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{{Quotation|TF2 Contribution Page.<ref>http://www.teamfortress.com/contribute/</ref>|''Think you're good at making TF2 items and avatars? Better even than the people who design the game? Here's the thing: you're probably right. And believe us, this knowledge haunts us every day. Gabe Newell's just an email away, after all. What if you ratted us out?''}}
 
{{Quotation|TF2 Contribution Page.<ref>http://www.teamfortress.com/contribute/</ref>|''Think you're good at making TF2 items and avatars? Better even than the people who design the game? Here's the thing: you're probably right. And believe us, this knowledge haunts us every day. Gabe Newell's just an email away, after all. What if you ratted us out?''}}
  
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The '''TF2 Official Contribution Site''' was designed to incorporate the creativity of the community into the gameplay of ''Team Fortress 2''. This does not however, mean that players can choose the effects or statistics of their content. All item submissions are reviewed in order to maintain consistency and quality content, and are only incorporated by the ''Team Fortress 2'' team so as not to cause any unbalance in the game. [[Avatars]] however, have to be flagged if not related to ''Team Fortress 2'' by the community. Accepted contributions are Steam avatars, weapon models and hat models.   
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The '''contribution page''' was designed to incorporate the creativity of the community into the gameplay of ''Team Fortress 2''. This does not however, mean that players can choose the effects or statistics of their content. All item submissions are reviewed in order to maintain consistency and quality content, and are only incorporated by the ''Team Fortress 2'' team so as not to cause any unbalance in the game. [[Avatars]] however, have to be flagged if not related to ''Team Fortress 2'' by the community. Accepted contributions are Steam avatars, weapon models and hat models.   
  
 
== Submission guidelines ==
 
== Submission guidelines ==
 
[[Image:ColorPalette.gif|300px|thumb|Color swatch to follow when creating hats.]]
 
[[Image:ColorPalette.gif|300px|thumb|Color swatch to follow when creating hats.]]
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To sustain the visual style of the game, the ''Team Fortress 2'' team has established a few guidelines for submissions.  All of the following should be used when designing and submitting your items:
 
To sustain the visual style of the game, the ''Team Fortress 2'' team has established a few guidelines for submissions.  All of the following should be used when designing and submitting your items:
 
*Theme
 
*Theme
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== Engineer Update ==
 
== Engineer Update ==
 
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The Engineer Update was rolled out in the [[July 8, 2010 Patch]].  Along with the normal Engineer items, a new community weapon was released:  
 
The Engineer Update was rolled out in the [[July 8, 2010 Patch]].  Along with the normal Engineer items, a new community weapon was released:  
 
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== Mann-Conomy Update ==
 
== Mann-Conomy Update ==
 
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The Mann-Conomy Update added 65 brand new items. The majority of these were winning items from the [[Polycount Pack]] contest.
 
The Mann-Conomy Update added 65 brand new items. The majority of these were winning items from the [[Polycount Pack]] contest.
 
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== Scream Fortress Update ==
 
== Scream Fortress Update ==
 
{{main|Scream Fortress Update}}
 
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The Scream Fortress Update added 2 community-created Halloween hats.
 
The Scream Fortress Update added 2 community-created Halloween hats.
 
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==Australian Christmas==
 
==Australian Christmas==
 
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The Australian Christmas Update added another large amount of Community contributed items.
 
The Australian Christmas Update added another large amount of Community contributed items.
 
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==Shogun Pack==
 
==Shogun Pack==
 
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These items were created by [http://steamcommunity.com/id/larolaro/ Rob Laro] on Sega's request for ''[[Total War: SHOGUN 2]]'' promo.
 
These items were created by [http://steamcommunity.com/id/larolaro/ Rob Laro] on Sega's request for ''[[Total War: SHOGUN 2]]'' promo.
 
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==Third Community Contribution Update==
 
==Third Community Contribution Update==
 
{{main|Third Community Contribution Update}}
 
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The update rolled out in the [[April 7, 2011 Patch]] and added 8 new hats and 3 new misc. items.
 
The update rolled out in the [[April 7, 2011 Patch]] and added 8 new hats and 3 new misc. items.
 
