Castaway.tf Weapon Reverts Changelog

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June 9, 2025

• Enabled the revert for pre-Pyromania Equalizer and Escape Plan, which merges the two back to one weapon.
• The Equalizer and Escape Plan
  • Damage and move speed increase as the user becomes injured
  • No mark-for-death when active
  • Blocks healing (from Medics) when in use
• Re-enabled the alt-fire shove on the Shortstop due to issues with reloading the weapon.

June 7, 2025

• Removed the alt-fire shove from the Shortstop, which makes it fully historically accurate to the pre-Manniversary version.

June 3, 2025

• Reverted the Gloves of Running Urgently to pre-Tough Break
  • The Gloves of Running Urgently
    • When weapon is active:
    • +30% faster move speed on wearer
    • -25% damage penalty
    • You are marked for death while active, and for short period after switching weapons
  • The previously used revert was pre-Jungle Inferno which had a 50% increase in the time to holster the weapon.
• Wrangler shield now fades after 1 second if the Engineer dies with the Wrangler deployed.

June 2, 2025

• Reverted the Reserve Shooter to pre-Tough Break
  • The Reserve Shooter
    • Mini-crits all airborne targets for 5 seconds after being deployed
    • 15% faster weapon switch
    • -34% clip size
  • The previously used revert was pre-Jungle Inferno which mini-crit on players launched into the air (including from airblast) and not simply being in the air from e.g. jumping.

May 31, 2025

• Disabled the Darwin's Danger Shield and Tomislav reverts. The server now uses the modern versions of these items.

May 25, 2025

• Fixed reverted Persian Persuader not removing afterburn and bleed when picking up ammo packs as health, and increased pickup volume for dropped ammo packs.
• Reverted the Buffalo Steak Sandvich to pre-Meet your Match
  • The Buffalo Steak Sandvich
    • +10% damage vulnerability while active
    • +35% faster move speed while active
    • Effect lasts 16 seconds.

May 24, 2025

• Six (6) weapons have been reverted in this update.

• Fixed Spy-cicle picking up ammo packs when melted while the Spy's cloak and primary ammo are full.

• Reverted the Dalokohs Bar to be able to overheal up to 400 HP again (Gun Mettle Update).

  • Note: if the GRU is not reverted, the Dalokohs Bar and GRU overheal exploit may occur
  • The Dalokohs Bar
    • Adds +50 max health for 30 seconds
    • Eat to gain up to 100 health.
    • Can gain overheal up to 400 health when eaten.

• Reverted the Shortstop to its most historically accurate version while keeping the modern shove mechanic (pre-Manniversary Update).

  • The Shortstop
    • No push force increase penalty taken from damage and airblast
    • No reload speed penalty
    • Shares secondary pistol ammo reserve
      • Has a 36 max ammo reserve that is shared with any of the Scout's secondary pistols

• Reverted the Persian Persuader to pre-Tough Break.

  • The Persian Persuader
    • +100% increase in charge recharge rate
    • All ammo collected becomes health
      • HP gained from each ammo pack size:
        • Large = +40, Medium = +20, Small = +10
    • No random critical hits
    • This weapon has a large melee range

• Reverted the Tomislav to pre-Pyromania

  • The Tomislav
    • 40% faster spin up time
    • No accuracy bonus
    • Silent Killer: No barrel spin sound
    • 20% slower firing speed

• Reverted the Darwin's Danger Shield to pre-Jungle Inferno

  • The Darwin's Danger Shield
    • +25 max health on wearer
    • +15% bullet damage resistance on wearer
    • 20% explosive damage vulnerability on wearer
    • No afterburn immunity

• Reverted the Bushwacka to release

  • The Bushwacka
    • Crits whenever it would normally mini-crit
    • 20% fire damage vulnerability on wearer (instead of overall vulnerability)
    • Has random crits enabled

May 20, 2025

• Fixed reverted Sydney Sleeper showing the headshot kill icon and giving a headshot point when shooting enemies in the head (when not crit-boosted).
  • Historically, the reverted Sydney Sleeper did not have the ability to score headshots.
• Fixed reverted Enforcer not dealing bonus damage when undisguised to buildings.
• Added a cvar for reverting the fall damage hurt sound to pre-Jungle Inferno (cvar_old_falldmg_sfx).
  • By default, this cvar revert is enabled.

