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{{Quotation|'''The Soldier'''|Today is a good day!|sound=Soldier_cheers01.wav}}
 
{{Quotation|'''The Soldier'''|Today is a good day!|sound=Soldier_cheers01.wav}}
  
'''Birthday mode''' is a server mode that disables the use of blood and [[gibs]], and instead replaces them with streams of confetti and balloons as well as miscellaneous "sillygibs" (see images below). In addition, all players appear to wear novelty party hats. It is enabled on servers by using the <code>tf_birthday</code> command and setting its value to "1" in the [[Dedicated server configuration|server.cfg]] file, and also is activated when the server clock hits August 24; the release date of the original ''[[Team Fortress]]'' in 1996.
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'''Birthday mode''' is a server mode that disables the use of blood and [[gibs]], and instead replaces them with streams of confetti and balloons as well as miscellaneous "sillygibs" (see images below). In addition, all players appear to wear novelty party hats. It is enabled on servers by using the setting <code>tf_birthday 1</code> in the [[Dedicated server configuration|server.cfg]] file. Party mode is automatically activated on August 24, the release date of the original ''[[Team Fortress]]'' in 1996.
  
Birthday mode features a full set of replacements for most violent graphics and animations, including sound replacements for [[Critical hit]]s. Instead of the standard Crit sound, the sounds of party horns, champagne poppers and people cheering and clapping play. Many of the gibs seen in this mode are used in the German "low-violence" or "sillygibs" version of the game as full-time replacements. A beach ball also spawns at the beginning of the round and may be propelled by attacks.
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Birthday mode features a full set of replacements for most violent graphics and animations, including sound replacements for [[critical hit]]s. Instead of the standard crit sound, the sounds of party horns, champagne poppers and people cheering and clapping play. Many of the gibs seen in this mode are used in the low-violence or "sillygibs" version of the game as full-time replacements. A beach ball also spawns at the beginning of the round and may be propelled by attacks.
  
 
== Gallery ==
 
== Gallery ==
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
File:Soldier Party Hat.jpg|The party hat each player wears, on a Soldier
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File:Soldier Party Hat.jpg|A Soldier with a party hat.
File:BLU Team Party Hats.png|Team BLU donning party hats, with a beachball in the foreground.
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File:Prop Beachball bday.png|''Happy Birthday Team Fortress'' beach ball.
File:Partygibs.jpg|Party mode gibs
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File:BLU Team Party Hats.png|BLU team donning party hats on [[Dustbowl]].
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File:Partygibs.jpg|Birthday mode gibs.
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
  
 
=== Gibs ===
 
=== Gibs ===
:''See also: [[Gibs]].''
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{{main|Gibs#Silly gibs|l1=Silly gibs}}
<gallery>
 
File:Balloon Gib.png|Balloon
 
File:Boot Gib.png|Boot
 
File:Burger Gib.png|Burger
 
File:Can Gib.png|Can
 
File:Clock Gib.png|Clock
 
File:Duck Gib.png|Duck
 
File:Fish Gib.png|Fish
 
File:Hubcap Gib.png|Hubcap
 
File:Licenseplate Gib.png|License Plate
 
File:Teeth Gib.png|Teeth
 
File:Tire Gib.png|Unicycle
 
</gallery>
 
 
 
=== Props ===
 
<gallery>
 
File:Prop Beachball bday.png|Birthday skinned Beachball
 
</gallery>
 
  
 
== Update history ==
 
== Update history ==

Revision as of 09:39, 10 February 2011

Today is a good day!
The Soldier

Birthday mode is a server mode that disables the use of blood and gibs, and instead replaces them with streams of confetti and balloons as well as miscellaneous "sillygibs" (see images below). In addition, all players appear to wear novelty party hats. It is enabled on servers by using the setting tf_birthday 1 in the server.cfg file. Party mode is automatically activated on August 24, the release date of the original Team Fortress in 1996.

Birthday mode features a full set of replacements for most violent graphics and animations, including sound replacements for critical hits. Instead of the standard crit sound, the sounds of party horns, champagne poppers and people cheering and clapping play. Many of the gibs seen in this mode are used in the low-violence or "sillygibs" version of the game as full-time replacements. A beach ball also spawns at the beginning of the round and may be propelled by attacks.

Gallery

Gibs

Main article: Silly gibs

Update history

August 20, 2010 Patch

  • Fixed bug with holiday date computation that turned on Birthday mode a few days too soon.
  • Added a "Happy Birthday" beach ball that will randomly appear in spawn at the start of a round when Birthday mode is enabled.

Trivia

  • It is possible to kill another player by propelling the beach ball towards someone at a fast enough rate, regardless of whether the player is on your team or not. When a player is killed through this method, it will appear as if that player committed suicide.