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==Über Update==
 
==Über Update==
 
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The Über Update rolled out in the [[June 23, 2011 Patch]] and added another large amount of Community contributed items.
 
The Über Update rolled out in the [[June 23, 2011 Patch]] and added another large amount of Community contributed items.
 
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==Summer Camp Sale==
 
==Summer Camp Sale==
 
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The Summer Camp Sale rolled out in the [[July 1, 2011 Patch]] and added 5 new community-made cosmetics and 2 new community-made weapons.
 
The Summer Camp Sale rolled out in the [[July 1, 2011 Patch]] and added 5 new community-made cosmetics and 2 new community-made weapons.
 
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Revision as of 12:59, 4 August 2011

Make Your Own TF2 Items!
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Think you're good at making TF2 items and avatars? Better even than the people who design the game? Here's the thing: you're probably right. And believe us, this knowledge haunts us every day. Gabe Newell's just an email away, after all. What if you ratted us out?
— TF2 Contribution Page.[1]
 ”

The contribution page was designed to incorporate the creativity of the community into the gameplay of Team Fortress 2. This does not however, mean that players can choose the effects or statistics of their content. All item submissions are reviewed in order to maintain consistency and quality content, and are only incorporated by the Team Fortress 2 team so as not to cause any unbalance in the game. Avatars however, have to be flagged if not related to Team Fortress 2 by the community. Accepted contributions are Steam avatars, weapon models and hat models.

Submission guidelines

File:ColorPalette.gif
Color swatch to follow when creating hats.

To sustain the visual style of the game, the Team Fortress 2 team has established a few guidelines for submissions. All of the following should be used when designing and submitting your items:

  • Theme
    • 1950's style design
    • Maintains character personality and bio
  • Modeling techniques
    • Realistic but slightly skewed proportions to add visual draw
    • Details may be over or underscaled
    • Keep it simple and clean
  • Texturing techniques
    • Maintain texture quality; nothing higher or lower res than what is next to it.
    • Hats are to use team specific or neutral colors
    • Textures should be simple and not a distraction.
  • Technicals
    • Hat models under 800 polygons
    • Weapon models under 8000 polygons
    • Textures no larger than 512x512 pixels, 256x256 being preferred
    • Steam avatars must be 184x184 pixels and saved in .JPG format
    • Source files must be included for models and materials.
    • Thumbnails and in-game images must be 256x256 pixels.

First Community Contribution Update

Main article: First Community Contribution Update

The first package of community content was rolled out in the March 18, 2010 Patch. The following items were released at this time:

Second Community Contribution Update

Main article: Second Community Contribution Update

The second package of community content was rolled out in the May 20, 2010 Patch. The following items were released at this time:

Engineer Update

Main article: Engineer Update

The Engineer Update was rolled out in the July 8, 2010 Patch. Along with the normal Engineer items, a new community weapon was released:

Mann-Conomy Update

Main article: Mann-Conomy Update

The Mann-Conomy Update added 65 brand new items. The majority of these were winning items from the Polycount Pack contest.

Scream Fortress Update

Main article: Scream Fortress Update

The Scream Fortress Update added 2 community-created Halloween hats.

Australian Christmas

Main article: Australian Christmas

The Australian Christmas Update added another large amount of Community contributed items.

Shogun Pack

Main article: Shogun Pack

These items were created by Rob Laro on Sega's request for Total War: SHOGUN 2 promo.

Third Community Contribution Update

Main article: Third Community Contribution Update

The update rolled out in the April 7, 2011 Patch and added 8 new hats and 3 new misc. items.

Replay Update

Main article: Replay Update

The Replay Update rolled out in the May 5, 2011 Patch and added 9 new hats and 1 new misc. item.

Über Update

Main article: Über Update

The Über Update rolled out in the June 23, 2011 Patch and added another large amount of Community contributed items.

Summer Camp Sale

Main article: Summer Camp Sale

The Summer Camp Sale rolled out in the July 1, 2011 Patch and added 5 new community-made cosmetics and 2 new community-made weapons.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.teamfortress.com/contribute/
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