Jam's TRS Inspired L4D2 Survivors

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"My fellow Terror-Strikers, it is with great honor that I announce that the beyta is real."

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Are you tired of searching the workshop endlessly, trying to find mods for L4D2 Survivors that would fit your Beta/TRS collection? So was I, so I've decided to take matters into my own hands and finally fit the vibe of what Turtle Rock Studios were originally going for.

Originally, this was what I had originally wanted Coach: Remastered to be - a geared up survivor that would look good next to trs survivors, before I got sidetracked and made him into something else.

Now I know that devious critter has already done one trs styled survivor, but A: this pack contains all four (so there better not be any "mAkE ThE rEsT" comments), and B: we both came up with the idea but had a conflict of interests and decided to split into our own versions.

Oh and also I'll be releasing separated versions myself soon enough, so no reuploads

This next big wall of text below is basically just me yapping about my design choices.

I first started with Nick, since he was the first one I came up with the design for. It was a relatively simple head-swap with Beta Louis' outfit, but with a blue sweater, instead of a yellow shirt. I also made his outfit resemble that of Louis' early 2006 concept art with chest pockets and a bandolier on his right shoulder. At first, the sweater was more purple-ish and yoru suggested matching its color to that of Nick's eyes.

For Ellis I just took the easy route and re-used my Ellis: Remastered as base, I've also given him a vest, similar to that one guy from the Dam It poster. I've extended his tattoo to reach his wrist, because I wanted to keep it, plus it makes him look a bit more tough.

For Rochelle I reused that one hoodie model by deniss and re-sculpted it a bit. I based her look off the prototype female survivor from the Dam It poster, since it looked like she had dreadlocks and had knee and elbow pads. The orange color of her hoodie is an obvious nod to her beta design, which was suggested by yoru. I really like how her face turned out, she looks just different enough to look like an early trs-styled design. This version looks much younger than the retail one. She's also using Zoey's animations, because I wanted they make her look a bit more feminine and a bit taller.

At some point during the development of L4D, Louis was suppose to be some kind of religious zealot, but that idea was scrapped. I've decided to re-use that idea for Coach, in fact, he was the first one I had made a mock-up proof of concept version that was essentially just a head swap of one of Father Grigori's mods. I had abandoned that version before I had even made my L4D1 survivor remasters, but now I've decided to finally put it to use, after refining it a bit more. For the head, yoru had suggested I use the likeness of Ving Rhames, because the character he portrayed in Dawn Of The Dead (2004) was used as a concept in early l4d concept art. This choice made for a nice homage, as well as made him look a bit more imposing. Oh, and last but not least, I put that damn beta bandolier on him that I've re-used like 100 times, because of course I would, plus it fits Coach much better than any other.

** Features: **

• New designs for all 4 L4D2 Survivors that resemble early L4D1 Survivors' designs

• Compressed-ahh face textures for early 2000s consistency

• LODs

• V_arms

• Jigglebones on pouches and holsters

• New textures/normals

• Facial flexes and eye-tracking

• Optional VGUI features

• Bile textures

** Special thanks to: **

• yoru - making normal maps for Coach's and Rochelle's clothes + various design suggestions
• devious critter - making faceswap textures for Nick and Ellis
• tomaz - fixing various issues on Coach

** Credits: **

• Oxxy (Real) - Oxxy's Turtle Rock Survivors
• tomaz - Janitor Bill's outfit
• Cuba - Jiggleboned attachments + E3 Rochelle: Redux Alt
• binary - Hard Day's work Ellis texture
• Meraru - Rochelle - Hoodie + Ro's Hair - Loose Locks
• Holy Panda - 4k trs survivor textures (this pack doesn't actually have 4k textures, I just used those for editing then compressed them)
• Whynotll83 - Episode 4 Styled Grigori (GameBanana)
• Spicy_Jam - complete models, making v_amrs, making optional custom VGUI assets, making custom head and clothes textures blah blah blah

tags: early, redesign beta, trs, mechanic, coach, gambler, producer, nightmare, dark, gritty, beyta, 2006, 2007, 2008, left 4 dead 1, tactical, geared up, gloves, terror strike, left 4 dead zero