Swamp Theme

Swamp Theme
Website Info
URL:	http://swamp.tf2maps.net

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The Swamp Theme is a pack of swampy assets for you to use in your custom Team Fortress 2 map! We've assembled some of the best content creators at TF2Maps.net and forced them to make this set of cool models, textures, particles, and more for you to enjoy. So download it! — Swamp Theme publicity blurb

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The Swamp Theme is a collection of swamp-themed assets for mappers to use in their custom maps. These assets include materials, models, particles, and more. The Swamp Theme was assembled by a group of TF2Maps.net members and published here. The Swamp Theme has been featured on the TF2 Official Blog, and was made official in the October 27, 2010 Patch as part of the Scream Fortress Update Halloween 2010 event.

The current version of the Swamp Theme is a second revision which brought many new assets to the pack, as well as a Swamp Theme Map Pack. The Swamp Theme Map Pack features popular custom maps that were created using the Swamp Theme assets. These maps include Atrophy, Fever, Wildmire, and Blackwood. The Hazardous Environments sign found in the Swamp Theme has since been added into the game in the form of Coldfront.

The Swamp Theme contains 40 models, over 30 materials and overlays, six skyboxes, one detail sprite, ten particles, and one new soundscape for mappers to implement in to their maps.

Contributors

• Aeon 'Void' Bollig
• Kevin 'Ravidge' Brook
• Mike 'Foda' Corsaro
• Sean 'Heyo' Cutino
• Wade 'Nineaxis' Fabry
• Aaron 'Psy' Garcha
• Frazer 'The Midget' Grant
• Alex 'Randdalf' Gulliver
• Tim 'YM' Johnson
• Alex 'Rexy' Kreeger
• Anton 'DaBeatzProject' Lecock
• Wojtek 'Eerieone' Michalak
• Tom 'zpqrei' Pritchard
• Nova 'NovaSilisko' Silisko
• Siewart 'Zeewier' van Wingerden
• Eric 'A Boojum Snark' Ziegler

Content

Props

There are 40 props in the Swamp Theme:

	"No Swimming" Sign In case you need to warn people to stay out of the water.		Reeds and Cattails Swamp shrubbery.		Mushrooms We don't recommend eating them.
	Crocodile Cutout Good for scaring off people who can't tell it is wooden.		Light Post We don't recommend eating this either.		Intelligence Sign For alerting your enemies as to where you're keeping it.
	Buoy For keeping boaters in line.		Buttress Tree It's a big tree. Really big.		Jetty It's like a dock, but smaller.
	Buttress Stump It used to be a big tree. Really big.		Oar Being in a swamp without a paddle is just as bad a situation.		Cracky Crate Once proudly used for shipping Cracky Pop, this crate now rots away slowly.
	Rowboat Because some people like floating on top of murky, alligator infested water.		Swamp Trees Some scraggly foliage.		Chainsaw More rubble, less trouble!
	Mounted Deer Bust All your friends will know how big that stag was.		Railings If you're a nice person and want to keep people from falling into the water.		Oil Derrick For pumping black gold from the murky landscape.
	Swamp Rocks Rocky outcroppings for your map.		Anchor To keep boats in place. Without a boat, it's kind of useless.		Swamp Cliff Bigger rocky outcroppings for your map.
	Doorframe To put around a door.		Swamp Roots The tongues of trees.		Rope Pile Lying around waiting to tie something up.
	Swamp Shrubbery Even MORE swamp shrubbery!		Support To keep things well supported.		Door It's a door!
	Land Rover Vehicle of choice for swamp exploration.		Bug Zapper POW! Haha. Bugs be gone.		Airboat The other vehicle of choice for swamp exploration.
	Ferns It's another kind of shrubbery.		Connected Buoy To mark off sections of water.		Karst Rocks Some swampy landforms.
	Hanging Sign For informing people of what you've got.		Lilypad A pad for lilies.		Picnic Table In case you need to eat lunch in a swamp.
	Tall Grass Shrubbery galore.		Trophy Bass Show off your catch.		Open Oil Drum If you are bored of closed ones.
	Swamp Skybox Cards Make the forest look endless.

