Left 4 Dead Beta Build Hunt

[Devteam5]

I've decided to begin a search to track down and extract all existing pre-release beta builds of Left 4 Dead 1 and 2 from the Steam2 leak. I've compiled a list of all builds I could find from TCRF. Presently, I've discovered that:

• According to a Reddit post, there is at least one CSS-era build. Haven't found if this is true yet. Potentially hiding in another depot, maybe CSS
• One of the Left 4 Dead 1 depots is split between two IDs. These are 1321 and 1322 (One's engine, one's game content. No, I have no idea why it's set up like that.
• There's apparently several L4D1 builds, but I can't seem to find any aside from the June 2008 (1321/1322) build. Every depot version just gives me the same build, aside from the last one, which I think might be a post-release build. I sincerely doubt that they had the same thing sitting for months, then suddenly built the game in a week.

If anyone can assist me on my journey, I'd greatly appreciate it.

Here's the list of what I currently have:
Left 4 Dead Franchise Beta Hunt

[PrisenShift]

According to a Reddit post, there is at least one CSS-era build. Haven't found if this is true yet. Potentially hiding in another depot, maybe CSS

Very reliable source

On this website, you can find all the builds you are interested in, as well as a list of the assets included in them.

[Devteam5]

Ok, so good news and bad news. Good news is, thanks to a bit of help, I found the Left 4 Dead 1 builds. Funnily enough, they aren't split amongst 2 separate depots. They're split amongst 8. Fantastic, more work for me to do.

Bad news is, presently, I don't have a means of archiving as of yet. I'm thinking of making a torrent of the builds on my PC for people to take the builds from, but I currently lack the file space. It shouldn't be too long, though. In the meantime, I'll extract at least one build and see if I can get it running.

[Devteam5]

Another roadblock: Sometimes, the builds suffer from one of those "out of threads" things, and while I did look up how to fix them, I haven't found anything that'd work so far. If anyone can patch them/knows how to patch them, let me know.

[Maximos Ve]

I have two L4D2 builds from July & August if you need them

[Devteam5]

Great news: I have created a torrent for all 7 L4D1 betas. These should be fully playable, though some builds haven't been tested completely. I recommend qBittorrent for extraction.

Three things to note:
1. The torrent is still relatively new as of me writing this, so it needs some seeding to be done. I'd appreciate anyone who can provide. I will attempt to help where I can.
2. As it turns out, the extra 4 depots past 1324 are translations for certain sound files and the intro. They are not provided here. At any rate, if there's anything wrong with these builds, please let me know.
3. Once a proper L4D download page is created here, this torrent will most likely go offline, as it takes up quite a bit of file space on my PC.

L4D1 Beta Torrent - Estimated total file size (for all builds): 40gb (mislabeled in file)

[Devteam5]

Ok, slight problem. As it turns out, I have no idea how to make a torrent, so the prior L4D1 torrent might not work.

Don't worry, I'm working on a new one that'll definitely work, and seeded to boot.

Give me at maximum a few days. In the meantime, I'll start assembling a L4D2 beta torrent.

[Devteam5]

Ok, here's the new Torrent, slightly fixed up. I think. No idea if this is better or not, I just added seeding on my end (which doesn't work, but I think it's only because people need to use this or something).

New L4D1 Beta Link - Sorry, replacing this one more time with a torrent with both games' betas. Give me a bit.

[Devteam5]

Ok, I PROMISE this is the last version. It contains both L4D1 and L4D2's betas. I uploaded the L4D1 torrent thinking it'd take a while to do L4D2, but it didn't.

Final Link - Total file size: Around 120gb (I recommend just extracting one build at a time)