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'''Capture the Flag''' features both [[RED]] and [[BLU]] with their own [[Intelligence]] briefcase (known as the flag). The goal for both teams is to capture their enemy's [[Intelligence]] continuously until they have reached the game's capture limit (default limit is 3) whilst preventing their enemy from achieving the same.  If no team completes the capture limit before time runs out, the match will enter [[Sudden death]] mode.
 
'''Capture the Flag''' features both [[RED]] and [[BLU]] with their own [[Intelligence]] briefcase (known as the flag). The goal for both teams is to capture their enemy's [[Intelligence]] continuously until they have reached the game's capture limit (default limit is 3) whilst preventing their enemy from achieving the same.  If no team completes the capture limit before time runs out, the match will enter [[Sudden death]] mode.
 
Unlike variants of Capture the Flag in other games, you ''can'' make a capture without actually having your Intelligence at your base.
 
  
 
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'''Notes'''
 
'''Notes'''
 
# The Neutral Intelligence briefcase is a white colored version of the Intelligence briefcase which can be found in the game files. Although never used in an official game mode to-date, Valve included this model for community developers to use in custom Single Flag CTF game modes.
 
# The Neutral Intelligence briefcase is a white colored version of the Intelligence briefcase which can be found in the game files. Although never used in an official game mode to-date, Valve included this model for community developers to use in custom Single Flag CTF game modes.
# Prior to the implementation of [[Intelligence]] briefcases, actual flags were used in [[CTF]] mode, though, based on the placeholder images appearing on the flags, they were only temporary designs.
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# The face on the unused red flag (below) is Robin Walker's, co-creator of Team Fortress 2.
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# The unused flags are actually taken from ''[[Team Fortress Classic]]'', and had faces placed on top of the team logos. The neutral flag, however, is a new texture.
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# As placeholders during early stages, Valve used modified versions of [[Team Fortress Classic]]'s [[unused flags|flags]], which can be still be seen in the game files, featuring the faces of TF2's development team. Prior to the implementation of [[Intelligence]] briefcases, actual flags were used in [[CTF]] mode, though, based on the placeholder images appearing on the flags, they were only temporary designs.
  
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
* As placeholders during early stages, Valve used modified versions of [[Team Fortress Classic]]'s [[unused flags|flags]], which can be still be seen in the game files, featuring the faces of TF2's development team.
 
 
* When carried on a player's back, the Intelligence will leave a literal 'paper trail'.
 
* When carried on a player's back, the Intelligence will leave a literal 'paper trail'.
 
* With the [[August 13, 2009 Patch|Classless Update]], intelligence visuals when being carried by a player were improved to make detecting the carrier easier.  
 
* With the [[August 13, 2009 Patch|Classless Update]], intelligence visuals when being carried by a player were improved to make detecting the carrier easier.  
 
* There is an option that allows servers to specify the length of a Crit-boost on a succesful capture, or even to remove it entirely.
 
* There is an option that allows servers to specify the length of a Crit-boost on a succesful capture, or even to remove it entirely.
 
* If [[sudden death]] occurs, the Intelligence is automatically restored to its original position (PC version only).
 
* If [[sudden death]] occurs, the Intelligence is automatically restored to its original position (PC version only).
* The face on the unused red flag (below) is Robin Walker's, co-creator of Team Fortress 2.
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* Unlike variants of Capture the Flag in other games, you ''can'' make a capture without actually having your Intelligence at your base.
* The unused flags are actually taken from ''[[Team Fortress Classic]]'', and had faces placed on top of the team logos. The neutral flag, however, is a new texture.
 
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==

Revision as of 01:58, 28 September 2010

The bridge area in the center of 2Fort.
The bridge area over the crevasse on Double Cross.
Wave goodbye to ya secret crap, dumbass!
The Scout

Capture the Flag features both RED and BLU with their own Intelligence briefcase (known as the flag). The goal for both teams is to capture their enemy's Intelligence continuously until they have reached the game's capture limit (default limit is 3) whilst preventing their enemy from achieving the same. If no team completes the capture limit before time runs out, the match will enter Sudden death mode.

