Badwater Basin (VIP) - Revision history

Benjamoose: Missing credit addition. I created the elevator, the shaft it descends into and the tunnel.

2025-03-27T09:24:51Z

Missing credit addition. I created the elevator, the shaft it descends into and the tunnel.

← Older revision		Revision as of 09:24, 27 March 2025
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	\|file-name = vip_badwater		\|file-name = vip_badwater
	\|release-date = July 4, 2020 ([[Death & Taxes]])		\|release-date = July 4, 2020 ([[Death & Taxes]])
	\|developer = {{Dev\|Drudlyclean the Skeledude}}<br>{{Dev\|savva}}		\|developer = {{Dev\|Drudlyclean the Skeledude}}<br>{{Dev\|Benjamoose}}<br>{{Dev\|savva}}
	\|map-environment = Desert, industrial		\|map-environment = Desert, industrial
	\|map-setting = Night		\|map-setting = Night
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	'''Badwater Basin (VIP)''' (or '''Badwater (VIP)''') is an official [[VIP]] map, which is a variation of [[Valve]]'s [[Badwater Basin (Payload)]]. The BLU team must escort the VIP to three Control Points in a row, and the RED team must prevent them from capturing. Each time the VIP is killed, 30 seconds are removed from the available round time, and the killer gains 5 seconds of [[critical hits]]. It is set in an industrial desert environment with the main path marked by mysteriously disused train tracks.		'''Badwater Basin (VIP)''' (or '''Badwater (VIP)''') is an official [[VIP]] map, which is a variation of [[Valve]]'s [[Badwater Basin (Payload)]]. The BLU team must escort the VIP to three Control Points in a row, and the RED team must prevent them from capturing. Each time the VIP is killed, 30 seconds are removed from the available round time, and the killer gains 5 seconds of [[critical hits]]. It is set in an industrial desert environment with the main path marked by mysteriously disused train tracks.

	Badwater (VIP) was added to ''[[Team Fortress 2 Classic]]'' on July 4, 2020, in the [[Death & Taxes]] update. It was created by former ''TF2 Classic'' developer {{Dev\|Drudlyclean the Skeledude}}, and community contributor {{Dev\|savva}}.		Badwater (VIP) was added to ''[[Team Fortress 2 Classic]]'' on July 4, 2020, in the [[Death & Taxes]] update. It was created by former ''TF2 Classic'' lead developer {{Dev\|Drudlyclean the Skeledude}}, {{Dev\|Benjamoose}} and community contributor {{Dev\|savva}}.

	== Locations ==		== Locations ==

VivaRomania: /* Update history */ update history fixes

2025-03-07T22:25:08Z

Update history: update history fixes

← Older revision		Revision as of 22:25, 7 March 2025
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	== Update history ==		== Update history ==
	{{Update history\|		{{Update history\|
	~~'''[[~~2.0.0~~]]'''~~		{{Update\|2.0.0}}
	* Added vip_badwater		* Added vip_badwater

	~~'''[[~~2.0.1~~]]'''~~		{{Update\|2.0.1}}
	* Time has passed within Badwater, and it is now brighter outside		* Time has passed within Badwater, and it is now brighter outside

	~~'''[[~~2.0.2~~]]'''~~		{{Update\|2.0.2}}
	* Removed Capture Point C, due to its redundancy in actual play		* Removed Capture Point C, due to its redundancy in actual play
	* Bumped the Round Timer's max limit from 6 minutes to 10 minutes, to compensate for Capture Point C's removal		* Bumped the Round Timer's max limit from 6 minutes to 10 minutes, to compensate for Capture Point C's removal
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	* Added a NoBuild to stop [[Engineer\|Engineers]] from building out of bounds		* Added a NoBuild to stop [[Engineer\|Engineers]] from building out of bounds

	~~'''[[~~2.0.3~~]]'''~~		{{Update\|2.0.3}}
	* Time has passed within Badwater, and it is once again dark outside		* Time has passed within Badwater, and it is once again dark outside
	* Added light sources outside to brighten up areas		* Added light sources outside to brighten up areas
	* Added more clipping		* Added more clipping

	~~'''[[~~2.1.2~~]]'''~~		{{Update\|2.1.2}}
	* Added a new exit for BLU team's forward spawn next to B point		* Added a new exit for BLU team's forward spawn next to B point
	* Added a new pathway that connects RED team's lower and upper spawnrooms on last point		* Added a new pathway that connects RED team's lower and upper spawnrooms on last point
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	* Improved lighting across the map, using light_directional		* Improved lighting across the map, using light_directional

