Mannpower
Mannpower is a game mode originally announced alongside the Smissmas 2014 update in the Mann Co. Beta Program. It was officially released as a full game mode alongside the Scream Fortress 2015 update. Mannpower is a modified version of the Capture the Flag game mode.
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Gameplay
Upon starting a Mannpower game, the player is prompted to equip the Grappling Hook Action Item. The Grappling Hook allows players to cling to surfaces and move rapidly across the maps. The player travels in a straight line to the point at where their Grappling Hook connected to the surface, and cannot use any of their weapons. Spies can use their Grappling Hooks while cloaked or disguised, and their Hook's rope color will be the same as their disguise.
To complete the objective of the maps, the player must capture the Intelligence 7 times, as opposed to the usual 3 times of a normal CTF game. To capture the enemy team's Intelligence, your team's Intelligence must be uncontested and at its spawn point. Unlike regular Capture the Flag, the timer that appears over dropped Intelligence is not reset if it is picked up again, making defending the Intelligence harder. Additionally, if an Intelligence carrier does not have a Powerup, they will receive health regeneration. Flags will become poisonous and mark the carrier for death 90 seconds after having been stolen. If both teams flags are stolen and poisonous, they will return when next dropped. Unlike a normal CTF game, capturing the Intelligence awards the player with 10 points on the scoreboard as opposed to the standard amount of 2 points.
The respawn timer is shortened to approximately 4 seconds upon death from another player. The respawn timer is 0 seconds if the player kills themselves through means other than another player. In addition, players are given a short grace period of invulnerability upon respawning.
All melee weapons do an additional 30% damage. Demomen equipped with a shield do not receive this bonus. Random critical hits and Dominations are disabled.
Powerups
In Mannpower, the player can collect multiple different Powerups that spawn around the map. Neutral Powerups can be collected by any team, while team-specific Powerups can only be collected by the team that the color matches from the Powerup or disguised Spies (howewer, Spies can't collect the enemy's "Revenge"). In Casual Mode, only one instance of each Powerup is available (with the exception of each team's Revenge). Players with a Powerup will receive a 25% hook movement speed penalty when carrying the Intelligence, flag carriers without a Powerup do not suffer a speed penalty. The current in-game Powerups are:
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Strength | Double damage for all weapons; Distance damage fall-off immunity. |
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Resistance | Reduces incoming damage by 50%; Immune to Plague; Immune to Reflect; Blocks backstabs. |
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Vampire | All damage dealt is returned as health. Flamethrowers and Miniguns have reduced health leeched from damage done. Melee attacks returns 1.25x damage as health; 25% damage resistance. Max health increased by 80; Immune to Reflect. |
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Reflect | 80% of damage received is reflected back to the attacker (but damage reflected this way cannot kill the attacker); Max health increased to 400; 100% of received Sentry Gun damage is reflected back to the Sentry Gun; Pushback force to players who damaged the powerup carrier. |
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Haste | Double weapon firing and reload rate; Double clip size and max ammo count; Movement speed increased by 30%; Sticky bomb arm time reduced; Double Übercharge gain; Sniper rifles have quicker damage ramp-up and re-zoom after shooting. |
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Regeneration | Ammo, health, and metal regenerate; Rate of health regeneration inversely proportional to max health. |
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Precision | Greatly reduced bullet spread; Distance damage falloff immunity; Sniper rifles have quicker damage ramp-up and re-zoom after shooting, and have double damage; Rocket and grenade travel speed increased by 250%; Blast weapon clip size increased by 50%; Explosive projectiles have no radius damage falloff; Immunity to self-blast damage. |
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Agility | Movement speed increased by 50%; Grapple speed increase; Jump height increased by 80%; Immune to fall damage; Instant weapon switch; Reduced grapple movement speed bonus when carrying the intelligence. |
