Half-Life 2: Survivor (Battle Mode)

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Menu images of the Battle mode.

The Battle Mode is one of the three game modes of Half-Life 2: Survivor. It is the main Survivor's game mode, featuring most of the custom made content, which includes 5 playable characters with a total of 50 various weapons and items available to them, as well as 14 maps to play on.

Gameplay

Players are divided in two teams, red and blue, with four players in each. The main objective is either to earn more points than the enemy team within the 5 minute time limit, or to earn a total of 25,000 points. Team points are awarded for dealing damage to enemy players. Players drop dog tags upon death, enemy dog tags can be picked up to recover 25 points of both health and suit charge, a certain amount of team points is also given depending on the submode and the killed player. Friendly fire is disabled, but explosions and some of the weapons deal damage to both teams.

Five playable characters with different stats and equipment are available: Ranger, Soldier, Sniper, Engineer and Medic. Each character can be either male or female and belong to Combine or Resistance faction, however unlike the Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, in which Combine and Resistance forces are matched against each other, Survivor allows both teams to have players of any faction.

Each player can only use the weapons they start with, no other weapons can be picked up during the game. Available weapons depend on the character and faction, additional equipment can be obtained by leveling up or through the in-game shop. Each map contains several resupply cabinets which provide infinite supply of primary ammunition (bullets for the SMG and Pulse Rifle). Ammunition is not replenished on respawn and is therefore limited for most of the game's weapons, additional ammunition for many weapons can be obtained from the Special Magazine, which is itself also limited.

Submodes

Four submodes are available in the Battle Mode:

• In the Tutorial submode the player is guided through the game's basics and then enters a match against four computer-controlled enemies. All dog tags award 200 team points, team points can also be earned by completing the tutorial's objectives.
• The Single submode allows a single player to battle against a team of zero to four computer-controlled enemies of selectable difficulty. No bots are present in the player's team. The amount of team points awarded for the enemy dog tags depends on the number of enemy bots:

Number of bots	1	2	3	4
Points	500	1000	1500	2000

• The National submode allowed eight players to play against each other in two teams of four, empty slots would be filled with bots if there were not enough players. This is also the only submode in which Battle Points could be earned to advance the player's class, which granted additional equipment and was used to match together the players based on their skill. As of the network service shutdown it is only playable with bots. The amount of team points awarded for the enemy dog tags depends on the killed player's class and is cut in half for bots:

Class		E	D	C	B	A	AA	AAA	S	SS	SSS
Points	Human	600	1000	500	900	900	1000	700	800	900	1000
	Bot	300	500	250	450	450	500	350	400	450	500

• The Local submode allowed the players from the same store to play together. As of the network service shutdown this submode can no longer be selected. The amount of team points awarded for the enemy dog tags depends on the killed player's class and is cut in half for bots:

Class		E	D	C	B	A	AA	AAA	S	SS	SSS
Points	Human	500	600	700	800	900	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000
	Bot	250	300	350	400	450	500	500	500	500	500

Status effects

The Battle Mode includes several status effects — special conditions that can be applied to the players, usually by special weapons or items, that affect their performance in a positive or negative way. These conditions are temporary and will be removed after a certain amount of time or player's death. Many of these effects may also be cured by water or the Recovery Injection, an item used by the Medic.

Radar

The radar, as seen in the Survivor 2.0.

The radar is a circled area located in the middle of the screen, around the crosshair. The radar's border shows approximate positions of the enemies. It is divided in four segments, each representing a direction. Each segment's color will increase its brightness based on the number of enemies in that direction, or will stay transparent if there are none. If the enemies are near the player, the inner part of the radar will begin to glow, but no further information about their position will be provided.

