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{{Quotation|'''The Soldier'''|Today is a good day!|sound=Soldier_cheers01.wav}}
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{{hatnote|'''Birthday''' redirects here. For the original Team Fortress Wiki first birthday Community event, see [[Team Fortress Wiki:Wiki Birthday|Wiki Birthday]].}}
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{{hatnote|For the annual ''Team Fortress'' birthday event, see [[Holiday#TF Birthday|TF Birthday]].}}
  
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'''Birthday mode''', also sometimes called '''party mode''', is a server mode that disables the use of blood and [[gibs]], and instead replaces them with streams of confetti and balloons as well as miscellaneous "silly gibs". In addition, all players appear to wear novelty party hats. It is enabled on servers by using the setting <code>tf_birthday 1</code> in the [[Dedicated server configuration|server.cfg]] file. Birthday mode is automatically activated on August 24, the release date of the original ''[[Team Fortress]]'' in 1996.
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{{Quotation|'''The Scout'''|Hey, I'll say it. Everybody else here is too scared to say it, but I'll just say what everybody's thinkin'!  We're all best friends. We are all dear, ''dear'' friends! Birthday party at my place this weekend, by the way. Nobody showed up ''last weekend'' so I figured, now no big whoop, I'd just have it again.|sound=Cm_scout_pregamefirst_rare_10.mp3}}
  
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Birthday mode features a full set of replacements for most violent graphics and animations, including sound replacements for [[critical hit]]s. Instead of the standard crit sound, the sounds of party horns, champagne poppers and people cheering and clapping play. Many of the gibs seen in this mode are used in the low-violence version of the game as full-time replacements. A beach ball also appears in [[BLU]]'s spawn room at the beginning of the round and may be propelled by most attacks and the [[Pyro]]'s [[compression blast]].
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'''Birthday mode''', also sometimes called '''party mode''', is a server mode that enables various "[[silly gibs]]" to be used alongside the normal [[gibs]]. Until 2013, it was activated on August 24, the release date of the original ''[[Team Fortress]]'' in 1996. In 2013, it was activated on August 27 until 2015, where it was activated on August 23. It can manually be enabled on servers by using the setting <code>tf_birthday 1</code> in the [[Dedicated server configuration|server.cfg]] file.
  
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== Gallery ==
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Many of the gibs seen in this mode are used in the low-violence version of the game as full-time replacements. A beach ball appears in [[BLU]]'s spawn room at the beginning of the round and may be propelled by most attacks and the [[Pyro]]'s [[compression blast]]. [[Health]] kits are replaced with birthday cakes and [[ammo]] packs are wrapped with a bow in a style similar to a present.
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<gallery>
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File:Soldier Party Hat.jpg|A Soldier with a party hat.
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==== Changes ====
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File:BLU Team Party Hats.png|BLU team donning party hats on [[Dustbowl]].
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Prior to the {{Patch name|8|23|2011}}, birthday mode would automatically draw a {{botignore|party hat}} on top of the classes' heads. However, this was changed and the party hat became its own [[Party Hat|item]] that can be chosen like other hats. This prevents a number of clipping issues the {{botignore|party hat}} had with non-default [[Cosmetic items|hats]].
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File:Partygibs.jpg|Birthday mode gibs.
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File:Birthday mode balloon.png|Balloon particle used instead of blood.
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During that time, birthday mode completely disabled the use of violent gibs, and blood was replaced by balloon particles. Some violent gibs are now spawned along with presents and other silly gibs. Birthday Mode is similar to [[Pyroland]] while using [[Pyrovision Goggles]].
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File:Prop Beachball bday.png|"Happy Birthday ''Team Fortress''" beach ball.
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</gallery>
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Scoring a [[critical hits|crit]] used to play a cheering sound effect rather than the [[Media:Crit_hit.wav|normal crit impact sound]], but this was moved to the [[Noise Maker#Team Fortress Birthday|TF Birthday Noise Maker]].
  
 
=== Gibs ===
 
=== Gibs ===
 
{{main|Gibs#Silly gibs|l1=Silly gibs}}
 
{{main|Gibs#Silly gibs|l1=Silly gibs}}
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Birthday mode uses both the normal gibs and silly gibs that low-violence versions of ''Team Fortress 2'' use.
  
