TF2Tightrope

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TF2Tightrope is a collection of server mods. They aim to be a community-run version of the official beta by testing out new weapons, maps, game modes and balance changes.

Project Beta

About

Project Beta is about testing new weapons, while tweaking old ones. Changes are heavily based on community feedback.

New Weapons

Class	Item	Function
Scout	The Subatomic Punch	On use: gain up to 150 health  On use: shrink  While under the effects,  40% smaller body size  75% smaller head size  25% less gravitational force on player  25% less damage dealt.  200% increased bullet and energy damage vulnerability  100% increased explosive, fire, bleed, and melee damage vulnerability  100% increased fall and drowning damage vulnerability  Player leaves a team coloured particle trail
Soldier	The Rocketeer's Rival	75% increased fire rate  50% smaller clip size  25% more explosive damage received
	The Battle Plan	On wearer: 50% faster move speed  Move speed decreases as the user becomes injured
Pyro	The Underburner	Reflected projectiles become crit boosted  Airblasting costs no ammo  Deals 50% less afterburn damage
Heavy	The Heavy Lifter	While deployed: lifts user upwards  While deployed: sustains a ring of flames  On wearer: 15% faster weapon switch  Deals lethal falling damage to the player you land on  Gain speed buff for 4 seconds after being deployed  Deals no bullet damage
Engineer	The Overclocker	100% more metal carried  75% faster attack speed  50% faster building upgrade speed  Teleporters are bidirectional  Dispenser radius increased by 200%  Sentry fire rate increased by 90%  Sentry radius increased by 200%  While dead: Sentry gains 100% damage resistance  Sentry deals only 10% damage  80% less damage vs players  25 less max health on wearer  No random crits  Sentries take 50% more damage
Medic	The Wund Maker	On hit: causes bleed and covers enemy with milk  No direct damage dealt  No headshots  75% smaller clip size  Duration of effects is based on distance
	Blut Säge	Max health is based on Ubercharge amount  On death up to 10% of your stored ÜberCharge is retained  Deals 50% less damage  10% less move speed on wearer

Other Weapon Changes

Class	Item	Changes
Scout	Sun-on-a-Stick	On hit: target is engulfed in flames  No direct damage dealt
Pyro	Sharpened Volcano Fragment	On wearer: 60% of damage dealt is received as healing  20% more explosive damage vulnerability.  50 less max health

Misc Tweaks

• The Huntsman can be fired without needing to stand on solid ground.
• Festive weapon varieties function as the non-modified version of their non-festive counterpart.
• Australium weapons have the same functionality as their non-Australium counterparts.
• All active, non-Spy weapons that have been modified have a subtle particle effect to help identify them.

Known Bugs

• Weapons that should deal no damage on hit, actually do 1 damage. This is due to damage force calculation requirements.
• When inspecting a player, the attributes shown on some weapons are incorrect and/or incomplete.

Project Ghost

About

Played on certain arena maps, each round the entire player roster is forced into a specific class, with specific weapons (defined as a set). At the start of each round, a dice is rolled to determine what set will be used for the round, as well as if there will be a bonus condition.

