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 Type Replaced and Name	Function
Scout	The Subatomic Punch	On use: gain up to 150 health  On use: shrink by 50% of normal size  While under the effects,  50% increased jump height  100% increased damage vulnerability  20% less move speed
Soldier	The Battle Plan	On wearer: move speed is equal to 50% of user's current health  User can not be overhealed  When weapon is active: 90% less healing from Medic sources  Move speed will not go above 400HU/s or below 100HU/s
Pyro	The Intensifier	On hit: target is marked for death  Deals mini crits to players marked for death  Does not require ammo  100% increased fire rate  Cannot be crit boosted  This weapon cannot mark for death another Pyro
Heavy	The Heavy Lifter	While deployed: lifts user upwards  While deployed: sustains a ring of flames  On wearer: 65% faster weapon switch  On wearer: 30% faster move speed  Deals lethal falling damage to the player you land on  Immunity to push force taken from damage  Deals no bullet damage  On wearer: smoke rings are emitted by the player
Engineer	The Overclocker	50% faster attack speed  50% faster building upgrade speed  Teleporters are bidirectional  Dispenser radius increased by 200%  Sentry fire rate increased by 90%  Sentry has infinite range  Sentry gun bullet damage increased by 50% at long range  While being wrangled, sentry gun bullets do 200% more damage  On wearer: move speed increased by 15%  On wearer: metal gain decreased by 25%  Sentry deals only 13% bullet damage  Wrench deals 90% less damage on hit  Wrench deals 50% less damage to sappers  No random crits  Whilst being wrangled, sentry gun fire rate is not increased  Bullet damage is unaffected by damage fall off or damage ramp up modifiers
	The Supply Chain	On wearer: user gains 40 metal every 5 seconds  On wearer: regenerate 2 health per second  Cannot deal damage  On wearer: regeneration rings are visible on player
Medic	Blut Säge	Max health is based on Ubercharge amount  Deals 50% less damage  -2 health drained per second on wearer
Sniper	The Barrel Roll	No move speed penalty while aiming  Hold Fire to unleash a barrage of bullets  Clip size reduced by 75%  No ammo from dispensers when active  Cannot charge  Cannot fire unless zoomed  Fires tracer rounds  Headshot kills cause decapitation

Other Weapon Changes

Class	Modified 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 fire damage dealt is received as healing  On wearer: 60% of energy damage dealt is received as healing  65 less max health  Deals 20% less damage

Misc

• Festive weapon varieties function as the non-modified version of their non-festive counterpart.

Known Bugs

• Some weapons that should deal no damage on hit may do 1 damage.

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
Round Robin Rockets	VS	Rocket Launcher  Shovel  Rocket Launcher is modified similar to the infamous "Valve Launcher"
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
Pipe Dream	VS	Grenade Launcher  Bottle  Grenade Launcher is modified similar to the infamous "Valve Launcher"
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
Crazed Bigender Aliens	VS	Mutated Milk  Neon Annihilator
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  Your Eternal Reward
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
This is war!	VS	Air Strike  B.A.S.E Jumper  Bat Outta Hell  Shotgun  Short Circuit  Blood Botkiller Wrench Mk.I  Metal regenerates every 5 seconds

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
Extreme Speed	Players move at 173% speed
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

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