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7 <title>Design for all Team Arena Game Types</title>
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13 <p align="center"><font size="5">Design for All Team Arena Game Types</font></p>
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18 <td width="100%"><font SIZE="2"> </font><font size="3">We
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19 encourage designers to make their maps compatible with all
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20 style games. Team DM and Tournament are the exceptions here. Experience
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21 shows that balanced CTF style maps do not make great (or even good) Team
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22 DM maps. To do this, you will need to mark some of the team game
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23 entities for multiple game types. An example is the obelisk used in
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24 Overload. The entity is also used to mark the location of the
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25 skull-receiving base in Harvester. If your Overload obelisk and your
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26 Harvester base are to be in the same location give the entity a
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27 key/value of
\93gametype/obelisk, harvester
\94. If you choose to place
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28 the entities in different locations in each game type, you will need to
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29 place separate entities and mark them appropriately.</font><font SIZE="2">
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31 </font><b><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="4">
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32 <p>Placing Common Entities for all Game types</p>
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33 </font></b><font SIZE="2">
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34 <p> </font><font size="3"> Typically, the player
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35 start, respawn, power-ups, ammo and weapon placement are the same for
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36 each game type. It helps players if they don
\92t have to remember a lot
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37 of placement locations from game to game. But this doesn
\92t have to be
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38 the case. Use the gametype key to control placement if you want them
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39 different between game types.</font></p>
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40 <p><font size="3"> Place
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41 team_CTF_blueplayer entities in the locations where you want blue team
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42 members to join the game and team_CTF_redplayer entities in the
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43 locations where you want red team members to join the game. You should
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44 place enough of these to accommodate the maximum number of players that
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45 will be on a side (though usually no more than 8 to a side in a
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46 map and as many as 32 in an extremely large terrain map). If you place
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47 too few, teammates are likely to telefrag each other as they join the
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49 <p><font size="3"> Place
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50 team_CTF_bluespawn entities in the locations where you want blue team
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51 members to respawn when they die in the game. Place team_CTF_redspawn
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52 entities in the locations where you want red team members to respawn
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53 when they die in the game. You should place enough of these to
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54 accommodate the maximum number of players that will be on a side (though
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55 usually no more than 8 to a side).</font></p>
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56 <p><font size="3"> Place the four
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57 persistent power-ups (guard, doubler, scout, and ammo_regen) in or near
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58 the bases of each team. On the blue side, check the BLUETEAM spawn flag
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59 box for each entity. On the red side, check the REDTEAM spawn flag box
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60 for each entity. Place (and center) the appropriate spawn spot model
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61 beneath each power-up (spawn.md3 on the blue side, spawn_red.md3 on the
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62 red side).</font></p>
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65 </font><b><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="4">
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66 <p>Placing Game-type Specific Entities</p>
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67 </font></b><font SIZE="2">
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68 <p> </font><font size="3"> Each of the four
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69 team-style game types has a set of associated entities that go with it,
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70 whether it
\92s the flags and bases in Capture the Flag, or the obelisk
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71 in Overload.</font></p>
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73 <p>Capture the Flag (required entities)</p>
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75 <p> </font><font size="3">This corresponds
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76 to the cvar:
\93/g_gametype 4
\94 when entered in the console.</font></p>
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77 <p><font size="3"> Entities in this game
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78 must have a value/key setting of
\93gametype/ctf
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79 <p><font size="3"> Place a
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80 team_CTF_blueflag in the blue base.</font></p>
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81 <p><font size="3"> Place a
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82 team_CTF_redflag in the red base.</font></p>
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83 <p><font size="3"> Place a
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84 team_blueobelisk in the blue base where the goal should be. Give it a
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85 facing angle. This forms the flag base. Do not mark any gametype.</font></p>
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86 <p><font size="3"> Place a team_redobelisk
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87 in the red base where the goal should be. Give it a facing angle. This
