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How To Add an Economy Store System for Buying Weapons and Perks on Your Left 4 Dead 2 Server

1. Download the Shop Plugin

Downloading the shop_v.4.5.zip file from the AlliedModders forum

2. Select the ‘Shop.zip‘ File and Select ‘Extract Here’

Note: You can use programs like WinRAR or 7zip to extract the zip file

Using WinRAR to extract the shop plugin zip file on your computer

3. Select the Extracted Folder

Opening the newly extracted shop_v.4.5 folder on your computer

4. Inside the Extracted Folder Select the Sourcemod Folder

Opening the sourcemod folder inside the extracted shop plugin files

5. Select All the Files Inside the Sourcemod Folder and Archive them using ‘Add to Archive’ Option

Select all the files and right-click them to open the pop-up menu. From the menu, select WinRAR, and then click Add to archive.

Selecting the plugin folders and adding them to a new archive using WinRAR

6. Name the Archive and Select the ‘Ok’ Option

Naming the new WinRAR archive sourcemod.rar

7. Log In to Your Panel


8. Select the ‘left4dead2’ Folder

Navigating to the left4dead2 root folder in the Cybrancee server file manager

9. Select the ‘addons’ Folder

Left 4 dead 2 Selecting the addon folder

10. Select ‘sourcemod’ Folder

Selecting the SourceMod folder in L4D2

11. Upload the Archive to ‘sourcemod’ Folder

Uploading the custom sourcemod.rar file to the server control panel

12. Extract the Archive

Clicking the unarchive option on the sourcemod.rar file

13. Restart Your Server


14. Using the Shop Menu

As shown in the screenshots, players can open the visual store by typing !shop (or !buy) in the chat to spend their points on weapons, throwables, or airstrikes.

Typing the shop command in Left 4 Dead 2 to open the visual store menu

15. Admin Controls

If you want to test it out immediately without having to grind zombie kills, just type !admin in the chat. As seen in the final screenshot, this opens the admin menu where you can select Shop Commands to give yourself free points!

Using the admin command in Left 4 Dead 2 to open the shop management menu

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