Different icons marking exact positions of the players from both teams may also appear on the radar:

• — Enemies
  • Most of the ranged weapons cause players to become visible on the enemy radar for a short amount of time after firing.
    • This includes all weapons that use bullets (with the only exception of the Silenced Enhanced Pistol) and rockets as ammunition.
    • SMG grenades and Energy Balls also reveal the user's position, including the Energy Balls fired from the cut Gravity Gloves, but not thrown with the Gravity Gun.
    • Crossbows and Charge Bow, however, do not appear on the radar.
  • Players affected by the paint and marking status effects, as well as the players standing close to an enemy Wave Canceller, will have their position constantly visible on the enemy radar,
  • Decoy Bombs are also visible on the enemy radar, but only the bombs themselves, not the player that threw them.
• — Teammates
  • Teammate positions are always visible on the radar, with the arrows pointing in directions they are looking.
• — Players using certain radio commands
  • Some radio commands allow players to mark their position on their or enemy team's radar for a short amount of time. They will be indicated by their corresponding icons with animated waves coming off them.
  • Unlike all the other icons, these do not use the normal team colors, but instead appear in green for teammates and pink for enemies.
• — Dog tags
  • Dog tags are always shown on both team's radars.

Playable characters

The Battle Mode offers five different playable characters with their own unique appearance, stats and available equipment:

• The Ranger is a general-purpose combat character with the highest movement speed, who mostly specializes in close range combat, but also has some long range weapons available.
• The Soldier has access to the most powerful weapons, such as rocket launchers and minigun, the suit also offers better protection.
• The Sniper uses sniper rifles to take out enemies from a long distance.
• The Engineer is a support character who mostly uses special items to help the team, and also possesses the Gravity Gun, which can be useful in several ways.
• The Medic offers additional ways to recover the health and suit charge of the players, and also has multiple weapons that inflict negative status effects to the enemies.

All characters have male and female variants, which differ only by appearance, and can also be of Combine or Resistance faction. The Combine characters have higher firing accuracy, but the Resistance characters have a slightly higher ammo capacity for their weapons. They also use different melee (Crowbar and Stunstick α) and primary (SMG and Pulse Rifle) weapons. The third weapon from the initial equipment is also different, but each faction can obtain the other faction's one by reaching the D-Class. Some of the additional equipment items are also unique to a single faction, with Resistance characters using mostly defensive items, while the Combine prefer more offensive ones.

The stats of all the characters are following:

Character	Faction	Mobility[?]	Equipment[?]	Shooting accuracy	Suit protection[?]
Ranger	Resistance	5	3.5	3	3
Ranger	Combine	5	3	3.5	3
Soldier	Resistance	2	5	2	5
Soldier	Combine	2	4.5	2.5	5
Sniper	Resistance	4	2.5	4.5	2
Sniper	Combine	4	2	5	2
Engineer	Resistance	3	2.5	2.5	3
Engineer	Combine	3	2	3	3
Medic	Resistance	3	3	2.5	2
Medic	Combine	3	2.5	3	2

Note: these are the stats that are displayed in the menu and on the official website, not the ones used in the game. They do not precisely indicate how much a certain character is better than another, they are mostly used to indicate just who is better.

Weapons and items

The Battle Mode features all 12 weapons from Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, and adds another 38 new and unique only to the Battle Mode, making it a total of 50 weapons and usable items available to the players.

Maps

The Battle Mode features 14 playable maps, two of which are modified Half-Life 2: Deathmatch maps and 12 were created specially for the Half-Life 2: Survivor. Most maps are based on the different locations visited during the Half-Life 2 storyline.

Unlike Half-Life 2: Deathmatch or Half-Life with its expansions, all Half-Life 2: Survivor's online servers were always running the same map, which was changed once per week. Occasionally random map weeks were announced, usually on holidays or other special events; during a random map week the map changed every day. Map schedules for both normal and random map weeks were decided based on map popularity votes.

