Casual Mode/no

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Avslappet modus er et offisielt spillmodus utgitt for Team Fortress 2/no. Denne modusen erstattet Quickplay/no etter Meet Your Match oppdateringen.

I Avslappet modus blir du som regel sendt til et spill i oppsettsfasen, og til en server som opererer i nærmeste beliggenhet til deg. Du blir sortert inn i et spill som oppfyller disse to kriteriene, men spillet vil likevel noen ganger ikke oppfylle disse (det kan være operert fra et mindre nærliggende land eller sortere deg inn i et spill som allerede har startet) hvis tilgjengelighet er begrenset. I tillegg kan du filtrere hvilke kart du vil spille på. Filtreringsmetoden er splittet først mellom "Hovedspillmoduser" og "Alternative Spillmoduser". I Hovedspillmoduser kan du filtrere deg inn på separat basis i Attack/Defend, Ta flagget, Kontrollpunkter (f.eks., 5 CP), Kongen på haugen, og Nyttelast. I Alternative Spillmoduser kan du filtrere deg inn på separat basis i Nyttelastkappløp, Diverse (altså spill som kan ikke passer i andre kategorier), Mannsterk, og PASS Time. Under sesongbegivenheter, kan tilleggskategorier legges til, slik som utvalgte Halloween-kart mens Halloween-begivenheten pågår. I alle disse underkategoriene kan individuelle kart filtreres ut individuelt.

I Avslappet modus kan du også starte eller bli med i en "gruppe", hvilket er en midlertidig samling an 6 spillere maksimalt. Denne gruppen vil da kobles til servere samtidig, og alle spillere i gruppen vil være på samme lag. Når et spill avsluttes, er gruppen fremdeles sammensveiset. Gruppen vil kun oppløses om alle spillere avslutter deltagelsen i gruppen. Tidligere kunne man bli med i spill med Steam-venner gjennom å trykke "Join Game" på deres Steam profil. Dette er nå ikke lenger mulig i Avslappet modus, begrunnet av at moduset har skrudd av "ad-hoc tilkoblinger". Dette er fremdeles mulig når en venn er i en sammfunnsserver.

Avslappet modus har et nivåsystem som kun er estetisk. Man får "erfaringspoeng" fra å vinne, samt alle poengene man innsanker i et spill. Det er hele 150 nivåer, der hvert enkelt nivå krever flere erfaringspoeng enn det forrige. Hvert nivå endrer designet på din "Mynt", som er synlig oppe til venstre på Hovedmenyen. Disse nivåene er først oppdelt i seks divisjoner, Sivil, Frilans, Leiesoldat, Spesialjeger, Snikmorder og Elite, der Sivil er den laveste divisjonen og Elite er den høyeste. Hver divisjon består av 25 nivåer. Hver divisjon endrer også fargen på Mynten din, som går fra lyseblå til en dyp rødfarge. Med hver divisjon finnes fem under-divisjoner, hvilket består av fem typer Mynter. I den første av disse under-divisjonene, får du en vanlig Mynt. Heretter legges det til en stjerne per gang du går opp i nivå, fem ganger. Hvert femte nivå legges det til flere tilbehør på mynten din, men antall stjerner reduseres tilbake til én. Etter 25 nivåer fjernes tilbehøret, men du bytter om til en ny type Mynt, og starter på nytt.

I tillegg til nivåer og divisjoner finnes det grader. Etter du passerer det 150. nivå, blir du igjen satt tilbake til nivå 1, men du blir satt opp til 1. grad, og din Mynt endrer seg sådan. Det er 8 grader alt i alt, og dermed er det maksimale nivået 150 i 8. grad.

Nivåsystemet i Avslappet modus er bare en overfladisk funksjon som viser hvor mye og hvor godt du har spilt med medspillere. Disse nivåene forsvinner/forfaller ikke, og de påvirker ikke spillsortering. Avslappet modus sine nivåer er annerledes fra Konkurransespillingsmodusets rangeringer; Konkurransespillingsmodusets rangeringer påvirker spillsortering og kan også forsvinne/forfalle.

