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Collected scoring pickups are dropped on the ground if a player tries to carry them into a [[resupply area]], and can also be dropped manually by pressing the drop-item button ([[List of default keys|Default key]]: {{Key|L}}). Dropped pickups that are not picked up disappear after 2 minutes. | Collected scoring pickups are dropped on the ground if a player tries to carry them into a [[resupply area]], and can also be dropped manually by pressing the drop-item button ([[List of default keys|Default key]]: {{Key|L}}). Dropped pickups that are not picked up disappear after 2 minutes. | ||
| − | + | On some Player Destruction maps, once enough points have been scored, a countdown begins that leads to a map-specific event, such as the mothership being destroyed on Watergate or the large laser firing on [[Monster Bash]], followed by the team that deposited the necessary amount of pickups winning. | |
== Scoring == | == Scoring == | ||
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| “ | I believe I will buy you a beer!
Click to listen
— The Engineer to drunk UFO pilots
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Player Destruction is a community-created game mode added in the Invasion Community Update with the October 6, 2015 Patch.
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Gameplay
The goal of each team is to collect scoring pickups dropped by killed players and deposit them into a contested delivery point to score points.
When killed, a player drops 1 scoring pickup in addition to all of the other pickups they were carrying (shown over their head and on their HUD), which can then be picked up by players on either team. The non-Spy player on each team carrying the most scoring pickups also becomes the "team leader", making them dispense health and ammo to themselves and nearby teammates at the rate of a Level 1 Dispenser, but also giving them an outline visible through walls that can be seen by both teams. The team leader's Dispenser has a modified range of 450 Hammer units (default range is 32 units).
Collected scoring pickups are dropped on the ground if a player tries to carry them into a resupply area, and can also be dropped manually by pressing the drop-item button (Default key: L). Dropped pickups that are not picked up disappear after 2 minutes.
On some Player Destruction maps, once enough points have been scored, a countdown begins that leads to a map-specific event, such as the mothership being destroyed on Watergate or the large laser firing on Monster Bash, followed by the team that deposited the necessary amount of pickups winning.
Scoring
Unlike other game modes in the game, Player Destruction maps, while mechanically similar to each other, pose some differences gameplay-wise:
Cursed Cove
To score, players must enter Davy Jones' Locker via contact with the Flying Dutchman's ghost ship, which cycles through the center of the map and phases through all that it touches. Upon entering Davy Jones' Locker, players must stand within the designated zone on top of the central wooden deck to deposit their collected souls. When the time to deposit runs out, the Locker starts to fill with water; those on the deck are pulled toward the portal back to the main portion of the map, while those caught by the water start to quickly drown.
Farmageddon
To score, players must bring their collected weed killer into the mutated pumpkin during the periods of time where its mouth is open, navigating to the heart at the center of the pumpkin to deposit them. When the time to deposit runs out, the pumpkin's mouth closes and its inside slowly fills with acid that quickly kills players who stay.
Monster Bash
To score, players must deposit their collected buckets of gibs at the monster's body in the central capture zone when the shield surrounding it has gone down. When the time to deposit runs out, players are repelled from the center point as the shield reactivates.
Pit of Death
To score, players must carry their collected souls to an island in the Underworld. Players can get to the Underworld through a portal near the center of the map, which opens for 30 seconds every 75 seconds. Once in the Underworld, players must jump to the island to deliver the souls they carry. Once on the island, souls are deposited at a rate of 3 per second.
The number of souls deposited required to win the match is based on the number of players in the server within the first 30 seconds of the round. After 30 seconds, the number is locked for the rest of the round. The number of souls required can never go below 10.
Selbyen
To score, players must take the buckets of fish they collected to the seal released by the yellow van as it makes its way to the ocean. Scoring time ends when the seal reaches the buoys on the coast.
SnowVille
To score, players must take presents from other players to a sleigh pulled by flying Pyro Robots that periodically lands at different points on the map. When the time to deposit runs out, the Pyro Robots fly away with the sleigh.
Watergate
To score, players must deposit their collected beers into a UFO at the center of the map, which arrives every 52 seconds and flies slowly across the area creating a tractor beam, before getting to the edge of the map and leaving after 34 seconds. While in the UFO beam, players can move around as if they were swimming in water, and their collected beers are gradually deposited into the UFO and added to their team's score. Players can also contest beer deposits by jumping into the beam and blocking the enemy team from scoring.
The amount of beers a team needs to deposit is based on the number of players in the first 30 seconds of a round. After 30 seconds the number is locked for the rest of the round. The deposit speed is also dynamic through the round depending on the number of currently connected players. The base deposit speed is 1 beer every 1.1 seconds, but the time decreases by 0.025 for every player in the round.[1]
| Player count | Seconds |
|---|---|
| 0 | 1.10 |
| 2 | 1.05 |
| 4 | 1.00 |
| 6 | 0.95 |
| 8 | 0.90 |
| 10 | 0.85 |
| 12 | 0.80 |
| 14 | 0.75 |
| 16 | 0.70 |
| 18 | 0.65 |
| 20 | 0.60 |
| 22 | 0.55 |
| 24 | 0.50 |
| 26 | 0.45 |
| 28 | 0.40 |
| 30 | 0.35 |
| 32 | 0.30 |
Maps
Player Destruction maps carry the pd_ prefix; community maps are identified with an italic font.
Template:Player Destruction maps
Development
The current iteration of the Player Destruction game mode was heavily altered from the version featured in early versions of Watergate.
Instead of dropping beers that had to be delivered to the UFO, dead players dropped team-specific cash pickups (reskinned from Robot Destruction cores) that instantly added to a team's score when picked up. As players killed more enemies, however, their bounty (shown on their HUD) would increase, causing them to drop more cash on death and making them a more valuable target for the enemy team.
As players did not have to deliver their pickups to score, the UFO instead dropped a large "care package" of cash for both teams in the center of the map. The UFO's tractor beam was used to pull players towards a neutral control point at the highest point of the map, which slowly generated extra cash pickups for the team that owned it. Once one team scored $150, a barrel would launch from the control point building and land on the mothership in the skybox, destroying it.
This version of the game mode was eventually scrapped in favor of the current version, as players with high bounties would simply hide in spawn to avoid being killed, and without the UFO deposit or team leader mechanics, the game lacked a focused objective for players to fight over.
The control point.
The UFO and a care package.
Update history
- Added map: Watergate.
- Community request: Added
SetPlayerPointsOnDeathinput totf_player_destruction_logicand aPointsValuekey field to theitem_teamflagentity when used in Player Destruction mode.
- Added a new Quickplay category for Alternative game modes.
- Moved Territorial Control, Special Delivery, and Player Destruction maps to this new category.
October 21, 2016 Patch (Scream Fortress 2016)
- Added map: Pit of Death.
October 19, 2018 Patch (Scream Fortress 2018)
- Added maps: Cursed Cove and Monster Bash.
December 3, 2020 Patch (Smissmas 2020)
- Added map: SnowVille.
October 5, 2021 Patch (Scream Fortress 2021)
- Added map: Farmageddon.
- Fixed disguised/cloaked Spies being able to block player destruction captures.
July 12, 2023 Patch (Summer 2023)
- Added map: Selbyen.
Bugs
- The team leader can heal and give ammo to invisible enemy Spies, revealing their location.
Gallery
The Beer Bottle Pickup on Watergate
The Soul Pickup on Pit of Death
The Soul Pickup on Cursed Cove
The fallen body parts on Monster Bash
The Present Pickup on SnowVille
Small weedkiller pickup on Farmageddon
Large weedkiller pickup on Farmageddon
The Fish pickup on Selbyen
References
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