Team Fortress 2

Team Fortress 2

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What is the Hidden? - Everything Explained
By Dom
A VIDEO guide to the Hidden, the TF2 mod-gamemode. The Hidden is a mod-gamemode about a single super-powerful spy versus everyone else on the server.
   
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The Hidden is Team Fortress 2 mod-gamemode. It’s played on arena mode maps and requires a plugin to play. The Hidden plugin for Team Fortress 2 originally came out November 2010. In total currently roughly 10 servers run this mod-gamemode.

The concept for the Hidden originates from a source engine mod for Half-Life 2. The mod was also called the Hidden. It released September 2007. The multiplayer mod was about a genetically engineered mostly invisible crazy being with super mobility and strength versus a swat team.


So what is the Hidden in Team Fortress 2?

The Hidden is a gamemode about an entire server’s worth of players versus a single super powerful spy. Every round is 1-live only.


The red team plays to role of a swat team. Their goal is to hunt down and kill the hidden every round. This team is sometimes referred to as team Iris because that was what the team was called in the original Hidden mod. Some servers modify weapon stats to better balance the gamemode. Some servers also disable the spy and engineer class or restrict his sentries in some way.


The blue team consist entirely of one player: the Hidden. They play as a spy with increased health and a few gemplay tweaks. They have the ability to do a large air leap or pounce by using secondary fire. If targeted at a wall the player will stick on it for a few seconds. They have a short range stun attack. It’s triggered by using reload and has a recharge timer. The stun attack is ideally to use on players bunched into corners. In the original Hidden mod the Hidden had pipe bombs for the same purpose.

The Hidden player is invisible by default. They have a large amount of cloak that slowly drains. Once it reaches 0 the player dies. Every time the player attacks or pounces they reveal themselves briefly. Receiving damage and brushing past players on the other team also briefly reveal them. The Hidden is immune to effects that would normally reveal a spy, such as after-burn, jarate and bleed.

Despite being invisible the Hidden player is still audible. It’s possible to approximate the Hidden player’s location via footstep sounds. Oddly the Hidden has a distinctly more rapid footstep patter then regular players.

When the Hidden player kills an opponent they regenerate a small portion of cloak and health. Gruesomely enough, when this happens a message in the chat will state that the Hidden killed a player and ate his body.


Every round a new player is picked to become the hidden. This process isn’t random, it’s based on who killed the Hidden the previous round. Some servers use a queuing system instead.


The Hidden mod is similar to the mod-gamemodes called Versus Saxton Hale and Freak Fortress 2. Mods centering on 1 player versus everyone else on the server; however, it’s worth noting that the Hidden mod existed first.


And that’s basically the Hidden in a nutshell. A wired paranormal themed gamemode. A translation of gameplay from an interesting mod into Team Fortress 2.

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On the server list, the area that says "Team Fortress" look for one that says "hidden" or "the Hidden." Alternatively it's possible to search by server name by using a third-party online server browser. Simply click this[www.gametracker.com] link to see all server with "hidden" in their name.
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17 Comments
Robocock May 27, 2014 @ 6:45am 
dom can you show some ips cus game tracker is broke for me plz??
Robocock May 27, 2014 @ 6:27am 
@_viper exactly the same happened for me
Jerry Miller May 2, 2014 @ 11:53pm 
Look up a server by the name of Winged Crocidiles for a great hidden server
IS0T0P3_90 Mar 2, 2014 @ 4:35am 
but not sandman
Shazam Feb 11, 2014 @ 7:12pm 
Hey Dom i cant find any servers of the hidden can you tell me the servers ID?
TurbojetChicken Feb 10, 2014 @ 1:28pm 
Great video Dom!, finally a video maker who explains game mode meaning CLEARLY within few minutes.
KEEGTHEDEMONTTV ##SHOUTOUTGABEN Feb 1, 2014 @ 6:31am 
Thanks very helpful along with all your other posts
Nightmarecoat Feb 1, 2014 @ 4:27am 
lawgx,the orignal hidden mod gave the hidden grenades,so they're probably working on it
Viemärirotta Jan 30, 2014 @ 8:50am 
I just set a Hidden server to my favourite's and now my TF2 is fucked fuck. Every favourite has been automaticly deleted. I cannot even add new favourites. Perhaps the IP Address somehow is a VIRUS?
Lawgx™ Jan 29, 2014 @ 12:32am 
if only the hidden has a grenade launcher....how can a spy kill 3 heavies and 1 engi camping in one small spot :C?