Picture	Name	Description
	Water Gate	Based on the Gate 5.
	Lockdown	Modified Deathmatch map, based on the Nova Prospekt map "d2_prison_03", where the Antlion Guard attack occurs in the showers and bathrooms.
	Truss Bridge	Based on the railroad bridge in the Highway 17.
	Collapse City	Based on the last map from Follow Freeman!.
	Sunset Coast	Based on the area between the Ravenholm and Shorepoint Base, where the snipers are encountered for the first time.
	Grit Lake	Original map using assets from various Highway 17 and Sandtraps levels. Visibility is severely limited due to a sandstorm.
	Lost Town	Original map using assets from various Ravenholm maps.
	Dark Fortress	Based on the entrance to the Nova Prospekt, where the player fights two Combine Gunships.
	Station C17	Based on the City 17 Trainstation.
	Nexus Building	Original map inspired by the Citadel.
	Silent Sanctuary	Original map set in the overgrown ruins of an ancient temple.
	Steam Lab	Modified Deathmatch map, inspired by the Kleiner's Lab and Black Mesa East.
	Combine's Nest	Based on the Overwatch Nexus (interior).
	Last Garden	Based on the Overwatch Nexus (outside).

When maps were to be updated, new revisions were added instead of rewriting the existing files. As a result, the final version contains 68 Battle Mode map files comprised of 14 maps with 8 revisions.

Map list with file names

File name	Map	Revision	Last modified
battle_01	Water Gate	1.0	July 28, 2006
battle_02	Lockdown	1.0	May 29, 2006
battle_03	Truss Bridge	1.0	October 3, 2006
battle_04	Collapse City	1.0	October 3, 2006
battle_05	Sunset Coast	1.0	October 16, 2006
battle_06	Water Gate	1.1	October 13, 2006
battle_07	Lockdown	1.1	October 20, 2006
battle_08	Truss Bridge	1.1	October 19, 2006
battle_09	Collapse City	1.1	October 19, 2006
battle_10	Sunset Coast	1.1	October 20, 2006
battle_11	Grit Lake	1.11	January 16, 2007
battle_12	LostTown	1.11	February 1, 2007
battle_16	Water Gate	1.11	January 10, 2007
battle_17	Lockdown	1.11	January 13, 2007
battle_18	Truss Bridge	1.11	January 10, 2007
battle_19	Collapse City	1.11	January 10, 2007
battle_20	Sunset Coast	1.11	January 10, 2007
battle_21	Water Gate	1.2	August 5, 2008
battle_22	Lockdown	1.2	August 5, 2008
battle_23	Truss Bridge	1.2	August 5, 2008
battle_24	Collapse City	1.2	April 14, 2007
battle_25	Sunset Coast	1.2	March 20, 2008
battle_26	Grit Lake	1.2	August 5, 2008
battle_27	LostTown	1.2	August 5, 2008
battle_28	Dark Fortress	1.2	August 5, 2008
battle_31	Water Gate	2.1	February 13, 2008
battle_32	Lockdown	2.1	February 13, 2008
battle_33	Truss Bridge	2.1	February 13, 2008
battle_34	Collapse City	2.1	February 13, 2008
battle_35	Sunset Coast	2.1	August 5, 2008
battle_36	Grit Lake	2.1	February 13, 2008
battle_37	LostTown	2.1	February 13, 2008
battle_38	Dark Fortress	2.1	February 13, 2008
battle_50	Station C17	2.0	August 24, 2007
battle_51	Nexus Building	2.0	September 19, 2007
battle_52	Silent Sanctuary	2.0	September 1, 2007
battle_53	SteamLab	2.1	February 13, 2008
battle_54	Combine's Nest	2.1	February 13, 2008
battle_60	Station C17	2.1	August 5, 2008
battle_61	Nexus Building	2.1	February 13, 2008
battle_62	Silent Sanctuary	2.1	February 13, 2008
battle_71	Water Gate	2.11	August 5, 2008
battle_72	Lockdown	2.11	August 5, 2008
battle_73	Truss Bridge	2.11	August 5, 2008
battle_74	Collapse City	2.11	December 17, 2008
battle_75	Sunset Coast	2.11	August 5, 2008
battle_76	Grit Lake	2.11	August 5, 2008
battle_77	LostTown	2.11	August 5, 2008
battle_78	Dark Fortress	2.11	August 5, 2008
battle_79	Station C17	2.11	August 5, 2008
battle_80	Nexus Building	2.11	December 17, 2008
battle_81	Silent Sanctuary	2.11	August 5, 2008
battle_82	SteamLab	2.11	August 5, 2008
battle_83	Combine's Nest	2.11	August 5, 2008
battle_91	Water Gate	2.2	April 7, 2009
battle_92	Lockdown	2.2	April 7, 2009
battle_93	Truss Bridge	2.2	April 7, 2009
battle_94	Collapse City	2.2	April 7, 2009
battle_95	Sunset Coast	2.2	April 7, 2009
battle_96	Grit Lake	2.2	April 7, 2009
battle_97	LostTown	2.2	April 7, 2009
battle_98	Dark Fortress	2.2	April 7, 2009
battle_99	Station C17	2.2	April 7, 2009
battle_100	Nexus Building	2.2	April 7, 2009
battle_101	Silent Sanctuary	2.2	April 7, 2009
battle_102	SteamLab	2.2	April 7, 2009
battle_103	Combine's Nest	2.2	April 7, 2009
battle_104	Last Garden	2.2	April 7, 2009

