Quake II ThreeWave Capture the Flag also known as Zoid's CTF, or Q2CTF, or simply (Vanilla

Vanilla software

Vanilla software is computer software that is not customized from its delivered form - i.e. it is used without any customizations applied to it...

) CTF within the Quake II community, is an objective-based teamplay mod

Mod (computer gaming)

Mod or modification is a term generally applied to personal computer games , especially first-person shooters, role-playing games and real-time strategy games. Mods are made by the general public or a developer, and can be entirely new games in themselves, but mods are not standalone software and...

 for Quake II

Quake II

Quake II, released on December 9, 1997, is a first-person shooter computer game developed by Id Software and distributed by Activision. It is not a sequel to Quake; it merely uses the name of the former game due to Id's difficulties in coming up with alternative names.The soundtrack for Quake II...

 inspired by the traditional Capture the Flag

Capture the flag

Capture the Flag is a traditional outdoor sport generally played by children, where two teams each have a flag and the objective is to capture the other team's flag, located at the team's "base," and bring it safely back to their own base...

game. It was released on 19th Feb 1998. This mod ultimately influenced many other Capture the Flag mods for games to come.

Gameplay

Two teams compete, each tasked with defending their own flag from enemy capture. Players must take the opposing team's flag and return it to their own, awarding them points. If both teams are missing their flags at their respective bases, one must be returned before either of the teams can capture the opposing team's flag. Players have access to grappling hooks, allowing them to travel distances and obstacles alike.
At the start of a match, four different tech power-ups randomly spawn on the map, such as damage-amplifiers, shields, and health regenerators.