Installing addons/maps for Left 4 Dead 2 can be difficult if you don't understand .vpk files, what the map names are in the actual game, and where to install them. This script does most of it for you and explains how to switch to the maps inside the admin terminal as well. This is best used in conjunction with LinuxGSM. Requires pip install vpk to be installed.
Example of sh ./workshop_helper.sh install <username> <workshop_id>:
Example of sh ./workshop_helper.sh list:
workshop_helper.sh:
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
echo "Usage: sh ./workshop_helper.sh"
echo " install <steam_username> <workshop_id>"
echo " list"
echo ""
echo "Note: Commands require 'pip install vpk' to be installed."
fi
TMP_FOLDER="$PWD/workshop_tmp"
ADDONS_FOLDER="$PWD/serverfiles/left4dead2/addons/"
if [ "$1" = "install" ]; then
if [ -z "$2" ] || [ -z "$3" ]; then
echo "+ Usage: sh ./workshop_helper.sh install <steam_username> <workshop_id>"
else
echo "+ Installing '$3' from the workshop into $TMP_FOLDER"
steamcmd +force_install_dir $TMP_FOLDER +login $2 +workshop_download_item 550 $3 +quit
echo "\n\n+ Downloaded the following *.bin files from workshop item $3:"
for file in $(find "$TMP_FOLDER" -name '*.bin')
do
echo " - $file"
mv -- "$file" "${file%.bin}.vpk"
done
echo " + Changed all of the file extensions from .bin to .vpk!"
echo " + Installed Maps:"
for file in $(find "$TMP_FOLDER" -name '*.vpk')
do
vpk -l "$file" | grep "^maps/.*bsp" | while read line; do echo " - $line"; done
mv -- "$file" "$ADDONS_FOLDER"
done
echo " ? You can use 'changelevel [mapname]' to switch to the map."
echo " + Moved all *.vpk files to $ADDONS_FOLDER"
echo "+ Cleaning up files...\n"
rm -rf "$TMP_FOLDER"
echo "Done!"
fi
elif [ "$1" = "list" ]; then
echo "Listing all .vpk files in $ADDONS_FOLDER:\n"
for file in $(find "$ADDONS_FOLDER" -name '*.vpk')
do
echo "+ $file:"
echo " + Maps:"
vpk -l "$file" | grep "^maps/.*bsp" | while read line; do echo " - $line"; done
echo " ? You can use 'changelevel [mapname]' to switch to the map.\n"
done
echo "Done!"
fi