	~~'''[[~~2.1.3~~]]'''~~		{{Update\|2.1.3}}
	* Added sound to the spinning fan in RED's spawn		* Added sound to the spinning fan in RED's spawn
	* Added envmapmask to the floor tile in BLU's forward spawn		* Added envmapmask to the floor tile in BLU's forward spawn
	* A boulder that was erroneously changed to a prop_dynamic in a previous update is now a prop_static again, meaning that it should be less glitchy to walk on top of		* A boulder that was erroneously changed to a prop_dynamic in a previous update is now a prop_static again, meaning that it should be less glitchy to walk on top of

	~~'''[[~~2.1.4~~]]'''~~		{{Update\|2.1.4}}
	* Fixed broken-looking shadows on players and dynamic props		* Fixed broken-looking shadows on players and dynamic props
	* Tweaked lighting around the map to rely more on environmental/bounce lighting instead of artificial lights		* Tweaked lighting around the map to rely more on environmental/bounce lighting instead of artificial lights

Ichiro at 13:42, 2 May 2024

2024-05-02T13:42:26Z

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	\|file-name = vip_badwater		\|file-name = vip_badwater
	\|release-date = July 4, 2020 ([[Death & Taxes]])		\|release-date = July 4, 2020 ([[Death & Taxes]])
	\|developer = Drudlyclean the Skeledude<br>savva		\|developer = {{Dev\|Drudlyclean the Skeledude}}<br>{{Dev\|savva}}
	\|map-environment = Desert, industrial		\|map-environment = Desert, industrial
	\|map-setting = Night		\|map-setting = Night
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	{{Quotation\|[http://tf2classic.com/death_and_taxes/day4 Death & Taxes update page]\|		{{Quotation\|[http://tf2classic.com/death_and_taxes/day4 Death & Taxes update page]\|
	Big changes effective immediately at Badwater Basin: day is now night, and the explosives cellar is now a freight elevator. Escort the Civilian along the same path as the payload cart, or take pleasure in the fact that the bulletproof rail bomb has been taken out and replaced with something that can die.}}		Big changes effective immediately at Badwater Basin: day is now night, and the explosives cellar is now a freight elevator. Escort the Civilian along the same path as the payload cart, or take pleasure in the fact that the bulletproof rail bomb has been taken out and replaced with something that can die.}}
	'''Badwater Basin (VIP)''' (or '''Badwater (VIP)''') is an official [[VIP]] map, which is a variation of [[Badwater Basin (Payload)]]. The BLU team must escort the VIP to three Control Points in a row, and the RED team must prevent them from capturing. Each time the VIP is killed, 30 seconds are removed from the available round time, and the killer gains 5 seconds of [[critical hits]]. It is set in an industrial desert environment with the main path marked by mysteriously disused train tracks.		'''Badwater Basin (VIP)''' (or '''Badwater (VIP)''') is an official [[VIP]] map, which is a variation of [[Valve]]'s [[Badwater Basin (Payload)]]. The BLU team must escort the VIP to three Control Points in a row, and the RED team must prevent them from capturing. Each time the VIP is killed, 30 seconds are removed from the available round time, and the killer gains 5 seconds of [[critical hits]]. It is set in an industrial desert environment with the main path marked by mysteriously disused train tracks.

	Badwater (VIP) was added to Team Fortress 2 Classic on July 4, 2020, in the [[Death & Taxes]] update. It was created by former TF2 Classic developer Drudlyclean the Skeledude, and contributor savva.		Badwater (VIP) was added to ''[[Team Fortress 2 Classic]]'' on July 4, 2020, in the [[Death & Taxes]] update. It was created by former ''TF2 Classic'' developer {{Dev\|Drudlyclean the Skeledude}}, and community contributor {{Dev\|savva}}.

	== Locations ==		== Locations ==

H0rr0rH0g at 05:47, 13 April 2024

2024-04-13T05:47:50Z

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	'''[[2.1.4]]'''		'''[[2.1.4]]'''
	**Fixed broken-looking shadows on players and dynamic props		* Fixed broken-looking shadows on players and dynamic props
	**Tweaked lighting around the map to rely more on environmental/bounce lighting instead of artificial lights		* Tweaked lighting around the map to rely more on environmental/bounce lighting instead of artificial lights
	}}		}}

	== Trivia ==		== Trivia ==
	* Badwater Basin is a basin in [[w:Badwater Basin\|Death Valley, California]], notable for having the lowest elevation in North America.		* Badwater Basin is a basin in [[w:Badwater Basin\|Death Valley, California]], notable for having the lowest elevation in North America.

