Left 4 Dead 2 Console Commands for Windows PC

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Left 4 Dead 2 Console Commands for Windows PC
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Left 4 Dead: Overview

Left 4 Dead revolutionized the zombie shooter sub-genre by offering intense moments and grotesquely intelligent AI—the “Director”. The sequel promises a more frantic experience in dealing with zombies, with the “Director” providing even more dynamic challenges and adjusting the scenario based on the performance. You can check out the Left 4 Dead 2 review to know more about any additional features and play value.

There’s no doubt about this sequel offers those never-before scary moments. However, there’s another way to enjoy Left 4 Dead 2—playing with console commands. While most PC games require you to tweak game files by rummaging through directories in the default C drive, Left 4 Dead 2 allows you to enable the cheat console via the in-game options menu. Here’s a step-by-step guide to enable the cheat console in the game:

Left 4 Dead 2 Console Commands: How to Enable the Cheat Console?

Activating the Developers Console: Start the Game>Main Menu>Options>Keyboard/Mouse>activate “Allow Developers Console”

Invoking the console cheat while playing the game: On any difficulty level, just press the tilde key (~) to invoke the console window.

Enable command cheats: To enable in-game cheats, just enter sv_cheats 1and press the Enter key.

You can then enter any cheat code. Whether single player or multiplayer, feel free to use the console commands given below:

Left 4 Dead 2 Console Cheats

Left 4 Dead 2 console commands to access a wide variety of weapons:

Left 4 Dead 2 Console Commands: Screenshot 1

  • give sniper_military: gives a military sniper rifle to you

  • give pumpshotgun or give shotgun_spas or give shotgun_chrome: gives you different types of shotguns.

  • give weapon_grenade_launcher: gives you a grenade launcher to blast off those zombies

  • give smg_silenced: gives a silenced sub-machine gun to you

  • give smg: gives a submachine gun

  • give rifle_ak47: gives you the AK-47 rifle

Cheat commands to spawn different types of grotesque zombies:

  • Type z_spawn and then type any one of the zombie names (jockey, charger, hunter, boomer, tank, witch, spitter and smoker) to automatically spawn them.

  • z_forcezombiemodel 1: this command spawns only a zombie model.

Miscellaneous Fun Cheat Commands:

  • kill: surrounded by zombies? No way out? Type kill to commit hara-kiri (suicide)

    Left 4 Dead 2 Console Commands: Screenshot 2

  • quit: bored hacking and slashing the zombies? Just enter quit to end the game.

  • give electric_guitar: gives you a guitar

  • give frying_pan: And why do you need this? Probably to inflict lumps on zombies heads Tom and Jerry style? *laughs*

  • give rifle_desert: gives you a combat rifle to kill all surrounding zombies

  • give_melee: gives you hunter claws for one-on-one fights with zombies

  • give vomitjar: hate those special infected creeps puking on you? How about giving a taste of their own medicine. Type this command code to give you the boomer bile.

  • give machete: typing this code will give a large cleaver-like tool to hack those infected blokes.

Those were some of the best Left 4 Dead 2 console commands. For Left for Dead console cheats, refer to the Left 4 Dead PC commands and cheats guide.