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The '''Catapult''' is a scrapped [[Engineer]] building seen in footage of a leaked [[Team Fortress 2]] "staging" (indev) build alongside other features that were being worked on for the [[scrapped]] Spy vs Engineer WAR! update. It was teased in Lecture Valley<ref>http://www.teamfortress.com/lecturevalley/02.php</ref>.
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The '''Catapult''' is a [[scrapped]] building for the [[Engineer]] seen in footage of a leaked [[Team Fortress 2]] "staging" (indev) build alongside other features that were being worked on for the scrapped Spy vs Engineer WAR! update. It was teased in Lecture Valley<ref>http://www.teamfortress.com/lecturevalley/02.php</ref>.
  
The Catapult was a modified Teleporter that worked similar to the player launchers in the [[Passtime]] [[gamemode]], launching the user into the air with some forward momentum using [[airblast]] force to do so.
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This building was intended to throw player into the air.<ref>game/shared/tf/trigger_catapult_shared.cpp</ref>. According to in-code comment, this code was copied from Portal 2 and then modified.
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Building speed for this building type is increasesd 4 times (approximately 5.2 seconds) when constructed and 7 times (3 seconds) when redeployed.<ref>game/server/tf/tf_player.cpp:L7973-7976</ref>
  
 
== Gallery ==
 
== Gallery ==

Latest revision as of 15:35, 14 March 2024

The Catapult is a scrapped building for the Engineer seen in footage of a leaked Team Fortress 2 "staging" (indev) build alongside other features that were being worked on for the scrapped Spy vs Engineer WAR! update. It was teased in Lecture Valley[1].

This building was intended to throw player into the air.[2]. According to in-code comment, this code was copied from Portal 2 and then modified.

Building speed for this building type is increasesd 4 times (approximately 5.2 seconds) when constructed and 7 times (3 seconds) when redeployed.[3]

Gallery

References

  1. http://www.teamfortress.com/lecturevalley/02.php
  2. game/shared/tf/trigger_catapult_shared.cpp
  3. game/server/tf/tf_player.cpp:L7973-7976