Jekyll2026-09-06T00:41:42+00:00/feed.xmlThe Illustrative Fortress WebsiteThe official website for the Illustrative Fortress project.Total mod reconstruction2026-09-06T00:30:00+00:002026-09-06T00:30:00+00:00/2026/09/06/reconstructionWe’ve decided to do a total reconstruction of the mod, which is already underway! It has become increasingly obvious that the mod was built on sand, and continuing with it in its current state is only going to lead to more problems.

We have recently had multiple creators come forward regarding assets that were being distributed, which has made it clear that our current assets, even those we had been granted permission for, were not something we could continue to use. On the code side there hasn’t been any ownership issues, but we’ve carried over a lot of PF2’s more opinionated and distinct design decisions that don’t fit with our goals, and it’s generally not in a great state.

Therefore it has been decided that going forward we’ll be starting again with the old 2008 TF2 game code ported to the latest version of the Source SDK. We decided against using the latest version of TF2 as the older code is a lot easier to work with and a lot closer to the beta. For assets, we already have an internal tool developed to quickly check where an asset likely originated from, which will enable us to actively avoid issues in going forward.

We hope this will result in a more interesting mod with a stronger identity of its own.

No promises on a release date at the moment. We’ll update you with more information soon!

]]>The IF TeamRemoval request.2026-09-01T06:47:15+00:002026-09-01T06:47:15+00:00/2026/09/01/removal-requestWe are taking the mod download down for the time being to comply with unforeseen asset removal requests. We will update you with more information soon.

]]>The IF TeamIF’s Download Links will be down2026-08-31T05:51:00+00:002026-08-31T05:51:00+00:00/2026/08/31/downloads-downAs requested, all IF downloads containing the Spy Tranquilizer thirdperson will be removed, as the person who originally created the assets no longer want it in the mod after some consideration.

]]>The IF TeamWelcome to Illustrative Fortress2026-07-05T16:00:00+00:002026-07-05T16:00:00+00:00/2026/07/05/welcome-to-irtfIllustrative Fortress was created with the goal of letting people play and experience what an earlier version of TF2 during late 2006 - early 2007 might have been like.

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