May 18, 2025

• Fixed reverted B.A.S.E. Jumper fire updraft bonus not working

May 15, 2025

• Reverted the shield charge mechanics and stats for the Splendid Screen to pre-Tough Break.
  • Right after impacting an enemy with a shield charge, the Demoman is able to do a critical melee hit from any distance, even at close range.
    • See this video for a clearer example (start at 3:55): https://youtu.be/DByy2z7VLzI?si=DZAkfYb3b24rkBAv&t=235
  • The reverted Splendid Screen can still do shield bash damage at any distance, but it does not have the +50% charge recharge rate bonus anymore and only has +15% explosive damage resistance on wearer compared to the current vanilla version.
  • Charging with The Splendid Screen does not remove debuffs anymore (Afterburn, Jarate, Mad Milk, Bleed & Gas) from the wearer.
    • The Splendid Screen
    • +20% fire damage resistance on wearer
    • +15% explosive damage resistance on wearer
    • +70% increase in charge impact damage
    • Alt-Fire: Charge toward your enemies.
    • Gain a critical melee strike after impacting an enemy.
    • Shield bashes cause damage to the enemy.
• Added a cvar for reverting the Rocket Jumper and Sticky Jumper to be able to capture enemy flags again (cvar_jumper_flag_run).
  • By default, this cvar revert is disabled.
• Updated ItemDefine descriptions for the Pomson 6000 and the Panic Attack.

May 11, 2025

• Reverted the shield charge mechanics for the Chargin' Targe and the Tide Turner.
  • Right after impacting an enemy with a shield charge, the Demoman is able to do a critical melee hit from any distance, even at close range.
    • See this video for a clearer example (start at 3:55): https://youtu.be/DByy2z7VLzI?si=DZAkfYb3b24rkBAv&t=235
  • However, both the Chargin' Targe and the Tide Turner are not able to deal shield bash damage at any distance and must be at the end of the charge to deal shield bash damage.
  • Charging with The Chargin' Targe and the Tide Turner does not remove debuffs anymore (Afterburn, Jarate, Mad Milk, Bleed & Gas) from the wearer.
    • The Chargin' Targe and The Tide Turner
    • Alt-Fire: Charge toward your enemies.
    • Gain a critical melee strike after impacting an enemy.

May 9, 2025

• Fixed the Big Earner's 3-second speedboost being extended by the reverted Dead Ringer on feign death.
• Fixed the duration reduction of Spies under Dead Ringer when being damaged by weapons such as the Ullapool Caber and the Enforcer.
• Made the damage resistance attribute of the reverted Brass Beast (and the Natascha) to be more historically accurate.
  • The damage resistance percentage now depends on what type of damage is dealt onto the Heavy. For normal damage, 20% damage resistance is applied. For mini-crit damage received, 14.7% damage resistance is applied. For critical hit damage received, 6.7% damage resistance is applied.
• Damage resistance sounds now play when the Heavy is hit while spinning up the reverted Brass Beast and the reverted Natascha.
• Reverted Natascha to pre-Meet your Match. The 20% damage resistance when spun up now applies regardless of current HP.
  • The Natascha
    • On Hit: 100% chance to slow target
    • 20% damage resistance when spun up
    • -25% damage penalty
    • 30% slower spin up time

May 1, 2025

• Updated reverts.txt offsets in the gamedata folder, fixing the Soldier's rocket kills showing up as headshots, the reverted Short Circuit's alt-fire using the modern energy ball, and the Thermal Thruster playing a parachute sound on use.
  • For context, TF2 had a recent patch which affected the weapon reverts plug-in.
• Updated the reverted Crit-a-Cola's damage vulnerability attribute to be more historically accurate.
  • The 10% damage vulnerability should only apply to normal damage. Mini-crit and critical hit damage does not get modified by the 10% damage vulnerability attribute. This means Scouts don't die faster to mini-crits and critical hits now.
• Fixed the reverted Black Box's heal-on-hit attribute to work again.

