {
      System.IO.File.Delete(Context.GetFolder(Nucleus.Folder.InstancedGameFolder) + "\\left4dead2\\pak01_000.vpk");

      //patch native splitscreen aspect ratio
      Context.PatchFile(
        System.IO.Path.Combine(Context.RootInstallFolder, "left4dead2\\pak01_000.vpk"),
        System.IO.Path.Combine(Context.RootFolder, "left4dead2\\pak01_000.vpk"),
        [0x09, 0x22, 0x38, 0x20, 0x62, 0x79, 0x20, 0x39],
        [0x09, 0x22, 0x39, 0x20, 0x62, 0x79, 0x20, 0x35]
      );

      if (Context.PlayerID == 0) {
        var autoExec = Context.GetFolder(Nucleus.Folder.InstancedGameFolder) + "\\left4dead2\\cfg\\autoexec.cfg";
        var lines = ["sv_lan 1", "sv_allow_lobby_connect_only 0", "engine_no_focus_sleep 0", "name2 " + Context.Nickname + "-B", "ss_splitmode 0"];
        Context.WriteTextFile(autoExec, lines);

        var savePath = Context.GetFolder(Nucleus.Folder.InstancedGameFolder) + "\\XinputPlus.ini";
        Context.ModifySaveFile(savePath, savePath, Nucleus.SaveType.INI, [
          new Nucleus.IniSaveInfo("ControllerNumber", "Controller1", "1"),
          new Nucleus.IniSaveInfo("ControllerNumber", "Controller2", "2"),
          new Nucleus.IniSaveInfo("ControllerNumber", "Controller3", "0"),
          new Nucleus.IniSaveInfo("ControllerNumber", "Controller4", "0")
        ]);
      }

      if (Context.PlayerID == 1) {
        Context.StartArguments = "-steam -window -AlwaysFocus -nointro -novid -console";

        var autoExec = Context.GetFolder(Nucleus.Folder.InstancedGameFolder) + "\\left4dead2\\cfg\\autoexec.cfg";
        var lines = [
          "sv_lan 1",
          "sv_allow_lobby_connect_only 0",
          "engine_no_focus_sleep 0",
          "name2 " + Context.Nickname + "-B",
          "ss_splitmode 0",
          "connect_splitscreen localhost " + Context.LocalIP + ":27015 2"
        ];
        Context.WriteTextFile(autoExec, lines);

        var savePath = Context.GetFolder(Nucleus.Folder.InstancedGameFolder) + "\\XinputPlus.ini";
        Context.ModifySaveFile(savePath, savePath, Nucleus.SaveType.INI, [
          new Nucleus.IniSaveInfo("ControllerNumber", "Controller1", "3"),
          new Nucleus.IniSaveInfo("ControllerNumber", "Controller2", "4"),
          new Nucleus.IniSaveInfo("ControllerNumber", "Controller3", "0"),
          new Nucleus.IniSaveInfo("ControllerNumber", "Controller4", "0")
        ]);
      }
    }

    if (Player.Owner.IsDualVertical()) {
      System.IO.File.Delete(Context.GetFolder(Nucleus.Folder.InstancedGameFolder) + "\\left4dead2\\pak01_000.vpk");

      Context.PatchFile(
        System.IO.Path.Combine(Context.RootInstallFolder, "left4dead2\\pak01_000.vpk"),
        System.IO.Path.Combine(Context.RootFolder, "left4dead2\\pak01_000.vpk"),
        [0x09, 0x22, 0x38, 0x20, 0x62, 0x79, 0x20, 0x33],
        [0x09, 0x22, 0x37, 0x20, 0x62, 0x79, 0x20, 0x34]
      );

      if (Context.PlayerID == 0) {
        var autoExec = Context.GetFolder(Nucleus.Folder.InstancedGameFolder) + "\\left4dead2\\cfg\\autoexec.cfg";
        var lines = ["sv_lan 1", "sv_allow_lobby_connect_only 0", "engine_no_focus_sleep 0", "name2 " + Context.Nickname + "-B", "ss_splitmode 1"];
        Context.WriteTextFile(autoExec, lines);