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Knockout | Restricts the carrier to Melee and Grappling Hook only; Max health increased by 150 except for Heavies and Demomen wielding a sword, a shield, or both, gaining only 120 health, 130 health, 80 health, and 20 health, respectively; Immune to airblast and damage pushback; Melee weapon deals 190% of base damage and forcibly shoves the victim away; Melee hit forces the victim to drop their powerup or the flag if they have it; 4X melee damage to buildings; Collects health pack health without subtracting their health bonus; Shield Charge cooldowns are greatly increased. |
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King | Increased max health; Small health regeneration, fire, and reload rate increase; All effects except maximum health increase are shared by nearby teammates, though the regeneration buff is only applied to teammates and enemy Spies who also have powerups; Regeneration effect is inversely proportional to maximum health. |
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Plague | Increased health kit collection radius; Touching an enemy gives them and their nearby teammates the plague; Plague victims bleed to death in 10 seconds unless they pick up a health kit or touch a resupply cabinet; Plague blocks King’s health regeneration and team buff. |
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Supernova | Discharge your supernova attack (grapple secondary fire) to briefly stun nearby visible enemies; Requires full Powerup meter; Powerup meter fills over time and by dealing damage; Stunned enemies drop the intelligence, their Powerups and are pushed away from the Supernova attacker; Powerups dropped in this way are coloured in the supernova user's colour Once discharged, the Supernova powerup disappears and respawns; When the Powerup meter is full, enemies will glow when in range, including disguised Spies. |
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Über | Provides an ÜberCharge for 35 seconds; Respawns after 20 seconds. (Currently unused) |
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Revenge | Temporary full crit power for 30 seconds; Activates and spawns when a significant game imbalance is detected. |
Strategy
Main article: Community Mannpower strategy
Maps
Main article: List of maps
Mannpower
Mannpower has four compatible maps and does not have a specific prefix; community maps are identified with an italic font.
| Name | Picture | File name |
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| Foundry (Capture the Flag) | 
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ctf_foundry
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| Gorge (Capture the Flag) | 
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ctf_gorge
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| Hellfire | 
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ctf_hellfire
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| Thunder Mountain (Capture the Flag) | 
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ctf_thundermountain
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Update history
December 22, 2014 Patch (Smissmas 2014)
- Mannpower was added to the game.
- Fixed disguised Spies using the incorrect grapple color.
- Fixed the grapple still being connected to players after they die and respawn.
- Fixed the Regen powerup preventing players from picking up health kits and ammo packs.
- Fixed the Resist powerup shield drawing for Spies while they are invisible.
- Fixed the Resist powerup shield using the wrong color for disguised Spies.
- Fixed not seeing the powerup icons for disguised Spies.
- Updated
ctf_gorgeto fix lighting issues. - Updated
ctf_foundryto fix lighting issues and to prevent players from getting outside the playable area of the map. - When
hud_fastswitchis disabled, pressing the ACTION key will select the grappling hook in the weapon selection menu.
- Fixed not always being able to equip the grappling hook.
- Fixed switching to the grappling hook from a weapon that prevents switching.
- Fixed the grappling hook attaching to players that are dead or no longer exist.
- Updated the Vampire powerup to give health for damage done by Sappers.
- Increased the spawn invuln time from 6 seconds to 8 seconds.
- Added enemy team
func_nobuildvolumes to the capture zone areas inctf_foundryandctf_gorgeto prevent spawn-camping Sentry Guns. - Updated
ctf_gorge.- Fixed players being able to get outside of the map.
- Opened access to the flat rooftop by the capture zone area.
- Fixed a bug related to overhead icons disappearing (Powerups).
- New temporary powerup – Uber. Respawns at 1/3rd the speed of Crit powerup.
- Fixed some bugs that would cause powerups to stop spawning.
- Fixed the Action Slot key behaving different for the grapple hook depending on the setting for hud_fastswitch.
- Powerup changes:
- Vampire: Flamethrower and Minigun return 80% of damage back as health instead of 100%.
