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Megalo
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Basic Information
Map type:	King of the Hill
File name:	koth_megalo
Released:	October 1, 2020 Patch; (Scream Fortress XII)
Developer(s):	Sammy "Berry" Bunting; Chris "Another Bad Pun" Williams; Liam "Diva Dan" Moffitt; Zach "Exactol" Matuson; Aeon "Void" Bollig; Christoph "Gadget" Manschitz; Ivan "Crowbar" Sokolov; Kevin "Ravidge" Brook; Theo "TheoF114" Fletcher
Map Info
Environment:	Halloween
Setting:	Night
Hazards:	Ghost Train; Pitfall, Pumpkin bombs, Crushing
Map Items
Health Kits:	×2 • ×2
Ammo Boxes:	×4
Special:
Map Photos
Map Overview
Map Stamp
	Supporters Leaderboard

Latest revision as of 22:11, 17 January 2024

“

First they gave us trains, then they gave us ghosts. Now, we give you GHOST TRAINS!! Fight over a HALLOWED TRAIN STATION for NO GOOD REASON!!!

— Megalo publicity blurb

”

Megalo is a community-created Halloween-themed asymmetrical King of the Hill map, featuring a Haunted Ghost Train, added in the Scream Fortress 2020 update.

Megalo was contributed to the Steam Workshop.

Ghost Train

The center platform has three tracks crossing it, one for each of three levels, and it raises and lowers periodically. There is a bottomless pit below the point that kills any player that falls in. The platform starts at the bottom level, then raises to the middle one, then to the top one, then lowers back to the bottom one, then repeating this cycle. Once raised or lowered, the Ghost Train passes through using the level selected by the platform, but always arriving from the same direction on each level.

As a Train, the Ghost Train instantly kills any player it hits; however, as a Ghost, it scares any player it closely misses. The dark timbers along the track approximately indicate the scare range with the kill range existing between the dark timbers.

The Ghost Train's schedule varies from about 20 to 60 seconds between each run. On the middle and top tracks, clanging bells and flashing lights warn of the passing Ghost Train, but these warnings are not given on the lower level. The Ghost Train (or the map) also emits the nominal Ghost moans and the occasional Zephania "Boo!" whenever the Ghost Train makes a run, but these ghastly sounds can be difficult to hear over the bell and Train noises (the moans are clearer to Spectators below the map level).

Locations

Note: If you are having trouble with finding the locations listed here, see the Helpful overview section to see their exact position marked on the map.

Turntable: A circular rising and falling platform where the control point is located.
The Pit: A pit with train tracks overlooking the point, one on each side.
Underpoint: A wooden platform underneath the point with a medium ammo pack and small health pack.
The Stairs: A set of stairs to access the Underpoint and spawn.
The Factory: Fringing the Pit on either side is a building, with a sheltered Catwalk leading to the Ledge.
The Valley: The small low area behind the Factory between the Spawn area exits.
Spawn Yard: Between the Spawn and the Valley is the Yard which gives way to the three entrances to the Valley.

Helpful overview

1.Yard
2.Valley
3. Factories

Red diagonal lines: Red spawnroom
Blue diagonal lines: Blu spawnroom

Yellow circle: the Hill/control point sitting on top of the Turntable with the Underpoint below it

Strategy

Main article: Community Megalo strategy

Control Point timing

Control point

×1

17

.000

×2

11

.333

×3

9

.273

×4

8

.160

Update history

October 1, 2020 Patch (Scream Fortress XII)

Added Megalo to the game.

October 2, 2020 Patch

Fixed minor out of bounds teleporter exploit
Added pumpkin bombs

October 8, 2020 Patch

Fixed players building Teleporters in RED spawn

October 28, 2021 Patch

Updated Megalo map stamp to fix incorrect image.

Notes

It is possible to see the tips of the Ghost Train's horns, as well as the particle effects it emits, clipping through the floors in the tracks at the rear of the Spawn rooms.
- This is easier to see in RED's spawn, as the Ghost Train waits to cross the center platform at its lowest level right below it.
Fireflies can be seen flashing just to the left of each of the top tunnel portals.

Trivia

Ghost trains are a peculiarity of U.S. mysteries, the oldest reputedly being Abraham Lincoln's Funeral Train that haunts Washington D.C. and other cities.
Two gravestones illuminated by a candle next to a tree with two ghost dolls hanging from its branches can be found outside the playable area and away from normal view on the RED side of the map.
A wooden deer cutout can be found behind a rock to the left of the building the Ghost Train goes into after crossing the center platform on the middle level.

