Operation Hexadecimal Horrors
Operation Hexadecimal Horrors is a hybrid mission-making contest and Mann vs Machine tour organized and hosted by Potato's Custom MvM Servers. It was announced on June 21, 2021. A public beta was held for the tour on October 2 to 11, 2021, before it officially launched on October 12, 2021. The tour is scheduled to end on November 30, 2021.
Contents
Contest
On June 21, 2021, Operation Hexadecimal Horrors was announced to the public, starting with a Mann vs. Machine mission-making contest which would last until August 20, 2021.[1]
There were a few guidelines set for mission-makers. Primarily, these missions had to be Halloween themed. All difficulties of mission were welcome, with a maximum of fifteen weapon rebalances. Each participant could create a maximum of 2 missions, with the exception of Intermediate missions, which were not subject to this limitation.
Tour
On October 2, 2021, Operation Hexadecimal Horrors went into public beta, with 48 missions spread across 22 maps. Halloween revamped versions of Valve maps were used, such as Decay and Heatrock, in addition to new haunted community maps, and returning maps from previous campaigns. The tour officially launched on October 12, 2021, shortly after the Scream Fortress XIII update, to ensure the servers would be compatible with the update.
Unlike previous campaigns, there is no in-game reward for completing missions in the tour, though players may continue to track their tour progress.
Approved Missions
This table shows the missions available during the event.
| Map | Difficulty | Mission | Number of Waves |
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| Bloodlust | Intermediate | Wretched Witchery | 7 |
| Boogge | Freaky Fodder | 5 | |
| Butcher | Expert | Lucid Nightmare | 6 |
| Chateau | Advanced | Remedic | |
| Condemned | Expert | Trespasser | 1 |
| Creepside | Advanced | Abyssal Atrocities | 7 |
| Dismal Devilry | |||
| Deathpour | Expert | Blackout | 5 |
| Intermediate | Bloodpour | 6 | |
| Technical Terror | 5 | ||
| Decay | Advanced | Horrific Hex | 6 |
| Intermediate | Skull Scamper | ||
| Ghost Town | Advanced | Horrorsome Happenings | 8 |
| Expert | Deadweight | 6 | |
| Intermediate | Cpu Spookies | ||
| Heatrock | Advanced | Brain Taker | 4 |
| Expert | Impending Apocalypse | 6 | |
| Kelly | Advanced | Awakening | 1 |
| Crop Circles | 7 | ||
| Ominous Outback | 6 | ||
| Legerdemain | Midnight Patrol | 7 | |
| Lostvalley | Expert | Dreadful Discernment | 4 |
| Intermediate | Haunted Hills | 2 | |
| Undead Rising | 6 | ||
| Nightsky | Advanced | Nightsky Nightmare | 7 |
| Expert | Death Con One | 5 | |
| Intermediate | Mountain Of Fear | 6 | |
| Null | Advanced | Baneful Harvest | |
| Distorted Reality | 8 | ||
| Syntax Error | 6 | ||
| Void Voyage | |||
| Oxidize | Recollection Repression | ||
| Powerplant | Virtual Vortex | ||
| Shank | Bloodlust | 4 | |
| Decaying Decryption | 3 | ||
| Moonlight Menace | 7 | ||
| Spookee | 1 | ||
| Intermediate | Scorched Earth | 7 | |
| Skullcove | Advanced | Call Of Cthulhu | 6 |
| Traumatic | Terrorstorm | 3 | |
| Intermediate | Bloodwater | 6 | |
| River Of Despair | |||
| Underworld | Advanced | Demonic Dominance | |
| Subterranean Animism | |||
| Unholy Assault | 4 | ||
| Intermediate | Insidious Infiltration | 7 | |
| Whitecliff Event | Advanced | Coastal Cadaver | 3 |
| Expert | Descent | 5 |
Rewards
This event has two medals up for grabs, as rewards for donations to a charity drive benefitting The Trevor Project. Players can donate varying amounts through item or monetary donations to receive donor medals. Donating at least 5 USD earns the player the Moonlit Magnate medal, donating at least 10 USD earns the player the Macabre Memento medal, and donating at least 15 USD earns the player both medals.