Avslappet modus bruker sv_pure 1, en server-regel som tvangs-deaktiverer brukertilpassede filer (med unntak HUDer og skadelyder) på Valves offisielle servere.

Spillopplevelse

Nivåer

Nivå-ikon	Nivå	Nødvendige Erfaringspoeng	Sankede Erfaringspoeng	Divisjon
	1	0	0	Sivil
	2	750	750
	3		1.500
	4		2.250
	5		3.000
	6		3.750
	7		4.500
	8		5.250
	9		6.000
	10		6.750
	11		7.500
	12		8.250
	13		9.000
	14		9.750
	15		10.500
	16		11.250
	17		12.000
	18		12.750
	19		13.500
	20		14.250
	21		15.000
	22		15.750
	23		16.500
	24		17.250
	25		18.000
	26	1.250	18.750	Frilans
	27		20.000
	28		21.250
	29		22.500
	30		23.750
	31		25.000
	32		26.250
	33		27.500
	34		28.750
	35		30.000
	36		31.250
	37		32.500
	38		33.750
	39		35.000
	40		36.250
	41		37.500
	42		38.750
	43		40.000
	44		41.250
	45		42.500
	46		43.750
	47		45.000
	48		46.250
	49		47.500
	50		48.750
	51	2.000	50.000	Leiesoldat
	52		52.000
	53		54.000
	54		56.000
	55		58.000
	56		60.000
	57		62.000
	58		64.000
	59		66.000
	60		68.000
	61		70.000
	62		72.000
	63		74.000
	64		76.000
	65		78.000
	66		80.000
	67		82.000
	68		84.000
	69		86.000
	70		88.000
	71		90.000
	72		92.000
	73		94.000
	74		96.000
	75		98.000
	76	3.000	100.000	Spesialjeger
	77		103.000
	78		106.000
	79		109.000
	80		112.000
	81		115.000
	82		118.000
	83		121.000
	84		124.000
	85		127.000
	86		130.000
	87		133.000
	88		136.000
	89		139.000
	90		142.000
	91		145.000
	92		148.000
	93		151.000
	94		154.000
	95		157.000
	96		160.000
	97		163.000
	98		166.000
	99		169.000
	100		172.000
	101	4.500	175.000	Snikmorder
	102		179.500
	103		184.000
	104		188.500
	105		193.000
	106		197.500
	107		202.000
	108		206.500
	109		211.000
	110		215.500
	111		220.000
	112		224.500
	113		229.000
	114		233.500
	115		238.000
	116		242.500
	117		247.000
	118		251.500
	119		256.000
	120		260.500
	121		265.000
	122		269.500
	123		274.000
	124		278.500
	125		283.000
	126	7.000	287.500	Elite
	127		294.500
	128		301.500
	129		308.500
	130		315.500
	131		322.500
	132		329.500
	133		336.500
	134		343.500
	135		350.500
	136		357.500
	137		364.500
	138		371.500
	139		378.500
	140		385.500
	141		392.500
	142		399.500
	143		406.500
	144		413.500
	145		420.500
	146		427.500
	147		434.500
	148		441.500
	149		448.500
	150		455.500

Grader

Gradikon	Grad
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Kakediagram som viser andel av XP oppsamlet av nivå 150 fra hver grad.

Oppdateringshistorikk

7 juli 2016 Patch #1 (Meet Your Match Update)

• Added Casual Mode to the game.

8 juli 2016 Patch

• Removed the abandonment penalty.
• Players are only required to have a single mode selected before queuing.

14 juli 2016 Patch #1

• Fixed a problem where in-progress games with open slots would not receive new players.
• Fixed a case where players would sometimes not receive experience (when playing a match to completion).
• Fixed not getting domination/revenge events.
• Added a feature to the game mode selection screen that allows players to play on specific maps.
• Added the Vote Kick option.
  • Players that are kicked will receive partial experience after the match ends.
• Maps previously using the stopwatch timer will now play to completion, regardless of the first team's time.

