Thief Flag

The Thief (TH) flag allows stealing flags from other players. It also reduces the size of the tank and increases its speed. Shooting a player with Thief will steal that player's flag, if any. This applies to superflags (good and bad) and team flags. After stealing a flag or dropping the Thief flag, a reload will be forced, so for a moment it will be impossible to shoot.

Tactics

On a Capture The Flag server, Thief can be used while sitting on the team base to steal an enemy team flag from a fellow teammate and immediately capture the flag. Thief can also be used to quickly reclaim the team flag from an enemy.

In addition, because of the smaller size and higher speed, the Thief flag can be used to rush into an enemy base. Once in the base, there are several options. One option is just to drive/jump around and cause a distraction while your teammates also attack. Another option would be dropping the flag and then killing enemies or stealing the team flag.

A counter to Thief is to either allow your flag to be taken and then kill the thief (which will temporarily be defenseless and slower/larger) or to drop your flag so that there is nothing to steal.

Server Settings

• _thiefAdLife

  The number of seconds a thief shot will live.

• _thiefAdRate

  The number of seconds it takes for a thief shot to reload.

• _thiefAdShotVel

  The speed measured in world units per second of a thief shot.

• _thiefTinyFactor

  The multiplier of a tank's size when they are holding a Thief flag.

• _thiefVelAd

  The multiplier of a tank's speed when they are holding a Thief flag.

• _thiefDropTime

  The number of seconds a tank must wait before being able to shoot after stealing a flag.