- Warlock: Added 25% damage resistance. 100% of sentry damage is now reflected back to the Sentry Gun.
- Vampire and Warlock max health buffs are now additive (+80hp and +100hp) instead of multiplicative (x1.4 and x1.5).
- Haste: Sticky bomb arm time reduced.
- Precision and Haste: Sniper rifles now have quicker damage ramp-up and re-zoom after shooting.
- Precision: Sniper rifles now have double damage. Increased blast weapon clip size by 50%.
- Scoring Support
- Capture flag: +20 points.
- Return team flag: +4 points.
- Kill an enemy who is carrying a powerup: +1 point.
- Flag mechanics
- Captured flags now take 12 seconds to re-emerge from the ground so they can't be stolen again right away.
- Fixed bug that sometimes caused two Intelligence briefcases to spawn.
- Reduced capture trigger size to match capture area on CTF_Gorge.
- Powerup changes:
- Haste: Doubles the Medi Gun's ubercharge build up speed.
- Vampire: Reduced health leeched when using the Flamethrower and Minigun.
- Warlock: Fixed reflecting damage even when invulnerable
- Added a delay of 0.2 seconds between releasing and firing the grappling hook again.
- Fixed a dedicated server crash caused by a Soldier with Mantreads landing on a player with the Warlock powerup equipped.
- Added new map
ctf_thundermountain. - Added new powerup: Knockout.
- Restricts the carrier to Melee and Grappling Hook only.
- Max health increased by 150.
- Immune to airblast and damage pushback.
- Melee weapon always crits and forcibly shoves the victim away.
- Melee hit forces the victim to drop their powerup or the flag if they have it.
- 4X melee damage to buildings.
- Grappling Hook changes.
- Added hook jump- hit the jump key while being pulled-in to detach and jump extra distance (jump velocity convar "
tf_grapplinghook_jump_up_speed"). - Added support for hooking into enemy players.
- Release the fire button once the hook has hit an enemy player to draw yourself to them.
- Hooked victims will bleed for 2 health per second.
- Unhook at any time by switching back to the grapple, or firing it again away from your victim.
- Force detach if the hook is not in line of sight of hooked in enemy for more than 1 second.
- Sound cue added when hooked by an enemy's grapple.
- Added new Grapple weapon sounds and grapple projectile.
- Reduced max firing distance to 4000 units (convar "
tf_grapplinghook_max_distance"). - Increased hook re-fire delay from 0.2 seconds to 0.5 seconds.
- Re-enabled fall damage for the grappling hook (convar "
tf_grapplinghook_prevent_fall_damage"). - Fixed grappling hook rope drawing as the wrong color for friendly disguised Spy.
- Added hook jump- hit the jump key while being pulled-in to detach and jump extra distance (jump velocity convar "
- Added Revenge temporary powerup.
- Activates and spawns when a significant game imbalance is detected.
- Temporarily grants crits, increased fire rate and increased clip size.
- Added unique powerup pickup sounds.
- Random Melee critical hits are now enabled in Mannpower (ConVar
"tf_weapon_criticals_melee2"). - Strength: Fixed Sentry Guns inheriting the double damage multiplier.
- Reduced the time it takes a dropped powerup to become available for pickup by 0.5 seconds.
- [Undocumented] Added new emitter model for Mannpower powerups.
- [Undocumented] Added new team-colored skins for Mannpower powerups.
- Added powerup icons to the HUD deathnotice reports.
- Fixed Thunder Mountain not showing up in the Quickplay dialog's list of maps.
- Fixed the Intelligence getting into a bad state and becoming unreachable under the ground at the cap point.
- Medics now move slower than their heal target while their heal target is using the grapple.
- Removed random weapon damage spread.
- Removed crit immunity from the Resistance powerup.
- Removed random melee critical hits.
- Increased all melee damage by 30%.
- Knockout powerup.
