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{{Quotation|'''The Medic'''|Oh hohoho. I love Halloween!|sound=Medic_sf12_taunts05.wav}} | {{Quotation|'''The Medic'''|Oh hohoho. I love Halloween!|sound=Medic_sf12_taunts05.wav}} | ||
− | '''Halloween mode''' is a server-wide mode which enables visibility of [[Holiday#Halloween|Halloween-restricted]] cosmetics. The Halloween mode is enabled | + | '''Halloween mode''' is a server-wide mode which enables visibility of [[Holiday#Halloween|Halloween-restricted]] cosmetics. The Halloween mode is automatically enabled by calender setting within the ''Team Fortress 2'' game in association with yearly [[Halloween event]]s that takes place within October and early November. |
− | + | This mode can manually be enabled by server operators with the console variable <code>tf_forced_holiday 2</code> in the [[Dedicated server configuration|<code>server.cfg</code>]] file. | |
− | It can also be democratically enabled by using the [[Enchantment: Eternaween|server enchantment "Eternaween"]]. | + | It can also be democratically enabled on a registered server for a limited time by using the [[Enchantment: Eternaween|server enchantment "Eternaween"]]. |
== Changes == | == Changes == |
Revision as of 15:27, 8 October 2023
“ | Oh hohoho. I love Halloween!
Click to listen
— The Medic
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Halloween mode is a server-wide mode which enables visibility of Halloween-restricted cosmetics. The Halloween mode is automatically enabled by calender setting within the Team Fortress 2 game in association with yearly Halloween events that takes place within October and early November.
This mode can manually be enabled by server operators with the console variable tf_forced_holiday 2
in the server.cfg
file.
It can also be democratically enabled on a registered server for a limited time by using the server enchantment "Eternaween".
Contents
Changes
- Players are allowed to equip Full Moon/Halloween restricted items.
- When a player taunts, they may do the Thriller taunt at random.
- Health pickups are replaced with Halloween versions.
Update history
- Added a Halloween edition called Harvest Event
- Contains a variety of Halloween related features: New hats, achievements, exploding pumpkins, ghosts, and more!
October 27, 2010 Patch (Scream Fortress Update)
- Mann Manor is haunted by the Horseless Headless Horsemann.
- Random gift drop in Mann Manor.
- 4 new Halloween achievements.
- Added new Halloween hats. (Halloween Masks, Saxton Hale Mask, Ghastlier Gibus, Voodoo Juju, Spine-Chilling Skull, Horrific Headsplitter, Horseless Headless Horsemann's Head, Cadaver's Cranium)
October 27, 2011 Patch (Very Scary Halloween Special)
- Viaduct has been haunted and is now... Eyeaduct!
- One full multi-piece costume set has been added for each class
- Random gifts containing costume pieces drop in Eyeaduct on registered servers
- 2 new Halloween 2011 achievements
- Any unusual hats uncrated during the event will be Halloween-themed
- New Halloween-themed items are available in the Mann Co. store, but only for a limited time!
October 26, 2012 Patch (Spectral Halloween Special)
- Mann vs. Machine
- Added the map
Mvm_coaltown_event
(Ghost Town) with a special Halloween mission.
- Added the map
October 29, 2013 Patch (Scream Fortress 2013)
- On Hightower Help settle the score in one of the longest running feuds in Mann history on the new hellish map Helltower!
- Added Enchantment: Eternaween
- Granting Spellbook Magazine to all players who launch TF2 during Scream Fortress
- Added Spooky Crate and Spooky Key to drop list and Mann co. Store respectively
- Added over 100 Halloween tagged items from the TF2 Steam workshop
- Added class Transmogrifier's to covert Scream Fortress 2013 items of one type to another
- Haunted Quality Items can now be listed on the Steam Market place
October 29, 2014 Patch (Scream Fortress 2014)
- Help Merasmus with his carnival on the new map Carnival of Carnage
- 50 new Halloween-themed cosmetics from the Steam workshop
- Added 6 new achievements
- All Unusual hats and taunts that are unboxed during the event will receive Halloween-themed Unusual effects
- Added Halloween crates to the Mann Co. Store. These crates do not require a key to open
- Added a new comic to the Team Fortress 2 website
October 28, 2015 Patch (Scream Fortress 2015)
- Featured 4 community maps: Gorge Event, Sinshine, Moonshine Event, and Hellstone
- Added the Gargoyle Case
- Added two new community-made taunts to the Mann Co. Store: Soldier's Requiem and Zoomin' Broom
- All players who launch the game during this event received a Gargoyle
October 21, 2016 Patch (Scream Fortress 2016)
- Featured 3 new community maps: Brimstone, Pit of Death, and Maple Ridge Event
- Added the Creepy Crawly Case
- Added a taunt Unusualifier
- Added two new taunts to the Mann Co. Store, The Victory Lap, and Second Rate Sorcery
- Added 8 new community-created Unusual effects
October 26, 2017 Patch (Scream Fortress 2017)
- Free Halloween contracts and rewards added to the ConTracker
October 19, 2018 Patch (Scream Fortress 2018)
- Featured 5 new community maps: Cauldron, Gravestone, Monster Bash, Slasher, and Cursed Cove
- Added the Violet Vermin Case and Scream Fortress X War Paint Case
- Added two new official taunts to the Mann Co. Store: Panzer Pants, and The Scooty Scoot
- Added 17 new community-created Unusual effects
- Added 5 new Contracts to the ConTracker
- All players who launch the game will receive a Soul Gargoyle if they don't already have one
October 10, 2019 Patch (Scream Fortress 2019)
- Featured 2 new community maps: Laughter and Precipice
- Added the Spooky Spoils Case
- Added 20 new community-created Unusual effects
- All players who launch the game will receive a Soul Gargoyle if they don't already have one
October 1, 2020 Patch (Scream Fortress 2020)
- Featured 4 new community maps: Megalo, Bloodwater, Hassle Castle and Moldergrove
- Added the Wicked Windfall Case with 22 new community-created items and 6 Halloween-restricted items, along with Scream Fortress XII War Paint Case that has 15 new war-paints
- Added 19 new community-created Unusual effects
- All players who launch the game will receive a Soul Gargoyle if they don't already have one
- 4 new contracts were added into the ConTracker
October 5, 2021 Patch (Scream Fortress 2021)
- Featured 6 new community maps: Erebus, Farmageddon, Graveyard, Los Muertos, Sinthetic and Terror
- Added the Crimson Cache Case with 19 new community-created items and 6 Halloween-restricted items, along with Scream Fortress XIII War Paint Case that has 13 new war-paints
- Added 5 new community-created Taunts
- Added 28 new community-created Unusual effects
- All players who launch the game will receive a Soul Gargoyle if they don't already have one
- 6 new contracts were added into the ConTracker
October 5, 2022 Patch (Scream Fortress 2022)
- Featured 6 new community maps: Bonesaw, Crasher, Ghoulpit, Helltrain, Soul-Mill and Spookeyridge
- Added the Ghoulish Gains Case with 22 new community-created items and 5 Halloween-restricted items, along with Scream Fortress XIV War Paint Case that has 11 new war-paints
- Added 5 new community-created Taunts
- Added 25 new community-created Unusual effects
- All players who launch the game will receive a Soul Gargoyle if they don't already have one
- 6 new contracts were added into the ConTracker
Notes
- The console variable
tf_forced_holiday 2
should be enabled via theserver.cfg
file or before changing to a Halloween event map. Enabling Halloween mode whilst the map is running may cause the server to crash from a non-pre-loaded model.