Hightower Practice

Place stationary bots around Hightower to practice market gardening.

Join team RED.

API

• tp_1 - tp_9: Teleport to different locations around the map
• tp_spawn: Teleport to Red spawn
• heal (self)
• healBots
• kickAllBots
• resetBots: Kicks, re-adds, and teleports them
• spawnAllBots: Add bots
• quickAction: Repeat last teleport action
• echoCoords

TL;DR

1. Install the scripts
2. Load Hightower: ht
3. Load different stages (currently only two available): htez or htog

Install

1. Download this ZIP, extract it, and navigate into any outer hightower-practice folders until you see the inner hightower-practice folder, the listenserver.cfg file, and this README.md file.

2. Move the inner hightower-practice folder into your tf/custom/YOUR_CONFIG/cfg/scripts folder. If you don't have any of those folders, make them (you can call "YOUR_CONFIG" anything without spaces).

3. Move the listenserver.cfg file into your tf/custom/YOUR_CONFIG/cfg folder.

4. Wire-up the scripts/hightower-practice/load.cfg script in your autoexec.cfg file (located at tf/custom/YOUR_CONFIG/cfg/autoexec.cfg). Add this line anywhere:

   // autoexec.cfg
   exec scripts/hightower-practice/load

   Note that this doesn't make any changes, it just enables the stage aliases (htez and htog). Loading a stage makes changes.

listenserver.cfg

If you already have a listenserver.cfg file you'll need to copy the contents of mine and paste it into yours.

Use

Load Hightower by entering ht into the console. Be patient while it loads:

ht
// Loading Hightower. Please wait...

Note: There's nothing special about the ht command. It's just an alias for map plr_hightower.

Once you're into the map, load one of the practice stages:

htez
// or
htog

You can switch between these whenever you want. They change the bots' spawns (in order to practice different jumps).

Binds

Enter ht_binds to initialize binds. Careful! You'll want to go to defaults.cfg to ensure you are resetting the binds to whatever you want them to be outside of using this script.

• Teleport around using numpad 0-9 (numpad period . to return to spawn)
• Press T for Quick Action: reset you/bots for practicing jumps
• Control Quick Action using arrow keys LEFT, RIGHT, and DOWN
• Toggle noclip using arrow key UP

Numpad

No numpad? See below.

The numpad teleports you around the map to practice different common jumps.

The numpad period key . (KP_DEL) will teleport you to the RED spawn.

• 1 and 4 spawn you on the BLU side
• The keys in the middle: 0, 2, 5, and 8 spawn you around the Hightower
• The keys on the right, 3, 6, and 9 spawn you on the RED side.
• 1 spawns on the red side for the montage jump

All of the keys respawn the bots to their starting locations.

Quick Action

This script creates a quickAction that you can bind to a key. By default quickAction is bound to T. quickAction teleports you to your last spawn (changed using the numpad keys) and it resets the bots health and locations. This can be changed using the arrow keys (see below).

Arrow Keys

You can use the arrow keys to control what quickAction does, or use UPARROW to toggle noclip:

• DOWNARROW: QA moves you and bots (default)
• LEFTARROW: QA only moves bots
• RIGHTARROW: QA only moves you
• UPARROW: noclip toggle

To change the key to which quickAction is bound, edit quickAction.cfg. Change T to the key of your choice.

// quickAction.cfg
bind T quickAction

Defaults (defaults.cfg)

You should update defaults.cfg to return these keys to the default behavior that you want when not using this script:

• T
• MOUSE1 (heals you with every fire)
• Numpad keys
• Arrow keys

For example, I use the T key to toggle my viewmodel.

// defaults.cfg
bind T r_drawviewmodel

I use the arrow keys to switch loadouts. I use the numpad keys to switch classes. If you use any of those keys in your normal gameplay, you'll need to set them to YOUR defaults.

Troubleshooting

You can't move

If you're using a VPK config, a few different things could go wrong. One user found that his VPK config had its own, conflicting listenserver.cfg file.

Bots aren't teleporting correctly

Try reloading the stage:

htez
// or
htog

Also, try resetting the bots using the resetBots command:

resetBots

No Numpad

If you don't have a numpad, open up load.cfg and uncomment the line as indicated:

// No Numpad?
// Uncomment the following line to use alternative hotkeys:
alias no_numpad_setting "exec scripts/hightower-practice/base/no-numpad; echo NO NUMPAD;"

Then, open defaults.cfg and uncomment those lines. Be sure to adjust any non-default bindings for which you use those keys:

// No Numpad?
// Uncomment:
// bind "-" disguiseteam
// bind "=" ""
// bind BACKSPACE ""
// bind HOME ""
// bind END centerview
// bind 6 slot6
// bind 7 slot7
// bind 8 slot8
// bind 9 slot9
// bind 0 slot10
// bind DEL ""