Team Fortress Classic
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One of the most popular online action games of all time, Team Fortress Classic features over nine character classes -- from Medic to Spy to Demolition Man -- enlisted in a unique style of online team warfare. Each character class possesses unique weapons, items, and abilities, as teams compete online in a variety of game play modes.
Classes
There are 10 classes in TFC:
- Scout
- Sniper
- Soldier
- Demoman
- Medic
- Heavy Weapons Guy (HW)
- Pyromaniac (Pyro)
- Spy
- Engineer
- Civilian
Physics
TFC Physics play a large role in game play. Unlike many mods for HL1 and HL2, TFC is not supposed to be realistic. Bunny hopping, also known as "bhopping," is common place. Concussion jumping (conc jumping) and rocket jumping are also very common. Conc jumping is the art of utilizing the shock wave of the grenade to launch one's self through the air at high velocities. This can be accomplished by throwing a grenade on the ground and timing a jump with the coinciding detonation of the grenade or by doing a "handheld" jump where the grenade is never thrown. No health penalty is incurred with a conc jump but the effect of the concussion (best described as a seemingly random motion of the screen) takes place as normal. Common to other first person shooters, rocket jumping in accomplished by jumping and launching a rocket at the ground. This has a similar effect to conc jumping in that it launches a player at an accelerated rate through the air. A rocket jump causes a loss of health due to the damage incurred from the rocket explosion. Rocket jumping can also be combined with a grenade jump. This would be done the same way as a normal rocket jump exept the player has a fragmentation hand grenade primed. The player does the rocket jump right as the grenade goes off to give them yet another boost. The Pyro can also do a jump with his napalm grenades. Often called stack-jumping, this is done by throwing multiple of these grenades in the same spot on the ground and using them to give themselves a small boost. A Demoman has two ways of jumping. One is a pipe jump which is done by detonating his pipes as he jumps over them. The other can only help his teammates on a server without friendly fire (common on public servers and in attack and defend leagues). The Demoman can perform a det pack jump by setting a det pack where his team may need a jump up; teams members then jump on top of the det pack until it detonates, throwing them up into the air.
Server Side Mods
There are a few server side mods for TFC. The most common is NeoTF, which adds an array of features, including the bounce pad, grab hook, new kinds of sentry gun type defence buildables (8 types) called Multi-Guns (MGs), class specific special equipment, and much more.
Other Server Side Mods of Interest
Sparky Utilities v2 fixes a lot of common and known exploits as well as bringing many new information on the screen (like flag carriers, flag timers, etc). It will fix nail grenade exploits, pipe grenade lag exploits, and some cheats, too!
Client Side Mods
Sparky Utilities v3 adds a lot of new functionality to TFC. Like: flag timers, laser timers, timeleft display on screen, flag status and various other features. It has been approved for league play in many leagues around the world.
Links
- Planet Fortress - Lots of info on TFC
- Custom TFC - Customize TFC
- Fortress Forever - A 3rd party HL2 Mod of TFC
- Wikipedia entry - A detailed article about TFC
- The Konspiracy - TFC Clan Stock Exchange and community site.