Gallery

The Ghost Train model (click image to view animation)
The RED spawn room.
Internal view of the left spawn yard.
External view of the right spawn yard.
The valley, overviewing the spawn yard exits.
The valley, overviewing the Factory entrances.
The central area, with the control point on the lower level. The Ghost Train always comes from the tunnel beneath RED's Factory.
The central area, with the control point on the middle level. The Ghost Train always comes from the RED Stairs.
The central area, with the control point on the higher level. The Ghost Train always comes from the tunnel besides RED's Factory.
The Ghost Train entering the point area.
The train from another view.
Steam Workshop thumbnail for Megalo.

Hidden props

The hidden gravestones.
The deer cutout's silhouette in the distance.
The deer cutout, with mat_fullbright set to 1.
Clear view of the deer cutout, with mat_fullbright set to 1.

Haunted signs

All of the posters on the map are "haunted" versions of the regular companies, posters, and products.

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 {{Map infobox
-   | game-type                   = King of the Hill
+   | map-status                  = community
-   | file-name                   = koth_megalo
+  | map-game-type               = King of the Hill
+   | map-file-name               = koth_megalo
    | map-image                   = koth_megalo.png
-   | developer                   = [https://steamcommunity.com/id/awsswefasefsfsd Sammy "Berry" Bunting]<br/>[https://steamcommunity.com/id/AnotherBadPun Chris "Another Bad Pun" Williams]<br/>[https://steamcommunity.com/id/divadan Liam "Diva Dan" Moffitt]<br/>[https://steamcommunity.com/id/exactol Zach "Exactol" Matuson]<br/>[https://steamcommunity.com/id/void001 Aeon "Void" Bollig]<br/>[https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197988875517 Christoph "Gadget" Manschitz]<br/>[https://steamcommunity.com/id/kruvbar Ivan "Crowbar" Sokolov]<br/>[https://steamcommunity.com/id/ravidge Kevin "Ravidge" Brook]<br/>[https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198003981752 Theo "TheoF114" Fletcher]
+   | map-released                = {{Patch name|10|1|2020}}
-  | release-date                = October 1, 2020
+   | map-released-major          = Scream Fortress XII
-   | last-updated                = October 2, 2020
    | map-environment             = Halloween
    | map-setting                 = Night
-   | map-hazards                 = [[Ghost]]<!-- intentionally no comma --> [[Train]]<br/>[[Environmental death#Pitfalls|Pitfall]], [[Pumpkin bomb]]s, [[Environmental_death#Crushing|Crushing]]
+   | map-hazards                 = [[#Ghost Train|Ghost Train]]<!-- The prop truly combines the TWO hazards. No, really, it is in the description! --><br/>[[Environmental death#Pitfalls|Pitfall]], [[Pumpkin bomb]]s, [[Environmental_death#Crushing|Crushing]]
    | map-stamp-link              = https://steamcommunity.com/stats/TF2/leaderboards/5533871
-   | map-health-pickups-small    = 2
+   | map-pickups-health-small    = 2
-   | map-health-pickups-medium   = 2
+   | map-pickups-health-medium   = 2
-   | map-ammo-pickups-medium     = 4
+   | map-pickups-ammo-medium     = 4
-   | map-special-pickups-pumpkin = yes
+   | map-pickups-special-pumpkin = yes
 }}
-{{quotation|'''Megalo''' publicity blurb|First they gave us trains, then they gave us ghosts. Now, we give you GHOST TRAINS!! Fight over a HALLOWED TRAIN STATION for NO GOOD REASON!!!}}
-'''Megalo''' is a community-made [[Halloween map|Halloween-themed]] asymmetrical [[King of the Hill]] map added in the [[Scream Fortress 2020]] update.
+{{Quotation|'''Megalo''' publicity blurb|First they gave us [[train]]s, then they gave us [[ghost]]s. Now, we give you GHOST TRAINS!! Fight over a HALLOWED TRAIN STATION for NO GOOD REASON!!!}}
-The center platform contains three tracks on it, one for each level, and raises and lowers periodically. It starts at the bottom level, then raises to the middle one, then to the top one, then lowers back to the bottom one, repeating the cycle. Once raised or lowered, a ghost train passes through on whichever track the platform is aligned with, killing whoever touches it and [[Ghost|scaring]] anyone who goes near it. There is a bottomless pit below the point that kills any player that falls in.