- Removed melee damage critical hits.
- Added double melee damage multiplier.
- A Half-Zatoichi kill now refills to base health only, not buffed health.
- Updated grapple model and player animations.
- Fixed not hearing some of the powerup sounds.
- Removed ctf_foundry from the default map cycle to focus on gathering information on the remaining maps.
- Knockout: reduced melee damage multiplier.
- Knockout: max health buff has been reduced for the Heavy and for the Demoman with a shield or decapitating sword equipped.
- Grapple: increased base damage for attaching to a player and increased bleed damage while attached.
- Updated the grapple impact sounds.
- Updated reduced damage taken sound.
- Heavy can no longer switch to the grapple until the Minigun has finished its spin-down.
- Fixed an exploit related the Knockout powerup not switching to the melee weapon.
- Fixed players sometimes getting stuck in the grapple.
October 28, 2015 Patch (Scream Fortress 2015)
- No longer in Beta.
- Added map: Hellfire.
- Three powerups: King, Plague, Supernova.
- Grappling hook changes:
- Reduced max rope distance
- Reduced grapple dismount jump height.
- 30% hook movement speed penalty for Heavy.
- Flag rule changes:
- Flags can no longer be returned by touching them.
- When dropped, flags return after a timeout. This timeout does NOT reset if the flag is picked up again before it returns or is captured.
- 25% hook movement speed penalty for powered up flag carriers (with the exception of Agility).
- Small health regeneration for non-powered up flag carriers.
- Flags and capture zones are disabled for 30 seconds after a capture.
- Powerup rule changes:
- When killed, your powerup will drop as the enemy team color. Deliberately dropped powerups are neutral colored.
- You cannot pick up enemy colored powerups.
- Team-colored powerups will attempt to respawn in that team's base if not picked up in time.
- Other changes:
- Overhead powerup icons are now team-colored.
- Warlock powerup renamed to Reflect.
- Reduced Knockout max health bonus for demos carrying swords and shields.
- Haste now increases Huntsman firing speed.
- Bug fixes:
- Reflect damage no longer occurs after death (Pyro afterburn).
- Spies disguised as the enemy can now pick up enemy colored powerups
- Reduced Knockout powerup health bonus for Demomen carrying shields and/or swords
- Fixed grappling hook sometimes being reselected when fired (instead of switching back to previous weapon)
- Fixed a client crash when switching away from the grappling hook
- Fixed a server crash related to Mannpower mode.
- Updated health kits to give players the normal amount even if their powerup increases max health.
- Updated the Vampire powerup to slightly reduce the amount of health received from flamethrower attacks. The flamethrower now matches the Minigun in this regard.
- [Undocumented] Mannpower is no longer the first option in quick play.
- [Undocumented] Fixed an exploit related to the Buffalo Steak Sandvich and dropping Powerups in Mannpower mode.
- Supernova
- Reduced charge up time.
- Increased the amount that damage contributes to charge.
- Fixed a bug where outline effect showed on invisible Spies.
- Fixed a bug where crit melee attacks were multiplying on top of a base damage increase. Crit melee attacks now do the same damage.
- Demomen equipped with shields are now excluded from the across the board 30% melee damage increase.
- Added highlight effects to active revenge powerups.
- Reduced points for a flag capture now that the enemy cannot return a dropped flag by touching it.
December 17, 2015 Patch (Tough Break Update)
- Flags will become poisonous (mark the carrier for death) 90 seconds after having been stolen.
- If both teams flags are stolen and poisonous, they will return when next dropped.
- Fixed players being able to grapple during the pre-round freeze period.
- Reduced the number of flag captures required to win from 10 to 7 on official servers.
- Regeneration powerup
- Health regeneration amount changes - Scout, Sniper and Spy increased, Engineer decreased.
- Reflect powerup
- Added pushback force to players who damage the powerup carrier (except for flame damage).
