Furnace Creek
| Furnace Creek | |
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| Basic Information | |
| Map type | Attack / Defense |
| File name | cp_furnace_rc
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| Release date | 2009 |
| Developer(s) | YM |
| Link(s) | Steam Workshop TF2Maps.net Gamebanana |
| Map info | |
| Environment | Arid desert |
| Setting | Sunset |
TF2Maps promo siteThe villains at Reliable Excavation Demolition have a new idea on how to demolish their enemies. It's the Solar Laser Unbuilding Gun, or S.L.U.G., a solar powered laser capable of destroying pretty much anything. Builders League United is determined to stop them.
Furnace Creek is a community-created Gravel Pit-styled Attack / Defense map.
Once the BLU team has captured a point, it is locked and can not be retaken by RED. There are three control points, A and B, which are accessible from BLU's base, and C, where RED's spawn is located, requires players to pass through either point A or B to reach.
Furnace Creek features a custom desert environment built around the orange sunset sky. Smaller details such as new cacti and a dried, cracked ground texture add to its separation from other desert themed maps.
The "Solar Laser Unbuilding Gun", or S.L.U.G., is a custom spytech weapon which RED has mounted on top of the tower at point C. Power is fed to the S.L.U.G. by the field of heliostats in the parabolic solar array behind RED's spawn. The S.L.U.G. reaches maximum power at sunset, so BLU must stop RED from firing the S.L.U.G. by capturing the final point before the time runs out.
Update history
- Added CP Furnace Creek, a community Attack / Defend map by YM and Nineaxis
Trivia
- Rocket or sticky jumping in front of power core at the C tower will ignite and kill the player.
- If less than a minute remains as RED is defending, the laser at C opens up. If RED wins, it fires into the sky.
- There are 7 rubber ducks hidden in the map, a recurring theme in YM's maps, such as Mann Manor in live Team Fortress 2.
- Furnace Creek is a census-designated place in California, notable for having the highest recorded air temperature on Earth at 134 °F (56.7 °C).
- Furnace Creek has its very own logo, featured both in the map itself and in promotional material for it.