Custom maps

“

I built that. Click to listen — The Engineer showing off his custom map

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A custom map is a map created by third-party map makers for use in Team Fortress 2. Each map can vary in ideas and scale; some are incredibly simplistic, being modifications of official maps that fix minor issues such as map geometry, add additional pickups and flank routes, or simply include a weather or time shift to make the ambience different. Others are built from scratch and introduce completely new gamemodes, arenas, items or functions that spice up gameplay in a way that standard maps are unable to. While the majority of custom maps are only available to the server or players who download them directly, certain custom maps that have proven popular with the community and Valve-team alike may be directly added to the official Team Fortress 2 map cycle in major updates.

Upon joining a server currently playing a custom map, you will automatically begin to download the map file if you don't already have it. You have the option to disable custom content downloads in the options menu; however, with this feature enabled, you will be unable to download custom maps from servers.

Arena

Main article: Arena

	Map	File Name	Development Status	Setting(s)
	Backlot	arena_backlot_rc2	Release Candidate 2	Construction
	Hardhat	arena_hardhat	Beta 2	Construction

Capture the Flag

Main article: Capture the Flag

Standard Capture the Flag

	Map	File Name	Development Status	Setting(s)
	Atrophy	ctf_atrophy_b4	Beta 4	Alpine
	Convoy	ctf_convoy_v2	Version 2	Desert
	Fusion	ctf_fusion_b2	Beta 2	Arctic
	Overlook	ctf_overlook_b1	Beta 1	Desert
	Stockpile	ctf_stockpile_b2	Beta 2	Farm
	Wildfire	ctf_wildfire_b1	Release Candidate	Industrial

Attack/Defend

	Map	File Name	Development Status	Setting(s)
	HAARP	ctf_haarp	Final	Arctic
	Premuda	ctf_premuda_b1b	Beta 1	Desert
	Slate	ctf_slate_b2	Beta 2	Alpine
	Vector	ctf_vector_v1	Version 1	Spytech

Control Point

Main article: Control Point (game mode)

Symmetric

	Map	File Name	Development Status	Setting(s)
	Antiquity	cp_antiquity_rc1	Release Candidate	Cambodian (modified Egypt)
	Croissant	cp_croissant_final	Final	Alpine/Spytech
	Hybrid	cp_hybrid_v4	Version 4	Nighttime Industrial
	Obscure	cp_obscure_final	Final	Arctic
	Orange X	cp_orange_x	Final	Devtextures
	Warmfront	cp_warmfront	Final	Alpine

Attack/Defend

	Map	File Name	Development Status	Setting(s)
	Furnace Creek	cp_furnace_rc	Release Candidate	Desert
	Glacier	cp_glacier_rc7	Release Candidate 7	Arctic
	Stoneyridge	cp_stoneyridge_rc2	Release Candidate 2	Alpine Night/Construction
	Zinkenite Valley	cp_zinkenite_b3a	Beta 3a	Alpine

King of the Hill

Main article: King of the Hill

	Map	File Name	Development Status	Setting(s)
	Achievement Idle	koth_achievement_idle	Final	Industrial
	Bagel	koth_bagel_rc2a	Release Candidate 2a	Industrial
	Coalplant	koth_coalplant_b7	Beta 7	Industrial
	Moonshine	koth_moonshine_rc	Release Candidate	Swamp
	Traingrid	koth_traingrid	Beta	Underground culvert
	Trainsawlaser	koth_trainsawlaser_rc2	Release Candidate 2	Devtextures
	Trenchfoot	koth_trenchfoot_ab1	Alpha-Beta 1	Battlefield
	Wubwubwub	koth_wubwubwub_remix_vip	Final	Industrial/random

Mann vs Machine

Main article: Mann vs Machine

	Map	File Name	Development Status	Setting(s)
	Area 52	mvm_area_52_rc3	Release Candidate 3	Desert
	Barren	mvm_barren_final1	Final 1	Desert
	Coastrock	mvm_coastrock_rc1_1	Release Candidate 1	Town
	Dockyard	mvm_dockyard_rc5b	Release Candidate 5	Urban city
	Doppler	mvm_doppler_b12	Beta 12	Arctic/Spytech
	Isolation	mvm_isolation_rc3	Release Candidate 3	Arctic
	Waterfront	mvm_waterfront_rc3	Release Candidate 3	Alpine

Other

	Map	File Name	Development Status	Setting(s)
	Final Destination 2015	coop_finaldestination_2015	Release Candidate 3	Other
	Balloon Race	balloon_race_v3_t7	Version 3 Type 7	Other

Payload

Main article: Payload

	Map	File Name	Development Status	Setting(s)
	Alpen	pl_alpen_rc1	Release Candidate	Alpine
	Cashworks	pl_cashworks_final1	Final	Alpine
	Cranetop	pl_cranetop_b8	Beta 8	Industrial
	Eclipse	pl_eclipse_rc2	Release Candidate 2	Desert/Canyon/Industrial
100px	Fifthcurve	pl_fifthcurve_b6	Beta 6	Alpine
	Morrigan Alley	pl_morrigan_alley_b3	Beta 3	Medieval
100px	Pier	pl_pier_b20	Beta 20	Nighttime/Island Town
	Waste	pl_waste_v2	Version 2	Industrial

Payload Race

	Map	File Name	Development Status	Setting(s)
	Animus	plr_animus_a8	Alpha 8	Harvest
	Highwind	plr_highwind	Alpha 5	Village
	Panic	plr_panic_b2	Beta 2	Industrial
	Rollout	plr_rollout	Alpha 1	Industrial
	Scoville	plr_scoville_c2	Alpha 7	Industrial
	Solitude	plr_solitude	Beta 1	Desert

Special Delivery

Main article: Special Delivery

	Map	File Name	Development Status	Setting(s)
	Hunted	sd_hunted	Final	Industrial

Territorial Control

Main article: Territorial Control

	Map	File Name	Development Status	Setting(s)
	Meridian	tc_meridian_rc3	Release Candidate	Tropical Island
	Strata	tc_strata_b1c	Beta 1c	Paleontological dig/desert

Training

Main article: Training mode

	Map	File Name	Development Status	Setting(s)
	Walkway	tr_walkway_rc2	Release Candidate	Industrial

Official maps

Main article: List of maps

Collections

There are many custom map collections on the Internet. These include:

• www.tf2maps.net - A forum and community dedicated to the creation of custom maps for TF2.
  • http://artpass.tf2maps.net - Artpass Contest.
  • http://compctf.tf2maps.net - Competitive CTF Contest.
  • http://plrctf.tf2maps.net - Payload Race and Attack/Defend CTF Contest.
• http://www.gamebanana.com - A place to download and submit maps popular among the community.
• Steam Community Workshop - The Valve Official destination for custom maps.

See also

• Game modes
• Map name prefixes
• List of skyboxes
• Map Maker's Medallion

External links

• TF2 Official Blog- TF2 Environments
• TF2 Official Blog- Alpine Art Style