Maps

Main article: List of maps

Capture the Flag maps carry the "ctf_" prefix.

Map Filename
TF2 2fort map.jpg 2Fort ctf_2fort
Dc01.jpg Double Cross ctf_doublecross
100px Sawmill ctf_sawmill
100px Turbine ctf_turbine
100px Well ctf_well

Intelligence

A Scout carrying Intelligence

The Intelligence, also known as the Intel or Briefcase, is the eponymous flag and objective of the Capture the Flag game mode. It appears as a team-coloured briefcase, sporting a complicated numbered lock pad on the front and papers protruding out of its joints. Once picked up by an enemy, the case loses its color partially and will trail paper particles and a long team-coloured tail.

Role

During a Capture the Flag round, each team is given their own Intelligence, located within their section of the map. It must be retrieved from this location by the opposite team and returned to a defined point, usually the opposing team's 'capture zone' where their Intelligence is stored.

The Intelligence can be taken by any enemy player that walks up onto it. It will then appear on their back and the Announcer will notify both teams that the Intelligence has been taken. The Intelligence indicator located on the HUD will then point in the direction of the carrier who must make their way out of the enemy base and back to their own.

While carrying the intelligence, several disdvantages become in play. Firstly, A player cannot use Teleporters. A Medic's ÜberCharge cannot be used on the Intelligence carrier, nor can a player pick up the Intelligence while under its effects. Scouts are also unable to drink Bonk! Atomic Punch while holding the Intelligence, and may not pick it up while under its effects. Spies are unable to pick up the Intelligence while Cloaked, but can pick it up while in disguise, although this is automatically removed. Furthermore, the Spy cannot disguise or Cloak while carrying the Intelligence, and will automatically drop it if they do. Finally, the Intelligence is dropped automatically if the carrier is killed or enters a resupply area.

Once the Intelligence is returned to a capture point, the successful team will gain one point shown in the Intelligence Indicator, and will recieve ten seconds of Crit boost.

The Intelligence can be dropped manually if the player carrying it presses the drop-item button. Once dropped, a clock-like timer ring will appear over the Intelligence. When the default 60 seconds have passed without an enemy picking it up again, it is automatically returned to its original position in the team's base. If an enemy picks up and subsequently drops the intelligence, this timer will reset. Teams are required to defend the dropped Intelligence during this period or face losing it. Should the Intelligence carrier is killed by certain environmental hazards that prevent the dropped Intelligence from being touched, like the bottomless pits on Double Cross, it will be forcibly returned to its original position. This functionality is inherent to the map's code and not the intelligence itself, and thus has to be added to the map manually by its creator. Thus, while Valve official maps all share this for specific bottomless hazards, not all custom maps may utilize this function.

Gallery

Flags

Notes

  1. The Neutral Intelligence briefcase is a white colored version of the Intelligence briefcase which can be found in the game files. Although never used in an official game mode to-date, Valve included this model for community developers to use in custom Single Flag CTF game modes.
  2. The face on the unused red flag (below) is Robin Walker's, co-creator of Team Fortress 2.
  3. The unused flags are actually taken from Team Fortress Classic, and had faces placed on top of the team logos. The neutral flag, however, is a new texture.
  4. As placeholders during early stages, Valve used modified versions of Team Fortress Classic's flags, which can be still be seen in the game files, featuring the faces of TF2's development team. Prior to the implementation of Intelligence briefcases, actual flags were used in CTF mode, though, based on the placeholder images appearing on the flags, they were only temporary designs.

Trivia

  • When carried on a player's back, the Intelligence will leave a literal 'paper trail'.
  • With the Classless Update, intelligence visuals when being carried by a player were improved to make detecting the carrier easier.
  • There is an option that allows servers to specify the length of a Crit-boost on a succesful capture, or even to remove it entirely.
  • If sudden death occurs, the Intelligence is automatically restored to its original position (PC version only).
  • Unlike variants of Capture the Flag in other games, you can make a capture without actually having your Intelligence at your base.

See also