Development

On release, the available inventory consisted of the weapons already seen in Half-Life 2: Deathmatch and 7 new weapons: Smoke Grenade, Sniper Rifle, Fire Grenade, Paint Gun, Shake Trap, Provisional Shield and Spark Generator. Water Gate and Lockdown were the first playable maps included in the game.

Battle Mode's first updates focused solely on the maps. First, Collapsed City, Truss Bridge and Sunset Coast were added. Several updates were made to the maps, each time a new revision number was added and all of the existing maps were updated to that revision, in some revisions new ones were also added: revision 1.1 did not introduce any new maps, Grit Lake and LostTown were added in revision 1.11, and revision 1.2 added Dark Fortress.

Survivor 2.0 update was released on November 29, 2007, introducing significant gameplay changes. A new Medic playable character was added, all of the existing characters had their equipment reorganized, Survivor Gold in-game currency was introduced. A total of 22 new weapons became available: Poison Crossbow, Recovery Injection, Stun Sniper Rifle, Dual Enhanced Pistols, Silenced Enhanced Pistol, Gatling Gun, Laser Rifle, Double-barreled shotgun, Energy Battery, Capture Grenade, Poison Grenade, Whiteout Grenade, Mind Drink, Power Drink, Special Magazine, Health Charge Disk, Hand Shield, Tornado Trap, Sentry Gun, Wave Canceller, Stungun and Pulse Knife. Finally, three new maps were added: Station C17, Silent Sanctuary and Nexus Building. Update 2.0 and all the further updates also featured various balance adjustments.

Update 2.02 was released on February 13 of 2008, it updated the game's maps to revision 2.1 and added two new maps: Steam Lab and Combine's Nest. Update 2.04, released on August 5 of 2008, updated all maps to revision 2.11. Update 2.05 was released on December 17, 2008 all of the existing purchasable weapons had their price reduced and 9 new were added to the item store: Jump Drink, Charge Bow, Dual RPG, Surprise Box, Decoy Bomb, Powershake, Energy Injection, Timer Grenade and Marking Sniper Rifle. Update 2.07 was released on April 7, 2009, it updated the maps to revision 2.2 and added Last Garden.

Gallery

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  Character selection menu.

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  Loading screen, explaining the game's interface.

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  Loading screen used in the tutorial submode.

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  Matching screen shown while searching for a national match.

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  List of players shown before a national match.

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  Player's result screen shown at the end of a single match.

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  Ditto, shown after a national match.

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  Ditto, showing both teams' score.

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  Shown after completing the tutorial.

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  The explosive barrels encountered in the Battle Mode: normal, high-power (deals twice the damage) and poison gas barrel.

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  The Health Machine.

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  The Start Machine serving as the player's spawn point, blue team's version.

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  Ditto, red team's version.

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  The Resupply Cabinet.

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  Icon featuring the Resupply Cabinet, shown when the player runs out of the primary ammo of the SMG or Pulse Rifle.

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  Another icon, shown along with the first one if the secondary ammo is also not present.

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  Enemy target and a lesson node used in the tutorial. The lesson node starts a tutorial video upon touching.

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  A previously used lesson node.

External links

Battle mode description on the official Survivor website (archived)