Mann Co. Beta Maps
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The Mann Co. Beta Maps is an Early Access program for including the community early in the development process. In particular, this opening of the development process allows players to play on selected maps that are in the Beta stage. Players access these maps by clicking on Play Multiplayer, enable Play Beta Maps check-box, and then choose a mode to play. Users send feedback back to the TF2 team for suggestions, ideas and bug reports. Maps inside of the beta stage might have bugs, lack of cosmetic props, and have a high chance of using dev textures (see Gallery further down this page).
There are currently five beta maps in the Early Access program: RD_Asteroid, PL_CactusCanyon, CTF_Foundry, CTF_Gorge, and CTF_thundermountain.
Update history
- Added Mann Co. Beta Maps - Early Access program.
- Added 2 beta maps:
RD_AsteroidandPL_CactusCanyon. - Beta maps can be accessed via the quickplay menu by clicking the Play Beta Maps option.
- Added 2 beta maps:
December 22, 2014 Patch (Smissmas 2014)
- Added
CTF_FoundryandCTF_Gorgeto the game.
- Added
CTF_thundermountainto the game.
External links
Gallery
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File:Rd_asteroid_devtextures.png|An image of the early beta development of the map RD_Asteroid, showing an example dev texture.
File:Pl_cactuscanyon_lack_of_cosmetic.png|An image of the early beta development of the map PL_CactusCanyon, showing a lack of props.
File:Beta_pl_blueprints.png|The image for beta Payload maps.
File:Beta_rd_blueprints.png|The image for beta Robot Destruction maps.
File:Quickplay_beta_blueprints.png|The image for Random beta map, used in Quickplay menu selection.
File:News item 2014-07-09 Mann Co. Beta Maps.png|In-game notification.
File:Beta_mannpower_blueprints.png|The image for beta Mannpower maps.
