Team Fortress 2 Update Released
July 30, 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:
- Added a new startup music track from Expiration Date
- Fixed projectiles causing teleporter exits to detonate
- Fixed the Huntsman not firing after being charged in the air and landing on the ground while using cl_autoreload
- Fixed teammates blocking the removal of sappers when using the Homewrecker, Maul, and Neon Annihilator
- Fixed a bug with the Gloves of Running Urgently that increased the marked for death time to 5 seconds instead of 3
- Fixed a bug related to orphaned marked for death particles
- Updated the target ID to be hidden while taunting
- Updated the Bolt Boy to have two styles like the Bonk Boy
- Updated the equip_regions for the Bonk Boy and the Bolt Boy
- Updated the materials for the Boo Balloon
- Updated pl_cactuscanyon
- Added stage 3
- Limited Red flanking route near cliff to Blu spawn in stage 1
- Added health and ammo inside underpass by Blu spawn in stage 1
- Adjusted spawn times in stage 2
- Adjusted health and ammo packs
- Updated rd_asteroid
- Mode changes
- Updated HUD layout
- Fixed a bug that would prevent players from picking up the reactor core
- Teams will now spawn 70% faster if their C robots are dead
- Map changes
- Fixed unbalanced ammo kits in Blu base near the vault
- Added flashing light in the vault that will activate when a player is stealing points
- Added larger one way glass windows to spawn exit doors
- Added small ammo pack to top of the stairs at the cave exit
- Shortened length of pipes in vents that require players to crouch
- Increased track length for A robots. This is to provide more angles of attack.
- Extended flat area near left spawn exit for Engineers to build teleporters
- Lowered the health for the A robots from 500 to 300
- Fixed a bug where the power supply would not disable the flashing alarms when it was captured
July 25, 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:
- Fixed a client crash related to the CTF HUD
- Fixed the CTF HUD not updating properly
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
July 24, 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:
- Fixed a case where move speeds could be exploited using player view angles
- Fixed an exploit related to Bonk! Atomic Punch and Crit-a-Cola
- Fixed cosmetic items not using the correct team skins when attached to ragdolls
- Fixed a bug related to cancelling the Eureka Effect taunt and teleporting immediately
- Fixed baseballs causing teleporter exits to detonate
- Updated The Five-Month Shadow to fix a paint-related problem
- Updated The Merc's Mohawk so it can be equipped by all classes
- Updated the equip_region for the Exquisite Rack
- Updated beta map pl_cactuscanyon
- Redesigned the alternate window route over the choke point by stage 2 capture point 1
- Window overlooking second stage final capture point is now a doorway
- Removed stairs leading to back barn in stage 2 near final capture point
- Back alley behind water tank in stage 2 is now a 1-way drop down
- Added small health pack in the small room off the back stairwell flank near stage 1 capture point 2
- Fixed players building in spawn rooms
- Updated beta map rd_asteroid
- Mode changes
- Players must steal at least 25 points before they can leave the vault with the reactor core
- Updated power core pick up sound
- Updated robot death effects and sounds
- Updated HUD layout
- Map changes
- Layout has been adjusted with the overall goal of increasing players ability to participate in creating points for their team
- Added terrain path and cave entrance under mid bridge. Exit is located near the large row of windows. Cave contains a medium health pack
- Widened play space near cave exit leading into large row of windows
- Added small ammo pack to underwater flank that leads to enemy reactor vault
- Added small health kit to staging area before the interior battlements
- Reduced ammo pack near vault from full to medium
- Added alcove near front door staging area
- Robots have been rearranged
- A robots now circle the staircase near the front door
- B robots now roam the interior bridge above the water
- Enabled flashing lights when a team's power reactor has been stolen
- Fixed broken stair collision when exiting the water near the bridge. In some cases it would push players back into the water.