 
== Update history ==
 
== Update history ==
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{{Update history|
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'''[[August 20, 2010 Patch]]'''
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'''{{Patch name|8|20|2010}}'''
 
* Fixed bug with holiday date computation that turned on Birthday mode a few days too soon.
 
* Fixed bug with holiday date computation that turned on Birthday mode a few days too soon.
 
* {{Undocumented}} Added a "Happy Birthday ''Team Fortress''" beach ball that will randomly appear in BLU's spawn at the start of a round when Birthday mode is enabled.
 
* {{Undocumented}} Added a "Happy Birthday ''Team Fortress''" beach ball that will randomly appear in BLU's spawn at the start of a round when Birthday mode is enabled.
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'''[[August 23, 2011 Patch]]'''
 
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* Added TF birthday replacement models for health kits and ammo packs
 
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* Added TF birthday Party Hat and Noisemaker
 
  
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== Bugs ==
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'''{{Patch name|8|23|2011}}'''
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* The party hats were only designed for the classes' default appearance. If players wear different [[hats]], the party hat may clip through them or appear to float over top of them.
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* Added TF birthday replacement models for health kits and ammo packs.
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* The player cannot see their own party hat when viewing themselves in third person, such as while [[taunt]]ing.
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* Added TF birthday Party Hat and Noise Maker.
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** Likewise, the hat will always be visible, even in first person, when [[spectating]] another player.
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*{{undocumented}} Updated the TF birthday ball to read "Happy 15th Birthday".
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*{{undocumented}} The original birthday mode party hats are no longer used.
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*{{undocumented}} Normal gibs are now enabled along with silly gibs in birthday mode.
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*{{undocumented}} Balloon particles no longer replace blood in birthday mode.
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*{{undocumented}} Cheering sound effects no longer occur automatically in birthday mode; this has been moved to the TF Birthday Noise Maker.
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'''{{Patch name|8|23|2012}}'''
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*{{undocumented}} Birthday mode is now enabled. Upon log in, users will receive a [[Noise Maker#Team Fortress Birthday|Birthday Noise Maker]] and a [[Party Hat]], if they don't have one already.
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'''{{Patch name|8|23|2016}}'''
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* Added "Party Hat" and "Noise Maker - TF Birthday" item grants to players who don't already have them during TF2's birthday.
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* Fixed some classes not displaying the particles when using the "Noise Maker - TF Birthday" item.
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== Unused content ==
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* The original models for the {{botignore|party hats}} are still in the game files, unused, under the path {{code|models/effects/bday_hat.mdl}}, while the Party Hat cosmetic is instead located at {{code|models/player/items/all_class/bdayhat_}}.
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** Likewise, every class' player model still has an [[vdc:Attachment|attachment]] related to the old version of {{botignore|party hats}}, named {{code|partyhat}}. This attachment would originally place the model properly on top of their heads, but it has since been changed and no longer fits properly. <!-- Has the attachment position changed or the bday_hat.mdl origin changed? -->
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== Gallery ==
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<gallery>
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File:Bday medpack small.png|Small Health pack
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File:Bday medpack medium.png|Medium Health pack
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File:Bday medpack large.png|Large Health pack
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File:Bday ammopack small.png|Small Ammo pack
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File:Bday ammopack medium.png|Medium Ammo pack
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File:Bday ammopack large.png|Large Ammo pack
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File:Prop Beachball bday.png|"Happy Birthday Team Fortress" beach ball.
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File:Bday Hat RED.png|Unused original [[RED]] {{botignore|party hat}} model.
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File:Bday Hat BLU.png|Unused original [[BLU]] {{botignore|party hat}} model.
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File:Birthday_15years.jpg|Promotional image for the 15th anniversary
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File:TF Birthday 16 - Promotionial Image.jpg|Promotional image for the 16th anniversary
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File:TFbirthday_17.jpg|Promotional image for the 17th anniversary
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</gallery>
  
