why cant i watch l4d2 dem files from other countries? It mentions a whole bunch of errors when I try to load them, and then they wont play.
I have the US version of the game.
Does anyone know why or how to get around it?

It may be a problem with the patched version of your game, i dont think its a problem with the nationality of your game; i've played a few american demos on mine and mines australian.

What you need to check when the errors come up is what version the demos is, it should have four numbers somewhere, "network protocol XXXX outdated, current version is YYYY." Remember both numbers.
Go to steamapps/common/L4D2/L4D2, there should be a notepad file called 'steam'. Open it and change the network version to the patch of the demo (XXXX).

Now you can play it, but if you want to leave memory lane and play the game online with ppl in the present
, you gotta change the number back to 'YYYY'.

Pre-dlc demos arent viewable though, idk why.

Isn't valve silly? :>

Edited once, 12/4/11 - 7:38pm.

hey thanks predator.
Ive already tried that though and it works fine with aus demos but with US it still wont work.
What do you mean by pre-dlc? because i have demos from like, almost a year ago and they still work when i change the patched number.

Any demos from b4 the passing are possibly destroyed. On Hard Rain for example you cant play the 1st and last 2 maps, but u can play the 2nd and 3rd.
Idk how else to help you sorry. :S

There must be something wrong with your internal files or something. I've watched a ton of AUS dems and my game is definitely American.

Quit hijacking my threads! Always competing! Blah blah blah! xD

haha.

Payback is a bitch, ain't it? =P