April 28, 2025

• Added Windows port for the weapon reverts plugin. The plugin should now work out of the box for Windows servers.
• Reverted the Quick-Fix to have 25% increased Uber build rate, and to be able to capture objectives while under the effects of its Uber for both the healer and patient.

April 26, 2025

• The reverted Tide Turner's blast and fire damage resistances have been updated to 25% each to be more historically accurate (pre-Tough Break).
  • The Tide Turner
    • +25% fire damage resistance on wearer
    • +25% explosive damage resistance on wearer
    • Full turning control while charging
    • Melee kills refill 75% of your charge meter
    • Taking damage while shield charging reduces remaining charging time
• The reverted Soda Popper's visuals have been updated to be more historically accurate to its release version. When the Hype meter is full, the glow now shows up as a Mini-Crits glow instead of a purple glow.
  • The purple glow will only appear if the Scout equips the Crit-a-Cola or the Bonk! Atomic Punch due to how the game technically handles Mini-Crit conditions.

April 23, 2025

• Crit-a-Cola no longer marks the user for death for a few frames anymore.

April 21, 2025

• The Dead Ringer is now reverted to its most accurate state before Gun Mettle. 90% damage resistance for up to 6.5 seconds that gets reduced by damage received. This Dead Ringer is now able to tank 5 backstabs and 8 stickybombs from 125 HP, and 14 stickybombs when using the Kunai at 200 HP. The previous version of the revert would only tank 1 backstab and up to 4 to 5 stickybombs.
• Fixed reverted Powerjack bug where the Pyro gets healed when an enemy dies to afterburn while the Powerjack is the active weapon. It should only heal due to melee kills by the Powerjack.

April 17, 2025

• Fixed reverted Black Box overheal bug where hitting an enemy removes the Soldier's overheal.

• Ball recharge time for the reverted Sandman is now 15 seconds long for historical accuracy (pre-Jungle Inferno).

• Claidheamh Mor +0.5s charge time increase now applies passively.

• Reverted Powerjack to pre-Gun Mettle version, same stats as the modern one but with +75 HP on kill with overheal.

  • The Powerjack
    • When weapon is active:
    • +15% faster move speed on wearer
    • +75 health restored on kill
    • Health restoration can overheal
    • 20% damage vulnerability on wearer

April 5, 2025

• Reverted Black Box to pre-gunmettle, flat +15 per hit, uncapped
  • The Black Box
    • On Hit: +15 health
    • -25% clip size
• Fixed cases where stuns from e.g. Sandman ended instantly

April 4, 2025

• Disabled Scottish Resistance revert. The server now uses the modern Scottish Resistance version.
• Reverted the following weapons:
  • Wrangler to pre-Gun Mettle (shield values only)
  • Rescue Ranger to pre-Gun Mettle
  • Disciplinary Action to pre-Meet your Match
  • Razorback to pre-Jungle Inferno
  • Warrior's Spirit to pre-Tough Break
  • Cozy Camper to pre-Meet your Match
  • Dragons Fury (to its more accurate release version)
  • Ramp up for all Heavy Miniguns (pre-Love and War)
  • Deploy and holster speeds for all Demoman swords (pre-Tough Break)

March 26, 2025

• Reverted Rocket Jumper self-explosion damage immunity.
• Taunting with the Equalizer or Escape Plan while using the Rocket Jumper:
  • No longer kills the Soldier
  • Leaves Soldier’s health intact and knocks them upward

March 19, 2025

• Reverted Brass Beast to the pre-Meet your Match version.
  • The Brass Beast
    • +20% damage bonus
    • 20% damage resistance when spun up
    • 50% slower spin up time
    • -60% slower move speed while deployed

March 9, 2025

• Restored Saharan Spy Item Set Bonus (does not require Familiar Fez)
  • The Saharan Spy
    • L'Etranger
    • Your Eternal Reward
  • Item Set Bonus:
    • Reduced decloak sound volume
    • 0.5 sec longer Cloak blink time

February 24, 2025

• Changed Backburner to Hatless Update version
  • The Backburner
    • 100% critical hits from behind
    • Extinguishing teammates restores 20 health
    • 10% increased damage
    • +150% airblast cost
• Reverted Cleaner's Carbine to release version
  • The Cleaner's Carbine
    • On Kill: 3 seconds of 100% critical chance
    • -20% clip size
    • 35% slower firing speed
    • No random critical hits

