The developer of Custom Fortress - Beta says the mod will not deliver what was promised. In an Aug. 15, 2026 update titled "Things were already worse, but they will still keep getting worse..." they write that "nothing has changed since the last announcement/update," and that the project "wasn't meant to be released" — they tried to salvage it and still failed. The post puts the blame on launch-wave hate, false accusations of stolen work, and a community the developer says won't help.

• Certain videos and constant Discord comments in other Sourcemod servers (TF2C, OF, PF2 and so on) accuse the mod of stealing. The developer points to a Credits menu and credits in item descriptions, and says earlier work on Offshore involved people who agreed to the collaboration. On Workshop moderation, they admit: "with a small team, you can expect lack of moderation... since we can't be everywhere, at all times."
• The developer says they have been blocked or "straight up hated" by some Sourcemod devs/leads without ever interacting with them, and that mini-help posts around Discords drew no interest.
• One team member left over drama the team was unaware of, and Workshop work keeps piling up — "which I do enjoy, but it's time consuming."
• The post argues help only comes if you are a veteran/popular figure or offer cash — and that the coders the developer has met are mostly like that. "If you are none of these... you're not going anywhere." No matter what you do, they add, "people will always be negative and trashtalk."

The developer tried learning to code and made some progress, but says it would realistically take 5 years to be good enough — not out of laziness, but because by then, they argue, "it will be forgotten, and all the people will be gone." Private lessons aren't cheap, and "my brain just can't handle that much."

AI is rejected too: "I prefer trying, or having an actual human on my side to talk to, instead of a bunch of idiotic answers, and snippets," citing wasted water, inflated RAM prices, and further wasted time.

The developer contrasts this with TF2 Workshop, where people have been kind and helpful, including work on maps like Mannstreet and Pressure; they call the "TF2 Workshop Creators are Evil!" videos ironic.

"Everything has gone downhill, and will go even further," the developer writes. They are "disappointed, and tired," have "lost all the hope," and know it isn't coming back. Still, anyone willing to help can "just reach the discord"; the team mostly needs coders in C++ with Source SDK knowledge. The post ends with an apology to Mixer for the "wasted purchase."