Current possible rounds

Round Name	Classes	Weapon Set
Eyelander w/ Charge	VS	Ali Baba's Wee Booties  Chargin' Targe  Eyelander
Caber w/ Sticky Jumper	VS	Ali Baba's Wee Booties  Sticky Jumper  Ullapool Caber
KGB w/ 1-clip Shotty	VS	Killing Gloves of Boxing  Shotgun  Shotgun has only 1 clip  Cannot gain ammo
Cleaver w/ Sandman	VS	Flying Guillotine  Sandman
Market Gardener and Mantreads	VS	Rocket Jumper  Market Gardener  Mantreads
Needlegun Battle	VS	Blutsauger  Solemn Vow
High Flyers	VS	Soda Popper  Pretty Boy's Pocket Pistol  Atomiser
Katana Battle w/ Jumpers	VS	Half-Zatoichi  Rocket Jumper  Gunboats  Half-Zatoichi  Sticky Jumper  Ali Baba's Wee Booties
Engiman with the Golden Wrench	VS	Metal Regeneration  Golden Wrench
Pyromaniac Spies	VS	Invisibility Watch  Sharpened Volcano Fragment
Sticky Demomen /w Persian Persuader	VS	Bootlegger  Scottish Resistance  Persian Persuader
Huntsman Snipers w/ Shahanshah	VS	Huntsman  Darwin's Danger Shield  Shahanshah
Fat Scouts	VS	Shotgun  Dalokohs Bar  Eviction Notice  The Dalokohs Bar can boost the consumer's health up to 1000 hp if eaten multiple times
Candy Flavored Milk Scout	VS	Candy Cane  Mad Milk
Holiday Steak Heavies	VS	Holiday Punch  Buffalo Steak Sandvich
Crossbow Medic Battle	VS	Crusader's Crossbow  Solemn Vow  Bleed on hit with crossbow
Pee Fetish Snipers	VS	Sydney Sleeper  Jarate  Cozy Camper
Quick Draw Amby Battle	VS	Ambassador  Dead Ringer  Big Earner
Powerjack Pyros	VS	Powerjack
Atomic Natasha Scouts	VS	Natascha  Atomizer
Rockets vs Reflects	VS	Rocket Launcher  Equalizer  Rainblower  Sharpened Volcano Fragment  Can only airblast
Death Sticks!	VS	Boston Basher  1-hit kill  Missing deals fatal damage
M1+M2+Combo	VS	Degreaser  Reserve Shooter  Axtinguisher
Hardcore Engis	VS	Gunslinger  Cannot erect buildings
Payback is here!	VS	Spy-cicle  Enforcer  Dead Ringer  Flame Thrower  Frying Pan
Fast Fatties	VS	Gloves of Running Urgently  Sandvich
Fast & Furious	VS	Ham Shank  SMG
In and Out!	VS	Winger  Fan O'War
All for one, pan for all	VS	Frying Pan
Pistol War!	VS	Pistol  Southern Hospitality  Cannot erect buildings
Direct Hit me!	VS	Direct Hit  Disciplinary Action
Bring the Pain	VS	Rocket Launcher  Concheror  Pain Train
Freedom or Death?	VS	Family Business  Warrior Spirit  Overdose  Freedom Staff
Assassin's Shpees	VS	Revolver  Sharp Dresser
G'day Gentleman	VS	Hitman's Heatmaker  Cleaner's Carbine  Tribalman's Shiv  Black Rose  Quäckenbirdt  L'Etranger
Ullapool A Fast One	VS	Ullapool Caber
Mini Madness!	VS	Gunslinger  PDA
Boost Bonk Bam!	VS	Baby Face's Blaster  Bonk  Fan O' War
Airstrike War	VS	Air Strike  B.A.S.E Jumper  Disciplinary Action

Bonus Conditionals

Condition Name	Effect
Milky	All players start with Mad Milk effect applied  Effect can be removed with water, if available
Kritz	All attacks become crit-boosted
Speedy	All players move approximately 35% faster
Pee Pee	All players start with Jarate effect applied  Effect can be removed with water, if available
Ghost	Player models become mostly transparent  Player cosmetics and weapon remain unaltered
Tiny	All players become 50% smaller
Low Grav	Gravitational effect on players becomes approximately 33% weaker  Weapons and other items are unaffected
Trail	All players leave a bright, team-colored trail
Third Person	All players are forced into a third person perspective view
David Vs Goliath	One team becomes slightly larger  One team becomes slightly smaller
Fragile	Players start with just 1 hp
Psychoactive	Colours and players perspective become skewed
Sixth Sense	Players will have an alternate perception
Oscillopsia	Causes a shaky camera effect to impair player vision
777 Super Bonus Round 777	All players move approximately 35% faster  Gravitational effect on players becomes approximately 33% weaker  All players start with Mad Milk effect applied  All players leave a bright, team-colored trail  This bonus conditional is very rare  Player models become mostly transparent  Weapons and other items are unaffected  Mad Milk effect can be removed with water, if available  Trail can be removed with a spy watch, if available

Misc Tweaks

• The Huntsman can be fired without needing to stand on solid ground.

Known Bugs

• Some weapons can be received that are not part of a round. These are non-functional however and cannot be used.
• At the start of the round, sometimes players may hear the battlecry of the wrong class.

External links

• TF2 Tightrope blog
• TF2 Tightrope forum
• TF2 Tightrope Steam group