The Moonlit Magnate and Macabre Memento reuse the same models as the Hopeful Heart and Boundless Heart from Operation Madness vs Machines, respectively; however, the Moonlit Magnate initially drops with a custom painted color that is very similar to A Deep Commitment to Purple, (HEX #7D4070, compared to A Deep Commitment to Purple's HEX #7D4071) that is not otherwise available in-game.
Each of the medals has two styles, named "Normal" and "Gem Only". The "Gem Only" style displays only the gemstones, without the surrounding metal frames.
The medals were contributed to the Steam Workshop by NeoDement, Sntr, Erikku, sigsegv, Jakapoa, Pelipoika, interrobang, Mayor Rev, Z-Ben, kratos, Nuke, Hydrogen, Hyperion, Potato's MvM Server, DaanBox, Swordstone, and Geel.
  Genuine Hexadecimal Horrors Moonlit Magnate 2021 |
 Genuine Hexadecimal Horrors Macabre Memento 2021 |
Painted variants
- Moonlit Magnate (Normal)
- Moonlit Magnate (Gem Only)
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| An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge | Color No. 216-190-216 | Peculiarly Drab Tincture | Aged Moustache Grey |
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| A Distinctive Lack of Hue | After Eight | Radigan Conagher Brown | Ye Olde Rustic Colour |
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| Muskelmannbraun | Mann Co. Orange | Australium Gold | The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants |
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| Dark Salmon Injustice | Pink as Hell | A Deep Commitment to Purple | Noble Hatter's Violet |
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| A Color Similar to Slate | Zepheniah's Greed | Drably Olive | Indubitably Green |
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| The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime | A Mann's Mint | ||
| Team colors | |||
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| Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED) | Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU) | Balaclavas Are Forever (RED) | Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU) |
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| Team Spirit (RED) | Team Spirit (BLU) | Operator's Overalls (RED) | Operator's Overalls (BLU) |
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| The Value of Teamwork (RED) | The Value of Teamwork (BLU) | An Air of Debonair (RED) | An Air of Debonair (BLU) |
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| Cream Spirit (RED) | Cream Spirit (BLU) | Unpainted | |
| Single colors | |||
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| An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge | Color No. 216-190-216 | Peculiarly Drab Tincture | Aged Moustache Grey |
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| A Distinctive Lack of Hue | After Eight | Radigan Conagher Brown | Ye Olde Rustic Colour |
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| Muskelmannbraun | Mann Co. Orange | Australium Gold | The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants |
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| Dark Salmon Injustice | Pink as Hell | A Deep Commitment to Purple | Noble Hatter's Violet |
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| A Color Similar to Slate | Zepheniah's Greed | Drably Olive | Indubitably Green |
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| The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime | A Mann's Mint | ||
| Team colors | |||
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| Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED) | Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU) | Balaclavas Are Forever (RED) | Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU) |
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| Team Spirit (RED) | Team Spirit (BLU) | Operator's Overalls (RED) | Operator's Overalls (BLU) |
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| The Value of Teamwork (RED) | The Value of Teamwork (BLU) | An Air of Debonair (RED) | An Air of Debonair (BLU) |
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| Cream Spirit (RED) | Cream Spirit (BLU) | Unpainted | |
Styles
Bugs
- The backpack icon for the Moonlit Magnate uses the coloring overlay for paint cans instead of the painted item icon when viewed on Steam.
Update history
- [Undocumented] The Hexadecimal Horrors medals were added to the game.
Gallery
Promotional advertisement for the charity drive.
References
- ↑ Braindawg HH Submission Guidelines, READ BEFORE POSTING!!!, 17 Jun @ 10:19am
See also
- Operation Mashed Mediocrity
- Operation Memes vs Machines
- Operation Madness vs Machines
- Operation Canteen Crasher
- Operation Titanium Tank
External links
- Operation Hexidecimal Horrors Public Contest!
- Operation Hexadecimal Horrors is now in Open Beta!
- Operation Hexadecimal Horrors has officially BEGUN!