H0rr0rH0g at 05:47, 13 April 2024

2024-04-13T05:47:03Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 05:47, 13 April 2024
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	* Added envmapmask to the floor tile in BLU's forward spawn		* Added envmapmask to the floor tile in BLU's forward spawn
	* A boulder that was erroneously changed to a prop_dynamic in a previous update is now a prop_static again, meaning that it should be less glitchy to walk on top of		* A boulder that was erroneously changed to a prop_dynamic in a previous update is now a prop_static again, meaning that it should be less glitchy to walk on top of

			'''[[2.1.4]]'''
			**Fixed broken-looking shadows on players and dynamic props
			**Tweaked lighting around the map to rely more on environmental/bounce lighting instead of artificial lights
	}}		}}

	== Trivia ==		== Trivia ==
	* Badwater Basin is a basin in [[w:Badwater Basin\|Death Valley, California]], notable for having the lowest elevation in North America.		* Badwater Basin is a basin in [[w:Badwater Basin\|Death Valley, California]], notable for having the lowest elevation in North America.

Ratboy Slim at 03:59, 25 December 2023

2023-12-25T03:59:19Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 03:59, 25 December 2023
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	{{Quotation\|[http://tf2classic.com/death_and_taxes/day4 Death & Taxes update page]\|		{{Quotation\|[http://tf2classic.com/death_and_taxes/day4 Death & Taxes update page]\|
	Big changes effective immediately at Badwater Basin: day is now night, and the explosives cellar is now a freight elevator. Escort the Civilian along the same path as the payload cart, or take pleasure in the fact that the bulletproof rail bomb has been taken out and replaced with something that can die.}}		Big changes effective immediately at Badwater Basin: day is now night, and the explosives cellar is now a freight elevator. Escort the Civilian along the same path as the payload cart, or take pleasure in the fact that the bulletproof rail bomb has been taken out and replaced with something that can die.}}
	'''Badwater Basin (VIP)''' (or '''Badwater (VIP)''') is an official [[VIP]] map, which is a variation of [[Badwater Basin (Payload)]]. The BLU team must escort the VIP to three Control Points in a row, and the RED team must prevent them from capturing. Each time the VIP is killed, 30 seconds is removed from the available round time, and the killer gains 5 seconds of [[critical hits]]. It is set in an industrial desert environment with the main path marked by mysteriously disused train tracks.		'''Badwater Basin (VIP)''' (or '''Badwater (VIP)''') is an official [[VIP]] map, which is a variation of [[Badwater Basin (Payload)]]. The BLU team must escort the VIP to three Control Points in a row, and the RED team must prevent them from capturing. Each time the VIP is killed, 30 seconds are removed from the available round time, and the killer gains 5 seconds of [[critical hits]]. It is set in an industrial desert environment with the main path marked by mysteriously disused train tracks.

	Badwater (VIP) was added to Team Fortress 2 Classic on July 4, 2020, in the [[Death & Taxes]] update. It was created by former TF2 Classic developer Drudlyclean the Skeledude, and contributor savva.		Badwater (VIP) was added to Team Fortress 2 Classic on July 4, 2020, in the [[Death & Taxes]] update. It was created by former TF2 Classic developer Drudlyclean the Skeledude, and contributor savva.

Ratboy Slim: Rewrote page

2023-12-25T03:20:16Z

Rewrote page

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 {{Infobox map
-|map-image = VipBadwater.png.png
+|map-image = Vip_badwater.webp
 |file-name = vip_badwater
-|game-type = VIP
+|release-date = July 4, 2020 ([[Death & Taxes]])
-|map-environment = Desert
+|developer = Drudlyclean the Skeledude<br>savva
 |map-setting = Night
 }}
 {{Quotation|[http://tf2classic.com/death_and_taxes/day4 Death & Taxes update page]|
 Big changes effective immediately at Badwater Basin: day is now night, and the explosives cellar is now a freight elevator. Escort the Civilian along the same path as the payload cart, or take pleasure in the fact that the bulletproof rail bomb has been taken out and replaced with something that can die.}}
-'''Badwater Basin''' (or '''Badwater''') is an official [[VIP]] map released in the Death & Taxes update as a variation of [[Badwater Basin (Payload)]]. It's set in a Badlands-esque environment surrounded by rocks and mountains, with the teams wrestling over the VIP, who BLU has to escort and RED has to assassinate.
+'''Badwater Basin (VIP)''' (or '''Badwater (VIP)''') is an official [[VIP]] map, which is a variation of [[Badwater Basin (Payload)]]. The BLU team must escort the VIP to three Control Points in a row, and the RED team must prevent them from capturing. Each time the VIP is killed, 30 seconds is removed from the available round time, and the killer gains 5 seconds of [[critical hits]]. It is set in an industrial desert environment with the main path marked by mysteriously disused train tracks.
-== Strategy ==
+== Historical gallery ==
-Badwater encourages careful rotation between the three points, due to the close proximity and high defensibility of the [[Control point (objective)|control points]].
+=== Comparisons (2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.3) ===
 == Update history ==
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 }}
 == Trivia ==
 * Badwater Basin is a basin in [[w:Badwater Basin|Death Valley, California]], notable for having the lowest elevation in North America.

