Capture The Flag

Capture The Flag is a competition between two teams, Red Team and Blue Team. You will be automatically put into a team when you join the game. The object of the game is simple, get the other team's flag, and return it to your base. Oh, and kill as many of the other team as you can.

This page covers the following topics...

Scoring:

  • When you capture the enemy flag, you get 13 frags, and all of your team mates get 12 frags. To score a flag capture, your teams flag must be at your base, and you must touch it while holding the enemy flag.

  • You get 3 frags for killing an enemy player carrying your teams flag.
  • You get 1 frag for recovering your teams flag.
  • You get 1 frag for picking up the enemy flag.
  • You get 1 frag for killing an enemy player.

  • You lose 1 frag for killing yourself.
When a member of either team reaches 100 frags, the server will move on to the next level.

Talking To Your Team Mates:

CTF is a TEAM game and you need to work with your team mates to win. One of the best ways to do this is to talk to them. To be able to talk to YOUR team mates only, put the following line into the file autoexec.cfg, which should be in the \quake\id1 directory. If this file does not exist, then use notepad to create it.

bind r "messagemode2"

To talk to your team mates, press the r key, and type in your message, press ENTER when you have finished. Be careful though, when you are typing, you are vunerable to attack from the enemy. You can still talk to everyone in the game by pressing the t key.

The Grappling Hook:

A very useful tool, well worth learning to use properly. The grappling hook enables you to climb up to place you would otherwise not be able to get to. It also lets you take short cuts, and is a great escape mechanism to use when you need to get away FAST.

To select the grappling hook, first select the axe by pressing 1, then press 1 again. Now press 1 to toggle between the two. To fire the hook, press the fire button, and HOLD it down. The hook will shoot out and stick into whatever you fired it at, then it will pull you towards that object. If you keep holding the fire button, you will hang there, release it and the hook will release.

To hang indefinitely, and use other weapons, select the axe while you are holding the fire button down ( and hanging ), then select the weapon you want to use. To release, select the grappling hook again.

You can create a shortcut key to the grappling hook by putting the following line into the file autoexec.cfg, which should be in the \quake\id1 directory. If this file does not exist, then use notepad to create it.

bind h "impulse 22"

Now when you press the h key, the grappling hook while be selected. You can use any key you want by changing the letter in the file. It is well worth spending the time to learn to use the grappling hook quickly.

The Runes:

There are 4 runes in CTF, each has a unique power.
  • Earth Rune:
    Rune of Resistance, you only take half damage when attacked.
  • Black Magic Rune:
    You dish out double damage when you have this rune.
  • Hell Rune:
    The rune of haste. With this rune your shotgun, grenade and rocket launchers fire twice as fast.
  • Elder Rune:
    Rune of regeneration. You heal 4 hit points per second ( if you can stay alive that long ).

You can only have one rune at once, and you lose your rune when you get fragged.

Changing Sides:

Whenever the server starts a new level, or someone joins the game, the server tries to make sure that the teams are evenly balanced. The numbers on each side can change during the game due to people leaving, and things can get a little one-sided.

To change sides, goto to the console ( press the ~ key ), and type the following...

  • If you are in the Blue team... color 4

  • If you are in the Red team... color 13
When you change teams, you will be fragged automatically by the server, and reappear in your new team colors.

Shooting Your Team Mates:

Currently, shooting your team mates has no effect, you cannot harm them. This will NOT always be the case. In the future the server will be changed to make the attacker take any damage they inflict on a team mate. This is rather nasty if you throw a grenade into a room containing a number of your own team, or fire the lightning-bolt gun into water where they are swimming.


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