TF2/Modifying the Respawn Time

By default, there is a delay of up to 20 seconds between death and respawn in Team Fortress 2. However, the level designer can designate a custom respawn time for a map, and can even set different respawn times for each team.

Tutorial - Simple Instant Respawn

Solution from joe at joe.to forums

logic_auto

• Create / edit a logic_auto entity on the map.
• In the outputs tab of the entity's properties, duplicate the following:

• OnMultiNewRound, tf_gamerules, setblueteamrespawnwavetime, 0
• OnMultiNewRound, tf_gamerules, setredteamrespawnwavetime, 0
• OnMultiNewMap, tf_gamerules, setblueteamrespawnwavetime, 0
• OnMultiNewMap, tf_gamerules, setredteamrespawnwavetime, 0
• OnMapSpawn, tf_gamerules, setblueteamrespawnwavetime, 0
• OnMapSpawn, tf_gamerules, setredteamrespawnwavetime, 0

• Done, unless the map is multi-phase.
• If the map is multi-phase, create / edit a team_round_timer entity on the map.
• In the outputs tab of the entity's properties, duplicate the following:

• On4MinRemain, tf_gamerules, addblueteamrespawnwavetime, 0
• On3MinRemain, tf_gamerules, addblueteamrespawnwavetime, 0
• On2MinRemain, tf_gamerules, addblueteamrespawnwavetime, 0
• On4MinRemain, tf_gamerules, addredteamrespawnwavetime, 0
• On3MinRemain, tf_gamerules, addredteamrespawnwavetime, 0
• On2MinRemain, tf_gamerules, addredteamrespawnwavetime, 0
• OnRoundStart, tf_gamerules, setredteamrespawnwavetime, 0
• OnRoundStart, tf_gamerules, setblueteamrespawnwavetime, 0

Tutorial - Capture Point Instant Spawn

trigger_capture_area

• Create a trigger_capture_area as a brush_entity and place it over all the spawn points (info_player_teamspawn) for one team.
• Properties:

• Set the 'Name' and not-yet-created 'Control point' values arbitrarily.
• Set 'Can BLUE Cap?' to 'No'.
• Set both 'Red Spawn Adjust' and 'Blue Spawn Adjust' to '-20'.
• Set 'Time to cap (sec)' to '.1'.

• Make sure the area covers the entire spawn zone, or it is large enough where a player from that team will be forced to capture the area when spawned.

An example trigger_capture_area for the red team.

The trigger_capture_area properties.

team_control_point

• Create a team_control_point as an entity somewhere on your map. You can make it look pretty by following the Creating a Capture Point tutorial.
• Properties:

• Set the 'Name' to the arbitrary 'Control point' name you set in the previous step.
• Set the 'Print Name' to something cool like 'Instant respawn capture point'
• Set the 'Index' to a unique number, in this case '1' will do.

An example team_control_point for the red team.

The team_control_point properties.

Duplicate

• Make the same setup for the other team.
• Note: Copy / Pasting might result in some problems (Red team spawning in blue area)
• Be sure to change the 'Name' attribute where appropriate. Also, the 'Index' of the team_control_point must be changed to a unique value ('2' would do nicely). A few other attributes must be set to align with the team (see above).

The duplicated respawn.

team_control_point_round

• Create a team_control_point_round as an entity somewhere on your map.
• Properties:

• Set the 'Name' to something arbitrary.
• Set 'Priority' to '1'.
• Set 'Control points in this round' to a space-delimited list of the arbitrary team_control_points 'Names' you defined. For example: 'red_control_point blue_control_point'.

An example team_control_point_round.

The team_control_point_round properties.

team_control_point_master

• Create a team_control_point_master as an entity somewhere on your map.
• Properties:

• Set the 'Name' to something arbitrary.

An example team_control_point_master.

The team_control_point_master_properties.