+'''Megalo''' is a [[Steam Workshop|community-created]] [[Halloween map|Halloween-themed]] asymmetrical [[King of the Hill]] map, featuring a Haunted Ghost Train, added in the [[Scream Fortress 2020]] update.
-Megalo was [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1164127973 contributed] to the [[Steam Workshop]].
+Megalo was [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1164127973 contributed] to the Steam Workshop.
+== Ghost Train ==
+The center platform has three tracks crossing it, one for each of three levels, and it raises and lowers periodically. There is a bottomless pit below the point that kills any player that falls in. The platform starts at the bottom level, then raises to the middle one, then to the top one, then lowers back to the bottom one, then repeating this cycle. Once raised or lowered, the Ghost Train passes through using the level selected by the platform, but always arriving from the same direction on each level.
+As a [[Train]], the Ghost Train instantly kills any player it hits; however, as a [[Ghost]], it scares any player it closely misses. The dark timbers along the track approximately indicate the scare range with the kill range existing between the dark timbers.
+The Ghost Train's schedule varies from about 20 to 60 seconds between each run. On the middle and top tracks, clanging bells and flashing lights warn of the passing Ghost Train, but these warnings are not given on the lower level. The Ghost Train (or the map) also emits the nominal [[Harvest Event|Ghost moans and the occasional Zephania "Boo!"]] whenever the Ghost Train makes a run, but these ghastly sounds can be difficult to hear over the bell and Train noises (the moans are clearer to Spectators below the map level).
 == Locations ==
-* '''Turntable''': A railway turntable, where the control point is located.
+{{HelpfulOverviewNote}}<br>
+* '''Turntable''': A circular rising and falling platform <!-- not actually a railway turntable, really a triple crossing, shifting platform --> where the control point is located.
 * '''The Pit''': A pit with train tracks overlooking the point, one on each side.
 * '''Underpoint''': A wooden platform underneath the point with a medium ammo pack and small health pack.
@@ Line 31: / Line 39: @@
 * '''The Valley''': The small low area behind the Factory between the Spawn area exits.
 * '''Spawn Yard''': Between the Spawn and the Valley is the Yard which gives way to the three entrances to the Valley.
+== Helpful overview ==
+[[File:Megalo overview with lines.png|left|500px|Megalo's key locations]]
+.Yard
+.Valley
+. Factories
+ Red diagonal lines: Red spawnroom
+ Blue diagonal lines: Blu spawnroom
+ Yellow circle: the Hill/control point sitting on top of the Turntable with the Underpoint below it
+<br/><br/>
 == Strategy ==
 {{Community strategy stub link}}
 {{main|Community Megalo strategy}}
+== Control Point timing ==
+{{Control Point Timing
+| NAME1 = Control point
+| AREA1 = 8.5
+| TEAM1 = 1
+}}
 == Update history ==
@@ Line 46: / Line 73: @@
 '''{{Patch name|10|8|2020}}'''
 * Fixed players building Teleporters in RED spawn
+'''{{Patch name|10|28|2021}}'''
+* Updated Megalo [[Map Stamp|map stamp]] to fix incorrect image.
 == Notes ==
-* It is possible to see the tips of the ghost train's horns, as well as the [[particle effects]] it emits, clipping through the floors of the spawn rooms, where the trains with the resupply lockers are stationed.
+* It is possible to see the tips of the Ghost Train's horns, as well as the [[particle effects]] it emits, clipping through the floors in the tracks at the rear of the Spawn rooms.
-** This is easier to see in RED's spawn, as the ghost train waits to cross the center platform at its lowest level right below it.
+** This is easier to see in RED's spawn, as the Ghost Train waits to cross the center platform at its lowest level right below it.
+* Fireflies can be seen flashing just to the left of each of the top tunnel portals.
 == Trivia ==
+* Ghost trains are a peculiarity of U.S. mysteries, the oldest reputedly being Abraham Lincoln's [[w:Ghost_train#Lincoln's_Funeral_Train|Funeral Train]] that haunts Washington D.C. and other cities.
 * Two gravestones illuminated by a candle next to a tree with two ghost dolls hanging from its branches can be found outside the playable area and away from normal view on the RED side of the map.
