With default settings, you can see the spawn timer in the right side of the screen. In the default maps - assuming that the server settings aren't changing it - Allies spawn every 20 seconds and the Axis every 30 seconds, the only exception being Rail Gun where both have a 20 second spawn. In all but the LMS mode, dead players respawn all at the same time, every X seconds. Depending on Game Mode the action will continue on another map (Campaign Mode) or the same map (Objective Mode, Stopwatch Mode, Last Man Standing). These minor objectives assist the team completing them. Some objectives may be optional, and some objectives can be carried out by either team. The defense needs to keep the offense from completing objectives until time runs out. On each map, the offense needs to complete a certain set of objectives within a limited amount of time.
There are six officially released maps (North Africa Campaign: Gold Rush, Siwa Oasis, and Seawall Battery Europe Campaign: Rail Gun, Würzburg Radar, and Fuel Dump), as well as hundreds of custom maps made by the internet community. To counter this, the game has support for PunkBuster, an anti-cheat solution. Like many online games, cheating and exploit communities exist. The game is playable over the Internet or a Local Area Network. Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory is an online multi-player game, where the players interact with each other over a network in two teams (Allies and Axis) to defend or destroy the mission objectives. Clearly, the next phase of conflict was critical. The Allies had much work to do before they could hope to mount a successful invasion attempt and had to gain expertise in both beach and parachute landings. The Axis High Command has ordered a strategic withdrawal from the 'remote and ultimately insignificant' North African theatre and their forces were busy fortifying the Atlantic coastline in expectation of Allied raids and an eventual invasion. The sands of the Sahara Desert is the first battle field, and hopefully not the last. Here the Axis Forces are keen to inflict further defeats and seize control of the oil-rich Middle East. The Allies concentrated their efforts in North Africa. While the Soviets battle the Axis in the East the remaining Allied forces damage and distract the Axis in the West until an amphibious liberation of Europe can be mounted. In game, they are fighting for various territories using different unit types. The setting is World War II and both sides (Allies and Axis) are in the middle of the conflict. However, there are some background information to the various missions and campaigns, and locations.