Probed

Probed
Basic Information
Developer(s):	Unknown
Map Info
Environment:	Farmland/Alien Spaceship
Setting:	Night
Hazards:	Aliens, Alien air
Map Overview

Probed is a community-made King of the Hill map created by [UEAK]Crash. The map was created for and won the 2014 TF2Maps.net Major Mapping Contest #11, "Mercs vs. Aliens".

Two identical paths separated from each other conjoin together at a central point. Along the paths are balconies connected via bridges providing defensive positions for Snipers and Engineers.

To win, your team must hold the lone Capture Point for three minutes like any standard King of the Hill map, while avoiding the alien UFO that periodically flies over the point to abduct unaware players.

File:Koth probed overview.jpg

Overview of the map.

Video

Locations

Alien UFO : Periodically the UFO will fly over the Control Point and activate it's tractor beam, sucking any players near the point into the spaceship. Speed is increased inside the craft, however all players will begin taking damage due to the alien's toxic atmosphere. On both sides of the craft are corresponding team Teleporters that will return players to their team's side of the capture point.

Update history

Beta 9

4-24-15

Overhauled alien explosion damage filtering to fix exploit where players could kill teammates
Doubled alien explosion damage
Reduced capture time slightly
Reduced capture zone back to original placement
UFO now hovers for 3 seconds before starting tractor beam over point. Stil stops 8 seconds after arriving. (this gives you a chance to run away/ hide from it)
Nerfed buff coming out of ship significantly. Uber half as short (still there to help disorientation coming out of tele), now gives you mini crits for 6 seconds.
Changed speed boost type on board ship (no longer infinite jumps variety)
Fixed missing pre-teleport in particles for on-map alien spawns (warning of telefrag)
Adjusted some health/ ammo placement (experimenting a bit here)
Lighting tweaks
Detailing adjustments here and there

Beta 8

3-19-15

(Experiment) Extended the capture zone to under the mid building roofs
Widened/ optimized new structures created last update
Removed wall dividing ramp rooms up to the building behind mid
Broke up huge line of sight towards mid
Streamlined a few routes
Lowered tractor-beam UFO timer slightly (so it comes out more often)
Moved a little cover around
Changed some material usage to make the map more cohesive
Tweaked some lighting

Beta 7

3-13-15

Remade mid-field structures to be a lot more interesting and direct combat flow differently
Removed large ramp going into the building behind the capture zone and replaced it with a drop down, this should help direct combat more towards the center and reduce players upstairs at the start of the match
Reduced alien's health to 5hp, they should now all explode in one hit
You can now hide from the UFO tractor beam by standing under the roof, this no longer sucks you into the ceiling
Refined the cuts on the tractor beam triggers to avoid any interior areas
Added speed boost/ infinite air jumps condition to players inside ship
Adjusted some of the health and ammo
Blocked all exploitable openings on spawn buildings
Adjusted some material usage/ detailing
Tweaked lighting/ prop lighting

Beta 6

11-17-2014

Fixed the health pack in the center of the ship occasionally getting blocked by func_door moving the parts above it
Fixed missing point_spotlight on middle

Beta 5

11-17-2014

Added new route from lower area behind capture point to upper area above it
Okay finale is definitely insane now
Removed tractor beam pulls from inside the silo at mid
Lowered middle structure on ship and minimalized extra brushwork
Got rid of a bunch of in-the-way details on ship
Added clipping boxes that catch you as you teleport onto ship, killing off momentum
Cleaned up a few routes
Did I mention particles yet? Because Particles
Did a lot more clipping
Started optimizing lightmaps
Adjusted lighting

Beta 4

11-14-2014

Added aliens that spawn into the map over time and can be destroyed by the player
These aliens are trying to take out the mercs defense system before their mothership arrives
Near-finalized finale events timings, particle effects, and audio
Implemented a whole lot more of FissionMetroid's particles
Streamlined the crate jumps next to middle into mostly a ramp
Big optimization pass
Did more detailing
Adjusted lighting
Some other stuff, I forget...

Beta 3

11-10-2014

Finished finale event actions, audio still WIP
Made the UFO ship event happen slightly less often (Random between 50 and 90 seconds before, now 65 and 95 seconds)
UFO ship now also stays for a shorter time (10 seconds before, now 8 seconds)
Reduced capture time by 2 seconds (10 seconds before, now 8 seconds at x1)
Reduced damage per tick inside of ship (9 before, now 7)
Gave those entering ship a very slight overheal on top of getting healed up to full
Moved alien ship Teleporters to opposites sides of where each team spawns.
Added health packs to ship
Added ramps facing Teleporters on ship
Lowered to almost ground level locations where players teleport back in from ship
Remade 3d skybox
Fixed some visleaf issues
Adjusted lighting all over

Beta 2

11-07-2014

Remade alien ship entirely
Massive detail pass
Preliminary lighting pass
Added new route behind capture point with health/ ammo pack
3d skybox added (it sucks, I'm going to remake it)
Tweaked UFO buffs, added crit boost
Started finale event animation stuff, no finished though
Redid how the tractor beams work using the new impulse entity
Removed a buggy UFO ship
Added more MvA custom props
Added more custom particle effects (thanks, metroid!)

Beta 1

Private test build
Detailed a bunch
Reduced UFO buff uber length from 10 seconds to 3
Added 6 second Quick-Fix type overheal effect to UFO buff
Made tractor beams more reliable
Alien ship now does damage over time to anyone inside of it (9 damage per tick, same as underworld on viaduct_event)
Added 3 more non-interactive UFO's
Added new particle effects
Added a few of the new MvA custom props
Fixed some clipping issues (always)
Made a bunch of visible nodraw faces and forgot them before compile lol
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