- Added overheal effect to players whose max health is increased by a powerup.
- Grappling hook movement speed penalty for powered up flag carriers increased by 10%. Flag carriers with no powerup still have no penalty.
- Reflect powerup
- Removed 25% resistance attribute.
- All classes can now have up to 400 health.
- Fixed a bug where reflection damage was being calculated prior to distance falloff reduction.
- Reflection damage increased from 50% to 80% of damage received.
- Fixed a bug where sentry rockets would reflect damage to the owning Engineer rather than the sentry itself.
- Supernova powerup
- Minimum stun duration increased from 1 to 2 seconds.
- Stun duration increased by 0.5 seconds for each additional victim stunned (max 4 seconds).
- Vampire powerup
- Melee attack now returns 1.25x damage as health (up from 1.0x).
- Regen and King powerup
- Increased the frequency of health regeneration. Rate of heal is increased for Scout and Spy.
- Increased metal regeneration amount.
- Reduced Demoman health bonus when carrying Knockout with a decapitating melee weapon.
- Reduced Demoman shield charge regen rate when carrying Knockout.
- Reduced Tide Turner shield charge refill amount on kill when carrying Knockout.
- Players can no longer change teams in Mannpower Mode.
- Fixed Mannpower game mode showing up in the wrong quickplay UI categories.
July 7, 2016 Patch #1 (Meet Your Match Update)
- All official maps now set Mannpower mode without requiring the use of the
tf_powerup_modeconvar.
- Updated Mannpower Mode to use 7 captures per round on matchmaking servers (was 3).
- Fixed powerups sometimes being removed from the game in Mannpower mode.
- Fixed incorrect strings and HUD image for the Reflect powerup in Mannpower mode.
- All-class
- Players can no longer taunt when grappled to an enemy. (you can still taunt if an enemy has grappled to you)
- Players can no longer grapple while frozen before a round starts or while stunned.
- Fixed not equipping the grapple when accepting the prompt about equipping it.
- Engineer
- Halved the number of Wrench hits needed to upgrade buildings.
- Pyro
- Reduced grapple movement speed when hooked into another player because of their advantage in close quarters.
- Reduced the rate of rage gain when carrying a powerup.
- Agility
- Reduced grapple movement speed bonus when carrying the intelligence.
- Knockout
- Reduced melee damage bonus.
- Updated health bonus per class:
- Spy, Sniper, Engineer, Scout, and Heavy increased.
- Medic, Soldier, and Demoman unchanged.
- Pyro and Demoknight decreased.
- Precision
- Removed radius damage falloff on explosive projectiles.
- Removed self-blast damage.
- Resistance and Vampire
- Added immunity to reflect damage.
August 2, 2017 Patch #2
- Fixed a server crash related to sentry rockets in Mannpower mode.
October 20, 2017 Patch #1 (Jungle Inferno Update)
- Knockout powerup now collects health pack health without subtracting their health bonus. Results in Knockout carriers collecting more health from each health kit.
- Resistance powerup now blocks backstabs.
- Added ctf_foundry to Casual Mode
Bugs
- The Knockout icon on the freeze-cam appearance gets cut off.
- The backpack description for the Knockout Powerup is outdated, saying that it still gives critical hits.
- It's not normally possible to carry buildings while having the Knockout Powerup; however, it's still possible to create new buildings by using the console command
build (number)while having the Grappling Hook activated. - The damage noise from the Plague Powerup will continue to play if it is stopped by a Dead Ringer.
- The critical effect on the grappling hook is always colored according to the player's actual team, and gives away a Spy's disguise.
Trivia
- Many of Mannpower's mechanics, such as the Grappling Hook and powerups, were heavily inspired by the Threewave CTF mod for Quake.
- The King powerup symbol actually resembles the standard chess queen icon.
Gallery
In-game notification.
The image that was used for beta Mannpower maps.
The active powerup emitter.
The inactive powerup emitter.
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