Ratboy Slim: 2.1.3

2023-12-12T19:24:56Z

2.1.3

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	* Added Parallax Correction to cubemaps in some indoor areas		* Added Parallax Correction to cubemaps in some indoor areas
	* Improved lighting across the map, using light_directional		* Improved lighting across the map, using light_directional

			'''[[2.1.3]]'''
			* Added sound to the spinning fan in RED's spawn
			* Added envmapmask to the floor tile in BLU's forward spawn
			* A boulder that was erroneously changed to a prop_dynamic in a previous update is now a prop_static again, meaning that it should be less glitchy to walk on top of
	}}		}}

Ratboy Slim: Update din 2.1.2

2023-09-06T04:38:33Z

Update din 2.1.2

← Older revision		Revision as of 04:38, 6 September 2023
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	'''[[2.0.0]]'''		'''[[2.0.0]]'''
	* Added vip_badwater		* Added vip_badwater

	'''[[2.0.1]]'''		'''[[2.0.1]]'''
	* Time has passed within Badwater, and it is now brighter outside		* Time has passed within Badwater, and it is now brighter outside

	'''[[2.0.2]]'''		'''[[2.0.2]]'''
	* Removed Capture Point C, due to its redundancy in actual play		* Removed Capture Point C, due to its redundancy in actual play
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	* Updated the visual design of each point's platform		* Updated the visual design of each point's platform
	* Added a NoBuild to stop [[Engineer\|Engineers]] from building out of bounds		* Added a NoBuild to stop [[Engineer\|Engineers]] from building out of bounds

	'''[[2.0.3]]'''		'''[[2.0.3]]'''
	* Time has passed within Badwater, and it is once again dark outside		* Time has passed within Badwater, and it is once again dark outside
	* Added light sources outside to brighten up areas		* Added light sources outside to brighten up areas
	* Added more clipping		* Added more clipping

			'''[[2.1.2]]'''
			* Added a new exit for BLU team's forward spawn next to B point
			* Added a new pathway that connects RED team's lower and upper spawnrooms on last point
			* Severely reduced the amount of fog present on the skybox
			* Added Parallax Correction to cubemaps in some indoor areas
			* Improved lighting across the map, using light_directional
	}}		}}

Ratboy Slim: /* Update history */

2023-08-14T07:50:36Z

Update history

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	== Update history ==		== Update history ==
	{{Update history\|		{{Update history\|
	'''2.0.0'''		'''[[2.0.0]]'''
	* Added vip_badwater		* Added vip_badwater
	'''2.0.1'''		'''[[2.0.1]]'''
	* Time has passed within Badwater, and it is now brighter outside		* Time has passed within Badwater, and it is now brighter outside
	'''2.0.2'''		'''[[2.0.2]]'''
	* Removed Capture Point C, due to its redundancy in actual play		* Removed Capture Point C, due to its redundancy in actual play
	* Bumped the Round Timer's max limit from 6 minutes to 10 minutes, to compensate for Capture Point C's removal		* Bumped the Round Timer's max limit from 6 minutes to 10 minutes, to compensate for Capture Point C's removal
	* Updated the visual design of each point's platform		* Updated the visual design of each point's platform
	* Added a NoBuild to stop [[Engineer\|Engineers]] from building out of bounds		* Added a NoBuild to stop [[Engineer\|Engineers]] from building out of bounds
	'''2.0.3'''		'''[[2.0.3]]'''
	* Time has passed within Badwater, and it is once again dark outside		* Time has passed within Badwater, and it is once again dark outside
	* Added light sources outside to brighten up areas		* Added light sources outside to brighten up areas