28 juli 2016 Patch

• Matches can now start with fewer than 24 players when there are not enough compatible players in queue.
  • The match will still add additional players (up to 24) as they become available.
  • This should improve queue times for low-population regions and game modes.
• Added maps cp_gullywash, cp_snakewater, and koth_probed.
• Fixed not being able to cycle between spectator modes.

3 august 2016 Patch

• Fixed map objectives (e.g. flags, capture points, carts) sometimes becoming unresponsive in Casual Mode games.
• Fixed a case where players could be late-joined into games playing a map that they didn't have selected.

29 august 2016 Patch

• Fixed Casual mode badges incorrectly displaying the level 1 badge when at max level.

12 september 2016 Patch

• Fixed an exploit related to not respawning in the spawn room at the beginning of Casual Mode matches.
• Increased the matchmaking system's preference for matching large pre-made parties against each other in Casual Mode. This should result in more balanced matches, but may cause a slight increase in queue times for larger parties.

27 september 2016 Patch

• Players can now form rematches at the end of a Casual match.
  • At the end of a Casual match, players will have 30 seconds to opt-in to a rematch.
  • If at least 6 players from BLU and 6 players from RED have chosen to rematch, then a rematch will begin.
  • A rematch will use the same teams, map and server.
• Players can now re-queue into Casual Matchmaking during the end of a match.
  • Players who decline a rematch or simply don't vote in the rematch voting period will automatically be re-queued.
• Updated the way XP is earned in Casual matches.
  • Players will now be awarded more XP based on their team's performance at the end of a match.
  • XP is no longer lost for leaving a Casual match early.
  • A breakdown of XP sources is now shown when your XP bar fills up.
• Casual matches now more strongly prefer to distribute players to teams based on experience, in order to better avoid creating one-sided matches.
• Casual matches are now more likely to start with fewer than 24 players in lower population game-modes or regions, wherein the wait time for a full match would become excessive.
  • The current minimum allowable match size in such situations is twelve players.
  • The matchmaker will still attempt to place late-joiners into these matches as they become available.

28 september 2016 Patch

• Fixed some players not being able to click on the new rematch UI elements.
• Fixed the end of round music not playing in Casual matches.

12 oktober 2016 Patch

• Players will now be randomly selected to participate in a survey at the end of Casual matches.

21 oktober 2016 Patch (Scream Fortress 2016)

• Join Halloween matches by selecting the "Halloween" category in Casual
• Added "Load Saved Settings" and "Save Current Settings" buttons to the Casual mode Map Selection menu.
  • Search criteria is now manually saved to give players more control over the default settings when the game is launched.
• XP earned in Casual matches has been adjusted to reward players more for their personal contribution to the match.
  • XP per point has returned to 6.5 XP per point.
  • XP earned for match completion and objective completion now scales based on your score relative to total amount of points scored by everyone in the match.
• Increased the matchmaker's priority of matches with imbalanced teams.
  • This should reduce the occurrence of extended imbalanced matches when multiple players leave.

2 november 2016 Patch

• Fixed Casual search criteria being saved automatically while connecting to a server.

23 november 2016 Patch

• Fixed Casual mode search criteria sometimes not loading properly when starting the game.

21 desember 2016 Patch (Smissmas 2016)

• Matchmaking Improvements.
  • At the end of a Casual match, players are automatically formed into a new match with the same players and teams.
    • Players get to vote on which map the new match will take place on.
      • There are 3 maps to vote on, chosen based on the maps everyone in the match had selected when they began searching for a match. The current map is always the first option.
    • This replaces the Rematch system.
  • Players can now set their maximum acceptable ping by clicking the new gear icon in the top right of the Casual and Competitive matchmaking lobby screens and choosing "Ping Settings".
• New autobalance system to help with balancing teams when players leave a match. The system will ask players to volunteer to switch teams.
  • Automatically enabled for all Casual match servers.
    • Players who switch will be able to earn bonus XP as a reward.
  • Community servers can enable this new feature by using "mp_autoteambalance 2".

