Team Fortress 2 Update Released
April 12, 2018 - 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:
Matchmaking Changes
- The initial load time into a match no longer counts against a player's abandon timer
- Changed the timeout before a missing player is marked as having abandoned a competitive match to be three minutes from the first time a player disconnects from the server, rather than from the moment the match is formed
- Queue times should now be significantly faster when dealing with large numbers of placement and recently-placed players in queue
- Moved the Competitive MMR change notification so it no longer overlaps your rank
- Fixed continuing to receive the prompt to rejoin a match after you have been dropped from said match
- Fixed a case where players would receive a rank change in matches that dissolved due to abandon
General
- Added a stomp animation to Pyro that plays when coming down after blasting off from the Thermal Thruster
- Added HLPugs.tf tournament medals
- Added Gette it Onne! tournament medals
- Added TFCL tournament medals
- Added Copenhagen Games tournament medals
- Fixed Medics having an accelerated Ubercharge build-rate when healing full-health Snipers who are using The Razorback
- Fixed being able to capture control points during setup time
- Fixed the Golden Wrench not having an offset when using minimized viewmodels
- Fixed the Private Maggot Muncher hiding the Soldier's hat when equipped
- Fixed the Medic's auto-call feature not including enemy Spies disguised as the Medic's team
- Fixed The Lugermorph not displaying when inspected in the backpack
- Fixed unusual effects on the Brass Bucket rendering in the wrong spot
- Fixed Mann vs. Machine late-join failing for parties of two or more
- Fixed the Short Circuit orb not changing particle color after being deflected
- Fixed the Short Circuit orb not being able to destroy rockets/grenades during the first 0.25 seconds of their lifetime
- Updated models and materials for the Private Maggot Muncher
- Updated the localization files