-* A wooden deer cutout can be found behind a rock to the left of the building the ghost train goes into after crossing the center platform on the middle level.
+* A wooden deer cutout can be found behind a rock to the left of the building the Ghost Train goes into after crossing the center platform on the middle level.
 == Gallery ==
 <gallery>
-File:PL Megalo spawn.jpg|The spawn room.
+File:Ghost Train Crop.png|The Ghost Train model (click image to view animation)
+File:PL Megalo spawn.jpg|The RED spawn room.
 File:PL Megalo spawn yard 1.jpg|Internal view of the left spawn yard.
 File:PL Megalo spawn yard 2.jpg|External view of the right spawn yard.
 File:PL Megalo valley 1.jpg|The valley, overviewing the spawn yard exits.
 File:PL Megalo valley 2.jpg|The valley, overviewing the Factory entrances.
-File:PL Megalo point 1 low.jpg|The central area, with the control point on the lower level. The ghost train always comes from the tunnel beneath RED's Factory.
+File:PL Megalo point 1 low.jpg|The central area, with the control point on the lower level. The Ghost Train always comes from the tunnel beneath RED's Factory.
-File:PL Megalo point 2 middle.jpg|The central area, with the control point on the middle level. The ghost train always comes from the RED Stairs.
+File:PL Megalo point 2 middle.jpg|The central area, with the control point on the middle level. The Ghost Train always comes from the RED Stairs.
-File:PL Megalo point 3 high.jpg|The central area, with the control point on the higher level. The ghost train always comes from the tunnel besides RED's Factory.
+File:PL Megalo point 3 high.jpg|The central area, with the control point on the higher level. The Ghost Train always comes from the tunnel besides RED's Factory.
-File:Ghost Train Crop.png|The ghost train
+File:PL Megalo point train entrance 1.jpg|The Ghost Train entering the point area.
-File:PL Megalo point train entrance 1.jpg|The ghost train entering the point area.
 File:PL Megalo point train entrance 2.jpg|The train from another view.
+File:Megalo Workshop image.jpg|Steam Workshop thumbnail for Megalo.
 </gallery>
 === Hidden props ===
 <gallery>
@@ Line 78: / Line 112: @@
 === Haunted signs ===
-All of the posters on the map are "haunted" versions of the regular [[Companies|companies]], [[List of Posters|posters]] and products.
+All of the posters on the map are "haunted" versions of the regular [[List of companies|companies]], [[List of posters|posters]], and products.
 <gallery perrow="8" widths=120px heights=90px >
@@ Line 88: / Line 122: @@
 File:Creepin.png|[[:File:Beacon.jpg|Beacon]]
 File:Dead.png|[[:File:Seed Co.png|Seed]]
-File:Death Metal.png|[[:File:Metal Co.png|Metal</br>([[w:Death metal|death metal]])
+File:Death Metal.png|[[:File:Metal Co.png|Metal]]</br>([[w:Death metal|death metal]])
 File:DED.png|[[:File:Team red.png|RED]]
 File:Frown Nugget.png|[[:File:Brown nugget.jpg|Brown Nugget Prospecting]]
@@ Line 99: / Line 133: @@
 File:Jimi Jam Halloween.png|[[:File:Jimi jam.jpg|Jimi Jam]]
 File:Jinkies Coal Co..png|[[:File:Jenkin Coal.png|Jenkin Coal Co.]]</br>([[w:Jinkies|Jinkies]])
+File:Area feared notice.png|[[:File:Keep Clear.jpg|'''''Notice''''' Keep area cleared at all times]]
 File:666 days.png|[[:File:This Job.jpg|Job Safety Scoreboard]]
 File:Driller Halloween.png|[[:File:Sign111.png|Driller]]</br>([[w:Thriller (song)|Thriller]])
-File:Area feared notice.png|[[:File:Keep Clear.jpg|Notice]]
 File:Loading Dock Halloween.png|[[:File:Loading Dock.jpg|Loading Dock]]</br>([[w:Witching hour|Witching Hour]])
 File:Soul Shipping and Receiving.png|[[:File:Shipping Receiving.jpg|Shipping & Receiving]]
@@ Line 108: / Line 142: @@
 {{Scream Fortress 2020 Nav}}
-{{Halloween Map Nav|state=collapsed}}
+{{Halloween Map Nav}}
-{{Maps Nav|state=collapsed}}
+{{Maps Nav}}

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Buy Map Stamp - $0.99 / £0.79 / 0.95€
Basic Information
Map type:	King of the Hill
File name:	`koth_megalo`
Released:	October 1, 2020 Patch (Scream Fortress XII)
Developer(s):	Sammy "Berry" Bunting Chris "Another Bad Pun" Williams Liam "Diva Dan" Moffitt Zach "Exactol" Matuson Aeon "Void" Bollig Christoph "Gadget" Manschitz Ivan "Crowbar" Sokolov Kevin "Ravidge" Brook Theo "TheoF114" Fletcher
Map Info
Environment:	Halloween
Setting:	Night
Hazards:	Ghost Train Pitfall, Pumpkin bombs, Crushing
Map Items
Health Kits:	×2 • ×2
Ammo Boxes:	×4
Special:
Map Photos

Map Overview

Map Stamp

Supporters Leaderboard