Team Fortress 2 Update Released
February 7, 2014 - TF2 Team
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:
Weapon Updates
- The Shortstop
- Reduced extra knockback penalty from 80% to 40%
- The Short Circuit
- Added Penalty - No longer gain metal from dispensers when active
- The Cleaner's Carbine
- Changed OnKill effect from gain crits for 3 seconds to gain mini-crits for 8 seconds
- Natascha
- Added Positive Attribute +50% extra ammo
- The Reserve Shooter
- Increased clip size from 3 to 4
- Time to mini-crit airborne targets changed from 3 to 5
- The Beggar's Bazooka
- Changed penalty No primary ammo from dispensers to no primary ammo from dispensers when active
- The Quick Fix
- Fixed the Medic not gaining the proper speed boost when a Demoman uses the Chargin' Targe or Splendid Screen
Weapon Fixes
- Fixed deflected projectiles not affecting Strange and Killstreak counts
- Fixed the Mini-Sentry range-sphere not accurately displaying the range for the sentry when it is being placed
- Fixed the Spy's revolver using the incorrect reload sound
- Fixed third-person Medi Gun beams appearing jittery
- Fixed the Heavy not playing his response rules lines after eating a Sandvich, Buffalo Steak Sandvich, etc.
- Fixed The Half-Zatoichi using the wrong animations for the Loadout screen and the HUD 3D Character
Community Updates
- Added the Strongbox Key to the Mann Co. Store
- Added 43 community-contributed items to the Strongbox Crate
- Added the Tumblr Vs Reddit Participation Medal
Mann vs. Machine
- Added Killstreak Fabricators for the following weapons to the Two Cities Tour reward list:
- The Lugermorph, The Big Kill, The Iron Curtain, The Frying Pan, The Black Rose, The AWPer Hand, Chargin' Targe, Splendid Screen, and The Mantreads
- Fixed an exploit that allowed players to purchase/sell the Canteen Specialist upgrade to get more money than they originally spent
- Fixed an exploit where players could stand on a robot's head to block their movement for an easy kill
- Fixed players not being able to earn the Frags to Riches achievement if there is money in the world when the mission is completed
- Fixed a bug that caused players to not receive an Upgrade Refund Credit when they should have
- Fixed the UI not updating properly if an Upgrade Refund Credit is earned after the wave has ended
Quickplay
- Added advanced options page, which allows you to search for a few commonly-requested non-vanilla options: 32-player servers, nocrits, and instant/modified respawn times
- Added "Show Servers" button to quickplay. This will run the normal quickplay search, but instead of joining the "best" server, it will present a list of about 20 servers and let you pick.
Other Changes
- Improved loading of item information panels to prevent hitches when cycling through backpack pages
- Use the convar tf_time_loading_item_panels to control how much time is spent per frame loading item panel data.
- Fixed Australium items not using the correct images in the Steam Community Market
- Added missing payload audio for the Medic, Soldier, Demoman, and Spy
- Added the server command "sv_setsteamaccount" for logging in with a persistent game server account using a login token. Login tokens may be acquired via the IGameServersService/CreateAccount web API. Using a login token is not required to run a game server, but allows Steam users to continue to access your game server from their favorites list if your game server changes IP in the future.
- Added the game server's SteamID to the output of the status command
- Fixed the Killstreak counts not being accurately portrayed in the scoreboard
- Fixed seeing the incorrect LOD settings for models when they are being previewed during submission to the Steam Workshop
- Fixed a UV/skinning problem on the level 1 sentry
- Fixed a problem where "activate virtual reality" doesn't work if you have 2 monitors + headset
- Fixed a client crash caused by trying to load an invalid URL
- Fixed achievements getting stuck in a completed state and not being awarded to the player
- Fixed not hearing hit sounds after a level change when using tf_dingalingaling_repeat_delay
- Fixed the "equipped" label being displayed on incorrect backpack panels when equipping items
- Fixed the upper-left backpack panel always being highlighted when equipping items
- Fixed player names being clipped by item images in the Freeze Cam and Inspect panels
- Updated the equip_region for The Extra Layer
- Updated the Blue team material for the Ambassador to be less red
- Updated ctf_2fort
- Fixed a rendering bug on a silo prop in the skybox area for the Blue base
