Randomizer

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I have new way to kill cowards. Click to listen — The Heavy on his randomized loadout

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Randomizer is a SourceMod plugin and server modification for Team Fortress 2. The publicly-released version was developed by FlaminSarge based on the original Randomizer by EnigmatiK.

Gameplay

Each player is assigned a random class and given a random primary, secondary, and melee weapon. When a player is killed, their class and weapon assignments "reroll" to give them another combination. There is no restriction on assigned weapons other than those that the version of the mod supports. For instance, a Scout could be granted the Minigun as a primary weapon or a Heavy could be granted the Holy Mackerel as a melee weapon.

The majority of class-specific abilities remain intact; for example, the Engineer can still construct buildings, though only Engineers with all-class or Engineer-specific melee weapons may upgrade them (any class may repair buildings with any Engineer weapon). Some versions of Randomizer force Engineers to have one of these. Furthermore, the Spy can still use the Invisibility Watches, although the alternate-fire on several weapons may interfere with this ability, such as the Minigun, the Sniper Rifle, and Stickybomb Launcher.

Features

Public Version

• This version is maintained regularly and available to use for server operators on the AlliedMods website.
• Several custom weapons are included in the pool of weapons. These include Ludmila, the Khopesh Climber, Rebel's Curse, Texas Ten-Shot, Fighter's Falcata, and Army of One (custom Rocket Launcher that behaves like a single-shot nuclear Rocket Launcher). Each of these weapons appear to be Natascha, the Tribalman's Shiv, Golden Wrench, Frontier Justice, Kukri, and Rocket Launcher, respectively. However, a notification appears on spawn or upon touching a Resupply locker, indicating the true name of the weapon. Each of these custom weapons also displays the 'Customized' quality color (which is the same as Vintage, #476291) when inspected, but with no item prefixes (such as "Customized", "Vintage", or even "The").
  • The Texas Ten-Shot, Fighter's Falcata, and Rebel's Curse are weapons thought up by both Trilby and FlaminSarge, and given attributes and coded by FlaminSarge.
  • The Army of One was re-coded for Randomizer by FlaminSarge, but was originally created by YouTube user NinjaxCad.
  • On some servers, certain customized weapons, such as the Khopesh Climber and Rebel's Curse, have custom models.
• Because most classes cannot properly use certain weapons (such as the lunchbox weapons), Randomizer emulates these effects, such as by stunning a client and adding health to simulate eating a Sandvich.

Known Bugs/Glitches

An example of classes holding weapons incorrectly; in this case an Engineer holding the Huntsman.

• Several classes hold certain weapons in unusual ways or in ways that obstruct the screen, e.g. the Sniper holding the Kritzkrieg.
  • The Kritzkrieg and Quick-Fix block the Engineer's and Sniper's views, while the Force-A-Nature and Soda Popper partially block the Sniper's view.
  • In the public version of the Randomizer, these weapons on these classes are partially invisible, so that players can see which weapon they currently have active while still being able to aim.
• When classes other than the Scout drink Bonk! Atomic Punch or Crit-a-Cola, as well as when classes other than the Heavy eat the Sandvich or other food items, the players take on the stunned animation for the duration of the drinking/eating. However, no stun sound effects are heard, only the respective drinking or eating sounds. This also occurs for the Eureka Effect and Phlogistinator.
• Several weapons, such as the Huntsman and Minigun, cause players to adopt the Civilian pose when in use. This only occurs if a class is missing the relevant weapon animation.

Custom Weapons

• The following custom weapons are in the public version of Randomizer.

Custom Weapons
Class	Weapon	Attributes/Notes
Soldier	Primary Army of One	+400% damage bonus  +200% explosion radius  -75% clip size  -70% projectile speed  Hidden: -100% max ammo
Heavy	Primary Ludmila	Alt-fire is vampire (On alt-fire hit: +3 health; -25% alt-fire damage penalty)  10% slower firing speed  20% slower spin up time
Engineer	Primary Texas Ten-Shot	+66% clip size  On Hit: 15% temporary damage buff  +25% max ammo  -80% slower reload time  Particle Effect: Domination
	Melee Rebel's Curse	Dissolve ragdoll on kill  This weapon is a silent killer  +5% damage bonus  +10% faster move speed on wearer  +10% critical hit damage resistance on wearer  +10% explosive damage resistance on wearer  -10 max health on wearer  20% slower firing speed  -25% max metal on wearer
Sniper	Secondary Jar of Ants	On Hit: Bleed for 10 seconds  Also handy for putting out a fire
	Melee Khopesh Climber	Can climb walls by hitting them  -10% damage penalty  -95% fire rate  The Khopesh Climber is a weapon from Advanced Weaponiser by Mecha the Slag.
	Melee Fighter's Falcata	+20% swing speed  +10% damage bonus  No random critical hits  On Hit: -15 health

Trivia

• Server administrators that know the SourcePawn programming language may add their own weapons to Randomizer.
• The public version of Randomizer has a server variable/setting to increase the rate at which players roll their default weapons.

External links

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8wrUAJB_bE
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maozAvgbO9Y
• Original TF2 Randomizer plugin on AlliedModders
• Updated TF2Items Randomizer plugin on AlliedModders