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88 forms the flag base. Do not mark any gametype.</font></p>
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92 <p>One Flag CTF (required entities)</p>
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94 <p> </font><font size="3">This corresponds
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95 to the cvar:
\93/g_gametype 5
\94 when entered in the console.</font></p>
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96 <p><font size="3"> Entities in this game
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97 must have a value/key setting of
\93gametype/oneflag
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98 <p><font size="3"> Place a
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99 team_CTF_blueflag in the blue base.</font></p>
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100 <p><font size="3"> Place a
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101 team_CTF_redflag in the red base.</font></p>
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102 <p><font size="3"> Place a
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103 team_blueobelisk in the blue base where the goal should be. Give it a
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104 facing angle. This forms the flag base. Do not mark any gametype.</font></p>
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105 <p><font size="3"> Place a team_redobelisk
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106 in the red base where the goal should be. Give it a facing angle. This
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107 forms the flag base. Do not mark any gametype.</font></p>
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108 <p><font size="3"> Place a
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109 team_neutralflag some place in the neutral area of the map, preferably
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110 equidistant from both bases.</font></p>
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114 <p>Overload (required entities)</p>
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116 <p> </font><font size="3"> This corresponds to
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117 the cvar:
\93/g_gametype 6
\94 when entered in the console.</font></p>
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118 <p><font size="3"> Entities in this game
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119 must have a value/key setting of
\93gametype/obelisk
\94</font></p>
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120 <p><font size="3"> Place a
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121 team_blueobelisk in the blue base where the goal should be. Give it a
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122 facing angle. Do not mark any gametype.</font></p>
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123 <p><font size="3"> Place a team_redobelisk
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124 in the red base where the goal should be. Give it a facing angle. Do not
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125 mark any gametype.</font></p>
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129 <p>Harvester (required entities)</p>
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131 <p> </font><font size="3">This corresponds
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132 to the cvar:
\93/g_gametype 7
\94 when entered in the console.</font></p>
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133 <p><font size="3"> Entities in this game
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134 must have a value/key setting of
\93gametype/harvester
\94</font></p>
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135 <p><font size="3"> Place a
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136 team_blueobelisk in the blue base. Do not mark any gametype.</font></p>
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137 <p><font size="3"> Place a team_redobelisk
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138 in the red base. Do not mark any gametype.</font></p>
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139 <p><font size="3"> Place a
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140 team_neutralobelisk some place in the neutral area of the map,
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141 preferably equidistant from both bases.</font></p>
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145 <p>Using Entities for All Gametypes</p>
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147 <p> </font><font size="3">This assumes
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148 that the designer will use the same entities, in the same locations for
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149 all gametypes. Mark the gametypes on each entity as noted:</font></p>
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150 <p><font size="3"> Place a
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151 team_CTF_blueflag in the blue base.</font></p>
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152 <p><font size="3"> Gametype: ctf, oneflag</font></p>
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153 <p><font size="3"> Place a
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154 team_CTF_redflag in the red base.</font></p>
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155 <p><font size="3"> Gametype: ctf, oneflag</font></p>
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156 <p><font size="3"> Place a
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157 team_blueobelisk in the blue base where the goal should be. Give it a
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158 facing angle. This forms the flag base.</font></p>
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159 <p><font size="3"> Gametype: Do not mark
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160 any gametype.</font></p>
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161 <p><font size="3"> Place a team_redobelisk
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162 in the red base where the goal should be. Give it a facing angle. This
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163 forms the flag base.</font></p>
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164 <p><font size="3"> Gametype: Do not mark
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165 any gametype.</font></p>
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166 <p><font size="3"> Place a
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167 team_neutralobelisk some place in the neutral area of the map,
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168 preferably equidistant from both bases.</font></p>
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169 <p><font size="3"> Gametype: harvester</font></p>
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170 <p><font size="3"> Place a
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171 team_neutralflag some place in the neutral area of the map, preferably
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172 equidistant from both bases.</font></p>
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173 <p><font size="3"> Gametype: oneflag</font></p>
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