Phantom Forces Community Testing Environment

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The Phantom Forces Community Testing Environment, or CTE for short, as its name suggests, was a testing environment created by AxisAngle for Phantom Forces moderators that wished to test out various changes and potential future updates. It has been closed, supplanted by the Test Place for the purposes of testing new weapons, attachments, and maps.

This link will take you to the Community Testing Environment's game page.

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History and Details

The Community Testing Environment was created on the 3rd of January 2017. The parent group, PF Community Improvements, is owned by AxisAngle. There were many differences in the CTE compared to the main game, such as the fact that guns and attachments in testing were available. Guns in heavy testing were either unavailable or had a higher-than-normal rank to be unlocked. At rank 0 all guns were available, but the attachments were not, except for the attachments they were testing, which required a single measly kill.

One must have been aware that the CTE was a testing place for unrefined additions, so flaws, unfinished content, and bugs were to be expected around every corner. As a result, the normal Phantom Forces became the suggested game for normal and stable playing.

The CTE was closed down for good once the July 4th, 2017 update was pushed to the main game. The CTE will remain closed forever and never reopen.

As a result of the CTE, two new developers were hired - HypocriticalDragon and lArekan. Anyone who contributed to the CTE was also given a special flair in the StyLiS Studios Discord.

A new testing environment has been created by StyLiS Studios to test new and upcoming features that might be published to the main game.

Tested Attachments

These are attachments of which were tested in the CTE.

For a full list of changes, check the CTE Trello.

Disclaimer: This can be also considered as a history archive, as the CTE is no longer open to the public.

Click the picture to go to the content's Trello page. Text hyperlinks will lead to the content's wiki page (If one exists). Some pictures may not have Trello links due to the content not having an associated card.

In the case that a photo of an in-game attachment cannot be found, a picture of the attachment in real life will act as a substitute (if it actually exists and there are images for it.)

Primary Attachments

• Optics
• Barrel
• Underbarrel
• Other

PSO-1 Scope	RT-RD 5x Scope	PM-II
0 Kills	69 Kills	0 Kills
Dragunov SVU VSS Vintorez	AK12 Intervention	AWS L115A3

Muzzle Booster	T-Brake	X-Ring	Loudener
All primary weapons	All primary weapons	All primary weapons	All primary weapons
Long Barrel	Aligner	Brake Dummy
SCAR-L and Colt SMG 635	Dragunov SVU	Unused

Green Laser

250 Kills

All primary weapons

Magazines	Ammunition	Miscellaneous
	M995 AP Ammo
40rd STANAG	M995 AP	Banana
M4, M4A1, M16A3, M16A4, M231, SCAR-L, SCAR PDW, L86 LSW, L22, L85A2, and FAMAS	M4, M4A1, M16A3, M16A4, and Colt LMG	AKM
	MK318 MOD1 SOST	Hypergat
10rd Police Magazine	MK318 MOD1 SOST (Silverpoint)	Hypergat
Remington 700	FAMAS, SCAR-L, M16A3, L86 LSW, L85A2, L22, and SCAR PDW	SKS, MK11, SCAR-SSR, and Dragunov SVU
	.375 CT Ammo
30rd Generic Magazine	.375 CT
AS VAL and SR-3M	Intervention
	7.62x39mm Ammo
32rd Magazine	7.62x39mm
AUG A3 Para	AK12
10rd Howling Raven	M1022 Long Range Sniper (LRS)
Mosin Nagant	BFG 50
Lighter Magazine
Lighter Magazine	Steel Ball
MP7	Remington 870 and KSG-12
3rd Internal	M198 Duplex
Remington 700	AG-3, SCAR-H, and Remington 700
20rd STANAG	12 Gauge Ammo
M4, M4A1, M16A3, M16A4, M231, SCAR-L, SCAR PDW, L86 LSW, L22, L85A2, and FAMAS	AK12
	JHP Ammo
10rd TAPCO	Jacketed Hollow Point (JHP)
SKS	MP5A4
20rd PMAG
AK-15, AK47, and AKM
20rd TAPCO
AK12, AN-94, and AK74
30rd HK
MG36
30rd STANAG
SCAR HAMR
20rd Colt Magazine
Colt SMG 635
30rd Steyr
AUG HBAR
100rd Beta-C Drum
M231

Secondary Attachments

• Optics
• Barrel
• Other

RT-RD 5x Scope

69 Kills

M9

Long Barrel

M1911, Glock 17, Glock 18, and TEC-9

Magazines	Ammunition	Miscellaneous
10rd Howling Raven	Steel Ball	Glock Stock
Obrez	Serbu Shotgun	Glock 17 and Glock 18
		Hypergat
33rd Glock Magazine		Hypergat
Glock 17 and Glock 18		All pistols and revolvers
50rd Glock Drum		Pistol Grip
Glock 18		M9, Glock 17, M1911, and Glock 18
Serbu Drum		Pistol FoldGrip
Serbu Shotgun		M9, Glock 17, M1911, and Glock 18
		G-Handle
		Glock 17 and Glock 18

New Weapons

• Primary
• Secondary
• Melee
• Grenade

G11K2	G36K	AK/50	AR-15/50
Assault Rifle	Assault Rifle	Battle Rifle	Battle Rifle
AK-15	Kriss Vector	MP5A4	Colt LMG
Assault Rifle	Personal Defense Weapon	Personal Defense Weapon	Light Machine Gun
L115A3	AWS
Sniper Rifle	Sniper Rifle

Deagle 50

Revolver

Fists
Fists	Crane

M15 Smoke	M87 Stun

Temporary Weapons

These are weapons that were added to the CTE but removed at a later date during the CTE's lifespan.

• Primary Weapons

OICW	HK-417	IZH-43	APS
Assault Rifle	Battle Rifle	Shotgun	Assault Rifle

Notable Gun Stat Changes

• AUG A2 now does 34-19 damage.
• FAMAS was heavily nerfed.
• 1000 RPM Burst mode for AK-12.
• L22 now does max 35 damage.
• For other stat changes, check the Trello.

Other changes

• New sounds including unique reload sounds for many of the guns as well as new firing sounds. Many new sound and visual features were tested as a result.
  • Grenades, when detonated at close range, would deafen the player and momentarily blind them. The further away they exploded, the quieter they were.
  • A very basic volumetric sound system was implemented, which attempted to dampen sounds from weapons firing behind obstructions.
  • Footsteps were given an all new sound system. Enemy footsteps were notably louder, allied footsteps were made quieter.
• Sweeping changes to maps like Crane Site, Highway Lot, and most notably Ravod 911.
• Massive balancing changes to guns.
• New HUD and loading screen.
• Many new cases and keys. While many didn't make the cut, a few have worked their way into the normal version of Phantom Forces (e.g. Starter 2, Wood, Digital Revolution.)
• New backgrounds for several pages in the menu.
• Slide shotting (a glitch commonly used in trickshotting) has been fixed.
• Melee weapons did 0 damage to prevent hacking. This was due to a massive exploiter outbreak. Close to the closing of the CTE, melee weapons were made to do damage again as normal.
• A new map was added to the CTE on 5/23/17 named Warehouse.
• Another two map was added to the CTE known as Airport and Prison. It did not get pushed to the main game and went down along with the CTE.

Community Testing Environment (CTE)
Primary Weapons	Assault Rifles	AK-15 - G11K2 - G36K
	Personal Defense Weapons	MP5A4
	Battle Rifles	AR-15/50 - AK/50
Secondary Weapons
	Revolvers	Deagle 50
Tertiary Weapons
	Melee Weapons	Crane - Fist
	Grenades	M15 Smoke - M87 Stun