Alpen
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| Alpen | |
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| Basic Information | |
| Map type: | Payload |
| File name: | pl_alpen_rc1
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| Released: | March 1, 2012 |
| Last updated: | December 7, 2012 |
| Developer(s): | Bloodhound |
| Link(s): | TF2Maps.net |
| Map Info | |
| Environment: | Alpine |
| Setting: | Daylight, sunny |
| Hazards: | Pitfall |
| Deep Water: | Yes |
| Map Items | |
 Health Kits:
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 ×12 •  ×8 •  ×3
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 Ammo Boxes:
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 ×11 •  ×12 •  ×2
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| Map Overview | |
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Alpen is a single-stage Alpine-styled Payload map, made by Bloodhound.
Contents
Locations
Checkpoint 1
The cart starts outside the BLU Base and moves past a storage structure toward a right turn in-between several wooden structures. Once turned, it will continue straight ahead towards a bridge over a small river.
- BLU Base: The BLU Base is a two floored structure with three exits: One in the center where the cart is, one on the left side, and one on the second floor on the right to the catwalks.
- Small Store Room: To the right of the tracks is a store room by a set of stairs. Inside is a medium health and ammo kit.
- Wooden Structures: On both sides of the turn are two wooden structures. The one on the left of the tracks has a small health and ammo kit and a balcony to use as a vantage point. The one on the right has a small and medium health and ammo kit, and a rooftop accessible to rocket/sticky jumpers. The roof has a small health kit and a hatch that leads inside the building.
- Wooden Tower: Across the catwalks of the right wooden structure is a small wooden tower. The tower can be used as a vantage point and has a small health and ammo kit.
- Death Cliff: Behind the wooden tower is a death pit with two logs connecting to a precarious rock. On the rock is a max health kit.
- River Bridge: The location of Checkpoint 1. On the roof of the bridge is a small health kit and underneath it underwater is a medium ammo kit.
The main BLU Base.
The river area of Checkpoint 1.
Checkpoint 2
Past the bridge the cart proceeds through a small gate where it will zigzag in-between two grain silos.
- Gate: Past the bridge is a gate with two pathways on the side. The gate has a balcony with a small health and ammo kit on top.
- RED Spawn: Behind the gate is a building with a RED team logo on a billboard. The building is used as a RED spawn/resupply. It has a front and two side exits on the bottom floor, and the same on the second floor.
- Grain Silos: The giant grain silos surrounding the second checkpoint. The rightmost silo has a catwalk with a medium health and ammo kit connecting to the gate.
- Wood Storage Structures: Past the grain silos are several structures that can be used as vantage points. In the center one is a small health and ammo kit.
The other side of the bridge, with the gate.
The second checkpoint between the grain silos.
Checkpoint 3
From the grain silos the cart continues down a narrow path towards another right turn by a shed and lumber platform. From there it'll move uphill into a large RED team structure where the third checkpoint lays.
- Sawmill: By the checkpoint is a shortcut through a sawmill. There is a lone entrance on the bottom for each side, and on the second floor an open window to the checkpoint.
- Shack: By the turn is a small shack containing a medium health and ammo kit.
- RED Spawn: Next to the checkpoint. Has a raised exit in the front, a bottom left exit, and a catwalk right exit.
- Checkpoint Structure: The building is open from all three sides. The second floor contains a small health and ammo kit, and a stairway to the roof. The rooftop contains a max ammo and medium health kit.
The cart path to checkpoint 3.
The interior of the Checkpoint structure.
Checkpoint 4
Out the other side, the cart will pass underneath a large wooden structure and go by a run down train platform. Past the platform, the cart will continue forward towards it's destination: the hatch in front of RED Base.
- Wood Towers: The twin towers that tower over the track. Inside are multiple windows to fight from, and well as several different health and ammo kits.
- Train Platform: The platform has a medium ammo kit on it, and a small health kit on the roof. Through the platform it can be used as a flanking route to the RED Base.
- RED Base: The final checkpoint. The base has five different exits, all surrounding the central hatch.
The final stretch to the RED Base.
The Twin Wooden Towers, with one of the RED Spawns in view.
Changelog
- Public Release on TF2M (Beta1)
01/08/2012 - Beta2
- Fixed serval (Sniper-)sightlines
- Replaced the building near CP3
- Minor track modifications to fit the new buildings
- General disadvantage for red (balance)
- Many minor bugs
- Oneway spawngate in red´s first spawn can now opened from outside
01/09/2012 - Beta2a
- No geometry changes
- Fixed some gameplay breaking bugs
- Small tweaks and balance changes
02/16/2012 - Beta3 (just released to some servers)
- Balance changes
03/25/2012 - Beta4c
- Optimization (finally)
- New spawn for red (segment 2 and 3)
- More detail
- Changed final a bit
07/12/2012 - RC1
- Much fps optimization (thanks eerieone)
- Much more detail
- File size optimization (55mb->46mb)
- Fixed that CPs wasn't capped after the cart passed
- Made the area around final a bit wider
- Valance changes on CP1/3/4
Trivia
- The name "Alpen" means "Alps" in German.
- Inside the BLU base in a closed off room to the right of the front door, there is a RED briefcase on top of some computers.
Gallery
The RED briefcase inside BLU base
See also
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