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Creep Mode is unfinished game mode found in source game files that supposedly was another, along with Raid Mode, predecessor of Mann vs Machine game mode. It is based on DotA2 ideas of "creeps" and "creep waves" - groups of hostile creatures that must be killed by players in order to progress and obtain XP (experience) points. Creep Mode has been developed approximately from early 2010 to early 2011, and just like Raid Mode, it was replaced by, or evoluted into Mann vs Machine game mode approximately in April-May 2011.
 
  
A little of information can be found about this game mode. Control points are mentioned several times in source code, so this game mode was mostly likely based on Control Point (CP) game mode. The points could be captured, defended or influenced only by creeps. "Creep waves" are the core of this game mode, there were 3 waves which performed with 30-second intervals, and initial 30-second delay interval is also mentioned. The bots were intended to use Heavy Robot models, and couldn't deal crit damage, similar to MvM bots. The levelling system also presents, killing 6 creeps would level up the player. There's simple infomation system that could print on a screen who killed creep, and some kind of expansion of this system under quotation marks (thus making this non-unexecutable) that could print on a screen the current level of player, how many experience points need to reach the next level, and the team of the player that killed a creep.
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'''Creep Mode''' is an unfinished game mode<ref>game\server\tf\bot\tf_bot_manager.cpp:L167-279</ref> that appears to be a predecessor of [[Mann vs. Machine]]. It is based on [[Dota 2]]'s idea of "creeps" and "creep waves": groups of hostile creatures that must be killed by players in order to progress and obtain experience points. In order for one of the teams to win, all creep waves must be defeated.<ref>game\server\tf\bot\tf_bot_manager.cpp:L183</ref>
  
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== Mechanics ==
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Little information is known about this gamemode. The game mode worked with {{botignore|control points}} of some kind.<ref name=creepcapture>game\shared\tf\tf_gamerules.cpp:L16314</ref> The points could be captured<ref name=creepcapture></ref>, defended<ref name=creepblock>game\shared\tf\tf_gamerules.cpp:L16342</ref> or influenced<ref name=creepinfluence>game\shared\tf\tf_gamerules.cpp:L17501</ref> only by creeps. "Creep waves" are the core of this game mode, there were 3 waves at 30-second intervals, and an initial 30-second delay interval.<ref>game\server\tf\bot\tf_bot_manager.cpp:L168-170</ref>. The creeps use Heavy models<ref>game\server\tf\bot\tf_bot_manager.cpp:L171</ref> with the [[Cheater's Lament]]<ref>game\server\tf\bot\tf_bot_manager.cpp:L249</ref>, possibly as a placeholder, and can't deal crit damage, similar to MvM bots.<ref>game\shared\tf\tf_weaponbase.cpp:L4161-4184</ref> A levelling system is also presents, killing 6 creeps would level up the player.<ref>game\server\tf\bot\tf_bot_manager.cpp:L172</ref> There's a simple infomation system that could print on a screen who killed creep, what team they're on, the current level of the team, and how many experience points need to reach the next level.<ref>game\server\tf\bot\tf_bot_manager.cpp:L254-279</ref>
  
1. game\server\tf\bot\tf_bot_manager.cpp:L167-279
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== References ==
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2. game\shared\tf\tf_gamerules.cpp:L16314, L16342, L17501
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3. game\shared\tf\tf_gamerules.cpp:L842
 
 
 
4. game\shared\tf\tf_weaponbase.cpp:L4161-4184
 
 
 
creeps coudn't deal crit damage (just like MvM bots, another evidence that Creep Mode was MvM predecessor)
 
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Revision as of 13:15, 23 January 2022

Creep Mode is an unfinished game mode[1] that appears to be a predecessor of Mann vs. Machine. It is based on Dota 2's idea of "creeps" and "creep waves": groups of hostile creatures that must be killed by players in order to progress and obtain experience points. In order for one of the teams to win, all creep waves must be defeated.[2]

Mechanics

Little information is known about this gamemode. The game mode worked with control points of some kind.[3] The points could be captured[3], defended[4] or influenced[5] only by creeps. "Creep waves" are the core of this game mode, there were 3 waves at 30-second intervals, and an initial 30-second delay interval.[6]. The creeps use Heavy models[7] with the Cheater's Lament[8], possibly as a placeholder, and can't deal crit damage, similar to MvM bots.[9] A levelling system is also presents, killing 6 creeps would level up the player.[10] There's a simple infomation system that could print on a screen who killed creep, what team they're on, the current level of the team, and how many experience points need to reach the next level.[11]

References

  1. game\server\tf\bot\tf_bot_manager.cpp:L167-279
  2. game\server\tf\bot\tf_bot_manager.cpp:L183
  3. a b game\shared\tf\tf_gamerules.cpp:L16314
  4. game\shared\tf\tf_gamerules.cpp:L16342
  5. game\shared\tf\tf_gamerules.cpp:L17501
  6. game\server\tf\bot\tf_bot_manager.cpp:L168-170
  7. game\server\tf\bot\tf_bot_manager.cpp:L171
  8. game\server\tf\bot\tf_bot_manager.cpp:L249
  9. game\shared\tf\tf_weaponbase.cpp:L4161-4184
  10. game\server\tf\bot\tf_bot_manager.cpp:L172
  11. game\server\tf\bot\tf_bot_manager.cpp:L254-279