Materials

There are 31 materials in the Swamp Theme:

	Swamp Rockwall A rockwall for swamps.		Swamp Mud A swamp wouldn't be a swamp without it.		Swamp Grass For less muddy places where grass would grow.
	Swamp Mud #2 If you didn't have enough already.		Dirt to Grass Blend For that transition from dirt to grass.		Swamp Mud Blend For going from one mud to another.
	Dirt to Grass Blend #2 For that other transition from dirt to grass.		Swampy Concrete It's not very pretty.		Swamp Water Definately(sic) not for drinking. Or swimming. Or anything, really.
	Vine No swinging.		Murky Swamp Water Should we mention what you shouldn't do in this water too?		Stained Office Door Don't mind the blood.
	Tour Schedule Freeman Airboat Tours schedule. Nothing is final.		Leaf Pile Not as soft as it looks.		Swamp Cobble When you just need some cobble in your swamp.
	Swamp Cobble Blend To stain your cobble.		Swamp Mud #3 For you mud connoisseurs.		Swampcrete Blend Blend that swampcrete!
	Karst Rock It's a swampy kind of rock.		Karst Rock Blend Blend it to grass!		Karst Rock Blend #2 Blend it to dirt!
	Worn Tile Nothing in this swamp is clean.		Swamp Brick Bricks and mortar for your swampy stronghold.		Swamp Wood Musty and dank wood. Not very enjoyable.
	Swamp Brick #2 Swamp brick, even more dirty than before!		Swamp Wood #2 More musty, dank wood. Still not enjoyable.		Swamp Brick #3 Swamp brick, dirty at the bottom.
	Swamp Wood #3 It's even more musty and dank wood!		Swampy Concrete #2 Blocks of swampy concrete.		Worn Metal A scrape on this, and you'll need a tetanus shot.
	Neutral Stained Concrete For wet spytech bases without a team.

Overlays

There are 36 overlays in the Swamp Theme:

	Algae All ponds need critters.		Wade Canoes Sign In case you happen to sell canoes and be named Wade.		Water Level Marker For determining the height of the water.
	"No Swimming" Sign Didn't we cover this already?		Bayou Shipping Sign For shipping on a bayou.		Hazardous Environments Sign To warn people that the environment is hazardous. Of course it is.
	"Do not Feed the Gator" Sign Because some people think feeding the gator is a good idea.		Freeman Airboat Tours Sign We hear it's dangerous.		"Watch Your Step" Sign Who knew there would be slippery stuff in a swamp?
	TF2Maps Sign Uh, how'd this get here?		"Out of Order" Sign When things aren't in order, you can tell everyone.		"Area Prone to Leaks" Sign For maps which have leaks.
	Spawn-N-Go Sign Did you know that fish "spawn"? Neat, huh?		Pritchard Pipes Careful! They leak!		No Wake Sign Your tour guide will probably ignore this.
	Slippery Sign It's only here to avoid a lawsuit.		Sapper Sour Candy Sign A jolt of fruity flavor!		No Trespassing Sign Violators will be shot!
	Do Not Drink Sign Don't drink the water, fish crap in it!		No Smoking Sign A polite notice. Violators might be shot.		Private Property Sign Some people don't want you in their bogs
	Shucker(sic) & Sons Sign For Schucker, and his sons.		Mud Puppy Sign Sewage Clearance. Got sewage?		Do Not Touch Sign It's there for a reason.
	Savannah Animal Reserve Sign For less fortunate critters.		Boat Rental Sign Boggy Brook guarantees a happy time!		Algae Even more algae to bring you(sic) map to life!
	Lilies Plants for the water.		Muddy Footprints People just can't seem to wipe their feet.		Mud Puddle For those rainy days
	Dirt Tracks Drive a Land Rover and leave these behind!		Moss Nature's drapery.		Net Keep things in their place!
	Leaves For that "just swept two weeks ago" look.

