L4D2 Beta gets the Extended Mutation System, allows custom scripting
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4 Dead 2’s developers have released the Extended Mutation System, an
improved scripting system that allows for much greater modification and
customisation, giving script authors the opportunity “to go past
modifying existing scripts and write custom script logic, spawn and
control entities, and much much more."To give modders an example of the sort of thing that’s possible with this system, a new survival mode known as Holdout is included with the EMS. It’s a four-player co-op game mode where the team must defend their stronghold against waves of infected while trying to provide power to a spotlight that will summon a rescue helicopter. It functions as both a game mode and an introduction to what the EMS is capable of.
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