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== Trivia ==
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== See also ==
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*It is possible to kill another player by propelling the beach ball towards someone at a fast enough rate, regardless of whether the player is on your team or not. When a player is killed through this method, it will appear as if that player committed suicide.
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* [[Party Hat]]
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* [[Holiday]]
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* [[Noise Maker#Team Fortress Birthday|Noise Maker - TF Birthday]]
  
 
[[Category:Servers]]
 
[[Category:Servers]]

Latest revision as of 10:34, 13 April 2024

Birthday redirects here. For the original Team Fortress Wiki first birthday Community event, see Wiki Birthday.
For the annual Team Fortress birthday event, see TF Birthday.
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Birthday mode, also sometimes called party mode, is a server mode that enables various "silly gibs" to be used alongside the normal gibs. Until 2013, it was activated on August 24, the release date of the original Team Fortress in 1996. In 2013, it was activated on August 27 until 2015, where it was activated on August 23. It can manually be enabled on servers by using the setting tf_birthday 1 in the server.cfg file.

Many of the gibs seen in this mode are used in the low-violence version of the game as full-time replacements. A beach ball appears in BLU's spawn room at the beginning of the round and may be propelled by most attacks and the Pyro's compression blast. Health kits are replaced with birthday cakes and ammo packs are wrapped with a bow in a style similar to a present.

Changes

Prior to the August 23, 2011 Patch, birthday mode would automatically draw a party hat on top of the classes' heads. However, this was changed and the party hat became its own item that can be chosen like other hats. This prevents a number of clipping issues the party hat had with non-default hats.

During that time, birthday mode completely disabled the use of violent gibs, and blood was replaced by balloon particles. Some violent gibs are now spawned along with presents and other silly gibs. Birthday Mode is similar to Pyroland while using Pyrovision Goggles.

Scoring a crit used to play a cheering sound effect rather than the normal crit impact sound, but this was moved to the TF Birthday Noise Maker.

Gibs

Main article: Silly gibs

Birthday mode uses both the normal gibs and silly gibs that low-violence versions of Team Fortress 2 use.

Update history

August 20, 2010 Patch
  • Fixed bug with holiday date computation that turned on Birthday mode a few days too soon.
  • [Undocumented] Added a "Happy Birthday Team Fortress" beach ball that will randomly appear in BLU's spawn at the start of a round when Birthday mode is enabled.

August 23, 2011 Patch

  • Added TF birthday replacement models for health kits and ammo packs.
  • Added TF birthday Party Hat and Noise Maker.
  • [Undocumented] Updated the TF birthday ball to read "Happy 15th Birthday".
  • [Undocumented] The original birthday mode party hats are no longer used.
  • [Undocumented] Normal gibs are now enabled along with silly gibs in birthday mode.
  • [Undocumented] Balloon particles no longer replace blood in birthday mode.
  • [Undocumented] Cheering sound effects no longer occur automatically in birthday mode; this has been moved to the TF Birthday Noise Maker.

August 23, 2012 Patch

  • [Undocumented] Birthday mode is now enabled. Upon log in, users will receive a Birthday Noise Maker and a Party Hat, if they don't have one already.

August 23, 2016 Patch

  • Added "Party Hat" and "Noise Maker - TF Birthday" item grants to players who don't already have them during TF2's birthday.
  • Fixed some classes not displaying the particles when using the "Noise Maker - TF Birthday" item.

Unused content

  • The original models for the party hats are still in the game files, unused, under the path models/effects/bday_hat.mdl, while the Party Hat cosmetic is instead located at models/player/items/all_class/bdayhat_.
    • Likewise, every class' player model still has an attachment related to the old version of party hats, named partyhat. This attachment would originally place the model properly on top of their heads, but it has since been changed and no longer fits properly.

Gallery

  • Small Health pack

  • Medium Health pack

  • Large Health pack

  • Small Ammo pack

  • Medium Ammo pack

  • Large Ammo pack

  • "Happy Birthday Team Fortress" beach ball.

  • Unused original RED party hat model.

  • Unused original BLU party hat model.

  • Promotional image for the 15th anniversary

  • Promotional image for the 16th anniversary

  • Promotional image for the 17th anniversary

See also

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