- Added player blocker to ledge above exterior battlements
- Widened glass tunnel flank doorway near C robots
- Increased attackers spawn time by 1 second
July 17, 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:
- Fixed a client crash related to particle effects
- Fixed the quickplay menu not remembering the Advanced Options settings after using the Play Beta Maps option
- Fixed the Festive Sapper not having a skin for the Blu team
- Added a new startup music track from Expiration Date
- Added a Headset style for the Greased Lightning
- Updated the Conga taunt to play sounds on the client instead of the server
- Updated several materials to fix issues caused by mat_picmip
- Updated the localization files
- Updated beta map pl_cactuscanyon
- Redesign of the first half of stage 2. Blu team now pushes up the first hill
- Removed the death pit in the first barn building of stage 1
- Ammo increased in stage 2
- Fixed Red building in the spawn room of stage 2
- Updated beta map rd_asteroid
- Mode changes
- Power Cores and Reactor Cores now add their point value to a team's score over time
- Reduced the rate at which points can be stolen from 15 per second to 10 per second
- Robots now heal 5 health per second to nearby friendly players
- The HUD has been reworked
- Inverted the layout to better represent the layout of the level
- Added progress bars to represent each team's score
- Potential point gains from stolen reactor cores are now visually represented on the score progress bars
- Thief icon now moves across the score board relative to the thief's position in the level
- Updated thief icon to represent both the color of the power core stolen and the color of the thief's team
- Added new strings to the win panel that explain why the team won
- Replaced the current "points being stolen" sound with a new sound
- Added better collision hulls to robot models
- Reworked robot skins to reduce similarity to the Ubercharged skin
- Sentry guns no longer target Ubercharged robots
- Map changes
- Layout has been adjusted with the overall goal of improving visibility of teammates
- Removed spawn teleporter
- Reduced map size by removing the front lobby and cave sections
- Added terrain paths on the sides of the mid bridge
- Increased width of the mid bridge
- Removed doors that locked when A and B robots were active
- Robots have been rearranged:
- A robots now roam the bridge above the water
- B robots now roam around the floor in front of the vault
- C robots now roam around the upper deck
- Added more line of sight blockers to the water room to provide better cover during combat engagements
- Reduced travel time for the water flanking route under the interior bridge
- Added a drop down to enter the water room from the front door staging area
- Increased size of the glass room near C robots to provide flanking cover to use against sentries that are placed at the corner of the upper deck
- Increased width of vault corridors
- Reworked vent route that leads to the vault, no longer need to crouch jump on exit
- Moved left spawn exit forward to reduce effectiveness of spawn camping
- Added a resupply cabinet to the right side spawn exit
- Re-positioned health and ammo pickup locations
- Added ramp collision to stairs
- Changed setup time from 60 seconds to 40 seconds
- Changed power reactor max return time from 90 seconds to 60 seconds
- Fixed gap in the death pit that allowed players to survive
July 9, 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:
- Updated rd_asteroid to fix another problem with respawn times for Blu attackers
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
July 9, 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:
- Updated rd_asteroid
- Fixed incorrect respawn times for Blu attackers
- Fixed missing kill triggers in pits
- Added blockers to starting gates to prevent engineers from building outside the base before the round starts
- Added medium health kit near large ammo pack at the front doors of each base
- Removed the ability to create buildings in the lasers
- Removed chair prop from vent access room near vault
- Updated pl_cactuscanyon
- Prevented players from shooting over the fences by the mid building in stage 2
- Prevented players from shooting between spawns in stage 2
- Fixed a bug which prevented Blu team from winning upon a successful capture
- Fixed players getting under the terrain near the first Blu Spawn in stage 1
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
July 8, 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:
- Added Mann Co. Beta Maps - Early Access program
- Added 2 new beta maps: RD_Asteroid and PL_CactusCanyon
- Beta maps can be accessed via the quickplay menu by clicking the Play Beta Maps option
- Added a new startup music track from Expiration Date
- Added UGC Highlander Season 12, UGC 6v6 Season 14, UGC 4v4 Season 1, and Tumblr Vs Reddit Season 2 medals
- Fixed the server browser not properly filtering for the "US - East" region when selected