16 januar 2017 Patch

• Fixed using the wrong thumbnail images for pass_district, pass_timbertown, and pl_swiftwater.

14 februar 2017 Patch

• Fixed a case where Casual servers would spontaneously terminate with "Server shutting down" upon losing connection with the matchmaking service.
• Updated the logic used to pick the maps players can vote on in the end-of-match map vote on Casual servers to help maintain healthier game mode representation across regions.
  • Casual servers were often rotating to unrelated game modes during votes, resulting in partially filled servers in certain regions.
• Added new survey questions to the end-of-match survey for Casual and Competitive modes and fixed a bug where multiple surveys could be displayed at the same time.

2 juni 2017 Patch

• Players who leave a Casual match for any reason cannot be re-matched into the match in question for a few minutes.
• Players who are vote-kicked from a Casual match cannot be re-matched into the match in question for several hours.

20 oktober 2017 Patch #1 (Jungle Inferno Update)

• Redesigned the matchmaking screens to be lightweight overlays that can be summoned and dismissed from anywhere within the game.
• Moved the Casual badge panel to the main menu.
• Levels now go beyond 150. All players now have a Tier in addition to their Level. All players start at Tier 1. When your Level goes past 150 your Level resets to 1, your Tier goes up by 1, and your Casual badge will change its appearance to reflect your new status.
• Players who had reached level 150 will have any experience beyond 45500 (the amount required to hit 150) put into an overflow pool. While playing Casual matches, any XP you earn will be matched and deducted from your overflow pool until it runs out.
• The "Vote for the next map!" dialog can now be minimized to view the top scoring players.

28 mars 2018 Patch #1

• Casual Improvements
  • Casual Mode now uses the Glicko skill rating system behind the scenes to better create balanced matches and group players by skill level
  • The maps listed in the Casual matchmaking screen are now sorted alphabetically
  • Added ctf_sawmill, ctf_well, cp_5gorge, ctf_2fort_invasion, and ctf_foundry to Casual Mode
  • Updated the match-end map voting to only vote on maps for the current game mode (if you are playing Payload, you will only vote on Payload maps)
• Fixed not using the initial observer point when first connecting to a Casual server.
• Fixed not being able to spectate observer points or your own buildings in Casual Mode.

17 mai 2018 Patch

• Fixed matchmaking players being able to sit at the MOTD so they can't be kicked by players in the match. They will now show in the scoreboard on their assigned team and will be valid vote-kick targets by members of their team.

7 juni 2018 Patch

• Players who consistently demonstrate a pattern of negative behavior in-game (based upon excessive reports from other players and several other factors) will now receive a temporary matchmaking ban.

26 mars 2019 Patch

• Fixed a rare case where players could appear to be in a match they could neither join nor abandon

16 april 2019 Patch

• Fixed an issue causing matchmaking to fail for many users due to Steam network changes

25 juli 2019 Patch (Summer 2019 Pack)

• Fixed not seeing the team-goal hints during Casual matches

3 juli 2020 Patch

• Fixed matchmaking badges not displaying the correct tier in the scoreboard and other dialogs

8 januar 2021 Patch

• Added pl_pier to the list of maps for Casual matchmaking

Problemer

• Occasionally, the "Vote For Next Map" option may not allow players to vote, or so it may appear to a player joining just after the vote closed.
  • This can be countered by entering next_map_vote 0, 1, or 2 in the console. 0 will vote for the first map, and 2 will vote for the 3rd map.
• If a player gets disconnected in the middle of a match and attempts to rejoin, the player may be kicked for an "ad-hoc connection", despite it being through the matchmaking system, thus preventing the player from joining.
• Badge colors do not appear while in DirectX 8.

Galleri

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  A screen explaining the basics of Casual.

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  The map selection screen for Casual.

See also

• Competitive Mode
• Quickplay
• Team balance

External links

• Meet Your Match Update
• Casual Mode Update