Skybox textures

There are 6 skybox textures in the Swamp Theme:

	Starry Night Skybox A starry sky for a swampy night.		Cloudy Night Skybox A cloudy sky for a swampy night.		Hazy Daytime Skybox A hazy sky for a not-so-clear day.
	Hurricane Daytime Skybox A cloudy sky for a stormy day.		Dusk Skybox A hazy sky for a swampy dusk.		Hurricane Night Skybox A cloudy sky for a stormy night.

Detail sprites

So far, there is only one type of detail sprites in the Swamp Theme:

Swamp Detail Sprites To give swampy grass some dimension.

Particle effects

There are 10 particle effects in the Swamp Theme:

	Bug Swarm They bite.		Buoy Flash Alert!		Water Drip If you want your map to have a leak.
	Goo Bubble It's a sticky situation.		Swampy Smoke To add to the fresh aroma of the swamp.		Lightning If a storm is rolling in.
	Barrel Fire In case a simple lantern won't do.		Bug Zapper Glow To illuminate that electric prop.		Payload Water Explosion For carts with aquatic inclinations.
	Swamp Slime It's pretty gross. Don't say we didn't warn you.

Scripts

So far, the Swamp Theme only has one script:

Swamp Soundscape To add ambience(sic) to this horrid environment.

Source files

A few interesting files, one that shows off all of the Swamp Theme assets for easy access:

Swamp Theme Zoo A VMF library of everything in this pack.

Website Vignette The VMF and BSP for the swamp vignette at the top of the old swamp theme page.

Website Vignette #2 The VMF and BSP for the swamp vignette at the top of this page.

Instructions

These are the instructions for use of the Swamp Theme, as provided on the Swamp Theme site.

Skyboxes

To use one of the skyboxes in your map, go to Map -> Map Properties in Hammer Editor and change the "Skybox Texture Name" to one of the available Swamp Theme skyboxes.

Available Swamp Skyboxes:

• sky_night_02
• sky_night_03
• sky_haze_01
• sky_hurricane_01
• sky_fever_01
• sky_hurricane_02

Light settings for all six skyboxes are located in the Swamp Theme prefabs. For more information on prefabs, see below.

Detail sprites

To use the custom detail sprites in your map, go to Map -> Map Properties in Hammer, and change the Detail.vbsp field to detail_swamp.vbsp and change the Detail Material File to detail/detailsprites_swamp.

Soundscapes

Located in tf\scripts\

To use the soundscapes in your map, simply rename the soundscapes_swampmapname.txt to the name of your map. Example: soundscapes_cp_swampland_a3.txt

Available soundscapes:

• swamp.outdoors (2 additional sound positions)
  • Position 0 - owls, crows
  • Position 1 - dogs and birds
• swamp.outdoorsrain (2 additional sound positions)
  • Position 0 - loud thunder
  • Position 1 - quiet thunder
• swamp.indoors (no sound positions)

Particles

Particle manifest located in tf\maps\

To use the particle systems in your map, simply rename the swampmapname_particles.txt to the name of your map. Example: cp_swampland_a3_particles.txt

Available particles:

• awe_swamp
• cloud_mosq
• cloud_mosq_high
• cloud_moving (Set the particle's parent to a moving object and have it move back and forth in the skybox)
• env_buoy_flash
• env_rain_001_collision
• env_rain_002_collision
• env_rain_128
• env_rain_64
• exp_water
• fire01
• fire01_heatwaver
• goo_bubble
• goo_bubble_constant
• goo_swamp
• lightning_striker
• slime_leaking
• swamp_constant_smoke
• waterdrip
• watersplash
• zapper

Prefabs

Several prefabs are included for your convenience. You will find them in the Swamp category. If you are unfamiliar with using prefabs, see Prefabs on the Valve Developer Community.

Trivia

• The descriptions for both the Chainsaw and Bug Zapper props reference the Heavy's voice dialogs.
• The Tour Schedule material and the Freeman Airboat Tours Sign are references to Half-Life 2, in which the main protagonist, Gordon Freeman, uses an airboat on occasion.
• The mentions of leaks in maps is a reference to how the BSP system requires maps to be sealed (leak free) spaces.