        var savePath = Context.GetFolder(Nucleus.Folder.InstancedGameFolder) + "\\XinputPlus.ini";
        Context.ModifySaveFile(savePath, savePath, Nucleus.SaveType.INI, [
          new Nucleus.IniSaveInfo("ControllerNumber", "Controller1", "1"),
          new Nucleus.IniSaveInfo("ControllerNumber", "Controller2", "3"),
          new Nucleus.IniSaveInfo("ControllerNumber", "Controller3", "0"),
          new Nucleus.IniSaveInfo("ControllerNumber", "Controller4", "0")
        ]);
      }

      if (Context.PlayerID == 1) {
        Context.StartArguments = "-steam -window -AlwaysFocus -nointro -novid -console";

        var autoExec = Context.GetFolder(Nucleus.Folder.InstancedGameFolder) + "\\left4dead2\\cfg\\autoexec.cfg";
        var lines = [
          "sv_lan 1",
          "sv_allow_lobby_connect_only 0",
          "engine_no_focus_sleep 0",
          "name2 " + Context.Nickname + "-B",
          "ss_splitmode 1",
          "hud_reloadscheme",
          "connect_splitscreen localhost " + Context.LocalIP + ":27015 2"
        ];
        Context.WriteTextFile(autoExec, lines);

        var savePath = Context.GetFolder(Nucleus.Folder.InstancedGameFolder) + "\\XinputPlus.ini";
        Context.ModifySaveFile(savePath, savePath, Nucleus.SaveType.INI, [
          new Nucleus.IniSaveInfo("ControllerNumber", "Controller1", "2"),
          new Nucleus.IniSaveInfo("ControllerNumber", "Controller2", "4"),
          new Nucleus.IniSaveInfo("ControllerNumber", "Controller3", "0"),
          new Nucleus.IniSaveInfo("ControllerNumber", "Controller4", "0")
        ]);
      }
    }

    if (Player.Owner.IsFullscreen()) {
      if (Context.PlayerID == 0) {
        var autoExec = Context.GetFolder(Nucleus.Folder.InstancedGameFolder) + "\\left4dead2\\cfg\\autoexec.cfg";
        var lines = ["sv_lan 1", "sv_allow_lobby_connect_only 0", "engine_no_focus_sleep 0", "name2 " + Context.Nickname + "-B"];
        Context.WriteTextFile(autoExec, lines);

        var savePath = Context.GetFolder(Nucleus.Folder.InstancedGameFolder) + "\\XinputPlus.ini";
        Context.ModifySaveFile(savePath, savePath, Nucleus.SaveType.INI, [
          new Nucleus.IniSaveInfo("ControllerNumber", "Controller1", "1"),
          new Nucleus.IniSaveInfo("ControllerNumber", "Controller2", "2"),
          new Nucleus.IniSaveInfo("ControllerNumber", "Controller3", "0"),
          new Nucleus.IniSaveInfo("ControllerNumber", "Controller4", "0")
        ]);
      }

      if (Context.PlayerID == 1) {
        Context.StartArguments = "-steam -window -AlwaysFocus -nointro -novid -console";

        var autoExec = Context.GetFolder(Nucleus.Folder.InstancedGameFolder) + "\\left4dead2\\cfg\\autoexec.cfg";
        var lines = ["sv_lan 1", "sv_allow_lobby_connect_only 0", "engine_no_focus_sleep 0", "name2 " + Context.Nickname + "-B", "connect_splitscreen localhost " + Context.LocalIP + ":27015 2"];
        Context.WriteTextFile(autoExec, lines);

        var savePath = Context.GetFolder(Nucleus.Folder.InstancedGameFolder) + "\\XinputPlus.ini";
        Context.ModifySaveFile(savePath, savePath, Nucleus.SaveType.INI, [
          new Nucleus.IniSaveInfo("ControllerNumber", "Controller1", "3"),
          new Nucleus.IniSaveInfo("ControllerNumber", "Controller2", "4"),
          new Nucleus.IniSaveInfo("ControllerNumber", "Controller3", "0"),
          new Nucleus.IniSaveInfo("ControllerNumber", "Controller4", "0")
        ]);
      }
    }
  }

  if (native == "No") {
  }
};