February 20, 2025

• Fixed the Crit-a-Cola marking the user for death when attacking with an all-class melee (weapon class "saxxy")

February 12, 2025

• Reverted Backburner to 119th Update version
  • The Backburner
    • 100% critical hits from behind
    • Extinguishing teammates restores 20 health
    • 20% increased damage
    • No airblast

February 2, 2025

• Reverted Claidheamh Mòr to pre-Tough Break
  • The Claidheamh Mòr
    • 0.5 sec increase in charge duration
    • Melee kills refill 25% of your charge meter
    • No random critical hits
    • -15 max health on wearer
    • This weapon has a large melee range and deploys and holsters slower
  • Note: deploy and holster speeds weren't changed in this patch.
• Fixed extra damage taken with the Eviction Notice when equipped but not deployed

January 20, 2025

• Reverted Tribalman's Shiv to release version
  • The Tribalman's Shiv
    • On Hit: Bleed for 8 seconds
    • -35% damage penalty

January 11, 2025

• Disabled airblast revert — using current vanilla airblast version

January 10, 2025

• Fixed some cases where the Crit-a-Cola marked the user for death on attack
• Fixed reflected Sandman balls not stunning
• Fixed Spy-cicle fireproof duration incorrectly being 3 seconds (changed to 2 seconds)

December 29, 2024

• Reverted Pretty Boy's Pocket Pistol to release
  • Pretty Boy's Pocket Pistol
    • +15 max health on wearer
    • Wearer never takes falling damage
    • 25% slower firing speed
    • 50% fire damage vulnerability on wearer

December 28, 2024

• Reverted Loch-n-Load back to post-Smissmas 2014 / pre-Gun Mettle Update
  • The Loch-n-Load
    • +20% damage bonus
    • +25% projectile speed
    • -25% clip size (3 pipes in clip)
    • -25% explosion radius
    • Launched bombs shatter on surfaces

December 26, 2024

• Reverted Scottish Resistance to release
  • The Scottish Resistance
    • +50% max secondary ammo on wearer
    • +6 max pipebombs out
    • Detonates stickybombs near crosshair
    • Able to destroy enemy stickybombs
    • 0.4 sec slower bomb arm time
• Reverted Loch-n-Load to pre-Smissmas 2014
  • The Loch-n-Load
    • +20% damage bonus
    • +25% projectile speed
    • -50% clip size (2 pipes in clip)
    • +25% damage to self
    • Launched bombs shatter on surfaces
  • Note: when this was implemented, the grenade tumbling attribute was not included, so this reverted version was historically inaccurate.
    • Historically, the grenade tumbling attribute in the pre-Smissmas 2014 Loch-n-Load was not only a visual difference, but also slowed down the old Loch-n-Load's projectile speed.
      • See video for a demonstration of the grenade tumbling attribute affecting projectile speed: https://youtu.be/ACfafLuLmy8?t=143
      • This is caused by the Source physics engine including air resistance with projectiles.

December 12, 2024

• All Castaway.tf servers now use Bakugo's Weapon Reverts plugin.

November 14, 2024

• Crit-a-Cola has been reverted to pre-Meet your Match around this time.
  • The Crit-a-Cola
    • While under the effects, +25% movement speed, your attacks mini-crit, and damage taken increased by 10%.
• Panic Attack has been reverted to pre-Jungle Inferno around this time.
  • The Panic Attack
    • 50% faster reload time
    • This weapon deploys 50% faster
    • Fire rate increases as health decreases
    • Hold fire to load up to 4 shells
    • Weapon spread increases as health decreases

November 11, 2024

• Changed the plugin used for the Weapon Reverts servers (Bakugo's Weapon Reverts instead of NotnHeavy's Pre-Gun Mettle Reverts). Instead of a blanket gun-mettle revert, it selectively reverts weapons. It also doesn't cause lag.

October 10, 2024

• Some Castaway.tf servers now uses the blanket Pre-Gun Mettle reverts plugin made by NotnHeavy.