- Fixed a bug where players that are taunting would not be playing the correct animation
- Fixed Australium weapons using the incorrect arm skin for the Blue team
- Fixed Mutated Milk not being a valid item for the Scout's Special Delivery item set
- Fixed The Stealth Steeler not using the correct team materials
- Fixed some festive weapons using the lowest LOD for the first person view
- Minigun: Winding up via secondary attack now counts toward reducing the one-second accuracy penalty
- Updated the equip_regions for The Southie Shinobi, The Chronomancer, and The Pencil Pusher
- Updated the localization files
- Updated The Towering Pillar of Summer Shades
- Fixed not using the correct team materials
- Updated to be paintable
- Reminder - Bread Boxes can no longer be crafted after tomorrow (July 9th)
- Craft them via the crafting system (Items->Crafting->Special Blueprint->Fabricate Bread Box)
June 26, 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:
- Added a new startup music track from Expiration Date
- Fixed a client crash related to the B.A.S.E. Jumper
- Fixed an exploit related to the B.A.S.E. Jumper and supply cabinets
- Updated the B.A.S.E. Jumper backpack to use an open model when the parachute is deployed
- Fixed a few crates not displaying which Unusual Series they can potentially output
- Fixed a client crash caused by applying a tool to an empty backpack slot
- Removed the shot effect for The Classic in DirectX 8
- Updated the name of The Senguko Scorcher to be The Sengoku Scorcher
- Updated the Summer Starter Kit and Summer Adventure Pack to be marketable
- Updated the localization files
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
June 23, 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:
- Reverted the recent stickybomb damage ramp up change. We will continue to evaluate the use of stickybomb air detonations and potential changes to that mechanic.
- Fixed being able to taunt with enemies between spawn room doors
- Fixed a problem with The Senguko Scorcher's materials
- Updated the Towering Pillar of Summer Shades so they are marketable
- Updated the attribute description for the Back Scatter to better explain what it does
- Updated the localization files
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
June 20, 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:
- Fixed a client crash related to the B.A.S.E. Jumper
- Updated the prioritization method used when choosing which partner taunt to join such that players under the crosshair will have the highest priority.
- Fixed The Classic scope not being drawn correctly in DirectX 8
- Fixed the Tide Turner and Chargin' Targe doing impact damage at any range
- Fixed the Tide Turner refilling the Charge meter on any decapitation
- Updated the B.A.S.E. Jumper to prevent buying unusable upgrades in Mann vs. Machine
- Fixed Lugermorph animations
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
June 19, 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:
- Added a new startup music track from Expiration Date
- Added a crafting recipe for The Back Scatter
- Fixed a client crash caused by Strange Fists
- Fixed players using the partner taunts to enter enemy spawn rooms
- Fixed a regression with the Disco Beat Down unusual effect
- Fixed The Classic automatically zooming in after going through a teleporter while charging
- Updated The Tide Turner to also refill the charge meter from impact kills
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
June 18, 2014 - TF2 Team
Updates to Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch have been released. The updates will be applied automatically. The major changes include:
- Love & War Update
- Added 5 new weapons, 15 new taunts, and 43 cosmetic items for the Love & War update
- Partner Taunts can now be performed with the opposing team
- Added a new Taunt Loadout with 8 slots so multiple taunts can be equipped at the same time
- Taunts are no longer equipped in the Action Slot
- Pressing the Taunt key in game now brings up the new Taunt Selection menu
- Pressing the taunt key while the Taunt Selection menu is open performs a weapon taunt, or joins a partner taunt
- Mann Co. Store
- Added 15 new taunts and a taunt bundle
- Added 5 new weapons and a weapon bundle
- Added 44 new cosmetics and a cosmetic bundle
- Added "Taunt" category into the store
- Added Mann Co. Stockpile Crate Key
- The "Hats" and "Misc" categories have been merged into "Cosmetics"
- Items
- Added the Mann Co. Stockpile Crate to the droplist
- Each Mann Co. Stockpile Crate can be repeatedly shuffled to contain a set of 4 possible items
- Added the Mann Co. Audition Reel. Contains taunts and a rare chance at an unusual taunt
- Updated Mann Co. Crates to display which Unusual Series they can potentially output
- Added Bread Box Special Crafting Recipe. This recipe will no longer be available after July 9th, 2014. Items from the Bread box have a chance to be strange.
