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(No one knows what they are fighting over, but they gotta fight over it (it was speculation that it is a reactor, maybe) The killfeed calls the point "The McGuffin".)
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{{Quotation|'''Rotunda''' publicity blurb|Welcome to ''Rotunda'', a steam engine workshop turned secret doomsday storage facility, now abandoned. Fight on trains, fight around trains, and fight for trains!}}
 
{{Quotation|'''Rotunda''' publicity blurb|Welcome to ''Rotunda'', a steam engine workshop turned secret doomsday storage facility, now abandoned. Fight on trains, fight around trains, and fight for trains!}}
  
'''Rotunda''' is a [[Steam Workshop|community-created]] [[King of the Hill]] map. The map is set in a dilapidated, full rotunda [[Wikipedia:railway roundhouse|railway roundhouse]] in southeast Germany, with the teams fighting over a reactor on a flat car on the [[Wikipedia:Railway turntable|turntable]] with a team-colored steam locomotive coupled to each end. This map is partially inspired by the open layouts of [[Nucleus]] and [[Harvest]].
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'''Rotunda''' is a [[Steam Workshop|community-created]] [[King of the Hill]] map. The map is set in a dilapidated, full rotunda [[Wikipedia:railway roundhouse|railway roundhouse]] in southeast Germany, with the teams fighting over The McGuffin on a flat car on the [[Wikipedia:Railway turntable|turntable]] with a team-colored steam locomotive coupled to each end. This map is partially inspired by the open layouts of [[Nucleus]] and [[Harvest]].
  
 
Rotunda was [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2964421291 contributed] to the Steam Workshop.
 
Rotunda was [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2964421291 contributed] to the Steam Workshop.
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* '''Outer Rotunda''': The outer ring of ground floor rooms and routes.
 
* '''Outer Rotunda''': The outer ring of ground floor rooms and routes.
 
* '''Inner Rotunda''': The open platform around a Turntable.
 
* '''Inner Rotunda''': The open platform around a Turntable.
* '''Turntable''': The control point is at the center of the Turntable.
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* '''Turntable''': The ground level approaches to control point.
* '''Basement''': From the yard, an entrance under a "secret" hatch leads to a maze of basement rooms.  
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* '''The McGuffin''': The control point.  
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* '''Basement''': From the yard, an entrance under a "secret" hatch leads to a maze of basement rooms to the Pit.  
 
* '''Pit''': The level below the Turntable.
 
* '''Pit''': The level below the Turntable.
 
* '''Catwalk''': The platform overlooking the Turntable, connecting to a small control shack that houses a medium health pack.
 
* '''Catwalk''': The platform overlooking the Turntable, connecting to a small control shack that houses a medium health pack.
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File:Rotunda BLU tunnels 3.png|Ramp between Basement and Outer Rotunda.
 
File:Rotunda BLU tunnels 3.png|Ramp between Basement and Outer Rotunda.
 
File:Rotunda BLU under depot.png|Basement exit to the Pit below the Turntable control point.
 
File:Rotunda BLU under depot.png|Basement exit to the Pit below the Turntable control point.
File:Rotunda control point.png|Turntable, featuring the reactor on the point.
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File:Rotunda control point.png|Turntable, featuring The McGuffin on the point.
 
File:Rotunda inner train depot 1.png|Inner Rotunda from BLU side.
 
File:Rotunda inner train depot 1.png|Inner Rotunda from BLU side.
 
File:Rotunda inner train depot 2.png|Inner Rotunda from RED side.
 
File:Rotunda inner train depot 2.png|Inner Rotunda from RED side.

Revision as of 16:01, 30 July 2023

Rotunda
Koth rotunda.png
Basic Information
Developer(s): Unknown
Map Info
Environment: Alpine, industrial
Setting: Daylight, sunny
Hazards: Trains, crushing
Map Photos
Loading screen photos.
Map Overview
Rotunda overview.png
Welcome to Rotunda, a steam engine workshop turned secret doomsday storage facility, now abandoned. Fight on trains, fight around trains, and fight for trains!
Rotunda publicity blurb

Rotunda is a community-created King of the Hill map. The map is set in a dilapidated, full rotunda railway roundhouse in southeast Germany, with the teams fighting over The McGuffin on a flat car on the turntable with a team-colored steam locomotive coupled to each end. This map is partially inspired by the open layouts of Nucleus and Harvest.

Rotunda was contributed to the Steam Workshop.

Locations

  • Spawn Yard: The Yard rollout for the Spawn room.
  • Train: A slow, continuously passing train protecting one Spawn gate.
  • Outer Rotunda: The outer ring of ground floor rooms and routes.
  • Inner Rotunda: The open platform around a Turntable.
  • Turntable: The ground level approaches to control point.
  • The McGuffin: The control point.
  • Basement: From the yard, an entrance under a "secret" hatch leads to a maze of basement rooms to the Pit.
  • Pit: The level below the Turntable.
  • Catwalk: The platform overlooking the Turntable, connecting to a small control shack that houses a medium health pack.

Strategy

Main article: Community Rotunda strategy

Update history

July 12, 2023 Patch #1 (Summer 2023 Update)
  • Added Rotunda to the game.

July 20, 2023 Patch #1

  • Aligned various textures
  • Improved clipping slightly
  • Raised gate to flank route for ease of access
  • Aligned some props
  • Aligned various textures and fixed cubemap issue
  • Improved clipping
  • Improved lighting and reduced visual noise on some textures
  • Raised gate to flank route for ease of access
  • Aligned some props
  • Fixed out-of-bounds exploit related to func_tracktrain (Thank you, The Nubing!)
  • Added missing collision to some props
  • Sealed the map more

Bugs

  • Several props and parts of the map can be seen fading in and out from a distance.[1]

Trivia

  • A Wiki Cap along with some Soldier gibs and an Intelligence briefcase can be found in BLU's tunnels. This is a reference to one of the creators owning a Wiki Cap.[2]
  • Outside the RED spawn, a room can be found out of bounds containing an Engineer and Heavy doing the Kazotsky Kick and credits to the map developers.
  • A small blue locomotive can be found riding around the upper depot catwalk, which also follows the same track as one of the spectator cameras for the main area.
  • A summit cross can be found on the top of the mountain in the skybox, which is common in Germany.
  • The locomotive model on the point are DRG Class 81.[3]
    • In German practice, the model's locomotive number plate starts with the DRG locomotive class, 81 in this case. The remainder of the full plate number on RED side, 6745, is the signature of FGD5, the model's creator.[3]

Gallery

References

  1. Fading prop example 1, fading prop example 2, fading prop example 3
  2. Creator confirming the reference
  3. a b Creator confirming the reference (the number in the post by the creator is a typo. FGD5's signature and the RED train number plate is 6745).