TF2Tightrope

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TF2Tightrope is a collection of server mods. They aim to be a community-run version of the official beta by testing out new weapons, maps, game modes and balance changes.

Project Beta

About

Project Beta is about testing new weapons, while tweaking old ones. Changes are heavily based on community feedback.

Currently changed weapons

Class	Item	Changes
Soldier	Market Gardener	Crit-boosted while rocket-jumping
	Mantreads	Bounce you back up when you take fall damage!
	Cow Mangler 5000	Charged shot deals +20% damage
Pyro	Flame Thrower	+20% damage
	Backburner	+20% damage
	Homewrecker	Destroys buildings on hit  Reduces Sentry damage by 50% while active
	Sharpened Volcano Fragment	Afterburn damage heals wearer
	Vile Vacuum	Airblast cures and stores allies’ debuffs  Taunting cures and stores user’s debuffs  Airblast applies stored debuffs to nearest hit enemy  -90% afterburn duration
Demoman	Stickybomb Launcher	Bombs have more distinct trail  Damage penalty at close range (up to -50%)
	Scottish Resistance	Arm time penalty lowered to only 0.3s slower  Bombs have more distinct trail  Damage penalty at close range (up to -50%)
Heavy	Miniguns	Base damage reduced to 7 per bullet (excluding Brass Beast)
	Warrior's Spirit	On wearer: pickup own Sandvich to heal
	Super Syringe Gun	Shoots 175% damage syringes  No spin up time  -25% ammo
Engineer	Dispenser	Lv3 overheals +8 HP/s to 125%  Heals +4/+8/+12 HP/s
	Sentry	High chance of missing the first few shots on a new target
	Wrangler	Shield resistance reduced from 66% to 50%
	Jag	+90% construction rate  -20% building health
	Southern Hospitality	Non-Sentry damage done repairs buildings  Non-Sentry damage done adds upgrade metal  -80% repair on hit
	Gunslinger	Greatly increased ammo usage
	The Pardner	Crits enemies recently shot by Sentry Guns  -50% damage  No random crits
Sniper	Bushwacka	-25% damage penalty  No random critical hits
	Ascender	Hit walls to propel yourself upwards  Take mini-crits while aiming
	SMG	+25% damage
	Cleaner's Carbine	+25% damage
	Huntsman	Ignited arrows do +20% damage
Spy	Conniver's Kunai	On wearer: All debuffs cured on cloak
	Big Earner	On kill: Instantly fills and uses cloak

Other changes

• Players can change their field of vision beyond the normal limits when on tightrope servers by altering the custom_fov variable in the console.

Bugs

• Players can enter the civilian pose by unequipping all their weapons with the unequip menu.

Project Ghost

About

Played on certain arena maps, each round the entire player roster is forced into a specific class, with specific weapons (defined as a set). At the start of each round, a dice is rolled to determine what set will be used for the round, as well as if there will be a bonus condition.

Current possible rounds

Round Name	Classes	Weapon Set
Eyelander w/ Charge	VS	Ali Baba's Wee Booties  Chargin' Targe  Eyelander
Caber w/ Sticky Jumper	VS	Ali Baba's Wee Booties  Sticky Jumper  Ullapool Caber
KGB w/ 1-clip Shotty	VS	Killing Gloves of Boxing  Shotgun
Cleaver w/ Sandman	VS	Flying Guillotine  Sandman
Market Gardener and Mantreads	VS	Rocket Jumper  Market Gardener  Mantreads
Needlegun Battle	VS	Syringe Gun  Solemn Vow
Knife w/ Semi-Cloak	VS	Invisibility Watch  Wanga Prick
Katana Battle w/ Jumpers	VS	Half-Zatoichi  Rocket Jumper  Gunboats  Half-Zatoichi  Sticky Jumper  Ali Baba's Wee Booties
Loose Cannon Pirates	VS	Loose Cannon  Bootlegger  Scottish Handshake
Pyromaniac Spies	VS	Invisibility Watch  Sharpened Volcano Fragment
Sticky Demomen /w Persian Persuader	VS	Bootlegger  Scottish Resistance  Persian Persuader
Huntsman Snipers w/ Shahanshah	VS	Huntsman  Darwin's Danger Shield  Shahanshah
Fat Scouts	VS	Shotgun  Dalokohs Bar  Eviction Notice
Candy Flavored Milk Scout	VS	Candy Cane  Mad Milk
Holiday Steak Heavies	VS	Holiday Punch  Buffalo Steak Sandvich
Crossbow Medic Battle	VS	Crusader's Crossbow  Solemn Vow  Bleed on hit with crossbow
Pee Fetish Snipers	VS	Sydney Sleeper  Jarate  Cozy Camper
Quick Draw Amby Battle	VS	Ambassador  Dead Ringer  Big Earner
Powerjack Pyros	VS	Powerjack
Atomic Natasha Scouts	VS	Natascha  Atomizer
Rockets vs Reflects	VS	Rocket Launcher  Equalizer  Rainblower  Sharpened Volcano Fragment  Can only airblast
Death Sticks!	VS	Boston Basher  Melee only  1-hit kill
Engiman with the Golden Wrench	VS	Golden Wrench  Can only build Dispensers

Bonus Conditionals

Condition Name	Effect
Milky	All players start with Mad Milk effect applied  Effect can be removed with water, if available
Kritz	All attacks become crit-boosted
Speedy	All players move approximately 35% faster
Pee Pee	All players start with Jarate effect applied  Effect can be removed with water, if available
Ghost	Player models become mostly transparent  Player cosmetics and weapon remain unaltered
Fire!	All players take damage over time  All players leave behind a trail of fire (does no damage)
Low Grav	Gravitational effect on players becomes 33% weaker  Weapons and other items are unaffected
777 Super Bonus Round 777	All players move approximately 35% faster  Gravitational effect on players becomes 33% weaker  All players start with Mad Milk effect applied  All players leave a bright, team-colored trail  This bonus conditional is very rare  Player models become mostly transparent  Weapons and other items are unaffected  Mad Milk effect can be removed with water, if available  Trail can be removed with a spy watch, if available

External links

• TF2 Tightrope blog
• TF2 Tightrope forum
• TF2 Tightrope Steam group