- Added crafting recipes for newly added weapons
- Added Killstreak Kits to MvM for newly added weapons
- Added OzFortress Season 11 tournament medals
- Weapon changes and updates
- With The Hitman's Heatmaker, pressing ‘reload’ now activates focus when it is full
- The Axtinguisher now does mini-crit damage from the front and full crit damage from behind to burning targets
- The Bushwacka can no longer randomly crit
- All mini-guns now have damage and accuracy ramp up after they start firing. Full accuracy and damage is reached 1 second after firing.
- All Demoman stickybombs now have damage ramp up. Full damage is reached 2 seconds after firing.
- Updated Loch-n-Load reload animation
- Sentry bullets are now affected by damage falloff outside of sentry scan range
- Sentry bullet damage has been changed so it calculates damage based on the sentry's position, not the Engineer's
- Misc Changes
- Updated the Halloween holiday to automatically be enabled when the server runs an _event map
- Added a check to prevent achievement announcement spam
- Converted several weapon models to use the c_models system
- Updated the localization files
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed an exploit where charging Demoman could turn more than allowed
- Fixed a bug where Halloween spellbooks were overriding PDAs and Disguise Kits
- Fixed The Director's Vision taunt not playing both variations for the Pyro
- Fixed the Pyro's spell audio not sounding like the rest of the Pyro's audio
- Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause items to unequip themselves
- Fixed a dedicated server crash related to using 'mp_forcecamera 0' with one player on the server
- Fixed a regression with the trigger_gravity entity not correctly applying its settings
- Fixed another exploit where Engineer buildings could build up a large amount of health
- Fixed a server performance issue related to the item_teamflag entity
- Fixed the itemtest command
- Fixed cosmetics shared between multiple classes not rendering correctly
- Updated the cosmetic item list to sort by name
- Map Fixes
- Updated cp_granary
- Removed collision from lights and small props protruding from walls
- Fixed collision on fences
- Fixed the tire props near Blu's forward spawn so players may no longer jump up to the spawn door platform
- Fixed players shooting through gaps around forward spawn doors
- Fixed door protruding through roof on Red's forward spawn
- Fixed a collision bug that gave players access to the roof above Red's spawn door
- Prevented players from building inside spawn room doors
- Adjusted area portals to improve rendering and performance
- Updated koth_harvest_final
- Added metal panel prop to Blu building, which now mirrors the jump up on the Red side
- Small performance increase through prop fade adjustments
- Players can no longer build inside spawn doors
- Updated pl_upward
- Fixed physics debris triggering the payload cart’s finale explosion
June 12, 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:
- Fixed a client crash related to the HUD weapon selection menu
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
June 11, 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:
- Fixed a client crash caused by failing to properly parse the item schema
- Fixed not being able to equip The Director's Vision taunt in the Action slot
- Fixed not being able to taunt with the Spy's disguise kit
- Fixed the Engineer's build menu staying open after changing class
- Fixed being charged the incorrect amount of metal for a Dispenser when The Gunslinger is equipped
- Updated the description of The High Five! Taunt to better describe the new toggle behavior
- Updated the materials for The Eureka Effect HUD to support mat_picmip
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
June 11, 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:
- Fixed item descriptions for Strange scores not appearing to update
- Fixed a bug where damage dealt and healing done Strange scores would stop incrementing
- Fixed an exploit where teleporters could build up a large amount of health
- Fixed a bug where premium accounts would temporarily appear to revert to free status
- Fixed deflected rocket explosion sounds playing repeatedly
- Fixed deflected Black Box rockets not giving health to the Pyro
- Fixed being able to apply the Strange Part: Buildings Destroyed tool to the Flying Guillotine
- Fixed several cosmetic items not cloaking properly for the Spy
- Added the AsiaFortress Cup Season 7 medals
- Community Request: Added SetCustomUpgradesFile input to the gamerules entity to allow servers to specify a different upgrades file
- Updated the localization files
- Updated the Eureka Effect
- Can now pickup buildings
- Repair and upgrade rates have been decreased
- Can teleport to your spawn room or your Teleporter Exit
