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Team Fortress 2 and Day of Defeat: Source Update Released

March 23, 2009 - Valve

Updates to Team Fortress 2 and Day of Defeat: Source have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include: Team Fortress 2 and Day of Defeat: Source

Fixed screenshots being black when Multicore Rendering is enabled.
Fixed sprays not showing up on some surfaces.
Fixed decal crash during changelevel.
Fixed crash caused by setting the decal limit too high on some machines.
Fixed crash caused by decals in the world render loop.
Fixed crash caused by convars changing while rendering is queued.

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

March 19, 2009 - Valve

Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include: Game changes

Fixed decal related crash
Removed upper limit for the "tf_flag_caps_per_round" convar

Server changes

Fixed players being kicked from servers with an INVALID_STEAM_TICKET rejection
Added a message to the server console to show when the server has reconnected to Steam

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

March 18, 2009 - Valve

Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include: Added Multicore Rendering

This initial release is aimed at testing compatibility, so the option is OFF by default
To turn it on, go to the Options->Video->Advanced dialog, and check the "Multicore Rendering" option

Other Changes

Several performance improvements to decals and client bone/flex setup
A variety of alt-tab and mode switch fixes
Improvements to the way the engine initializes surround sound, fixing some specific hardware cases
Fixed a crash on exit in Vista 64

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

March 13, 2009 - Valve

Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include: Gameplay Changes

Players who are stunned by a Scout now take 50% less damage
Increased the minimum distance to stun a player with the Sandman

Fixes

Fixed problem where clients were unable to join a team or maintain a connection to the server
Fixed Scout taunt kill achievement firing for people who didn't actually qualify
Fixed client crash in when creating muzzle flash effects
Fixed client crash when determining which disguise weapon to use for a spy
Fixed Natascha's chain not being drawn on the view model
Fixed stun code regression that resulted in a subtle reduction of Natascha's slowdown effect
Fixed rocket & grenade jumps not propelling players as far as they're supposed to

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

March 6, 2009 - Valve

Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include: Team Fortress 2

You can now duck twice in the air. Scout double jumps reset the in-air jump counts
Increased the jump velocity to account for the tuned bounding box sizes. Jump height should now match the prior-to-last-update heights
Added "tf_clamp_airducks" convar, set to 1 by default
- Setting it to 0 will remove all constraints on ducking while in the air. Useful for servers running RJ challenge maps

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

March 5, 2009 - Valve

Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include: Gameplay changes

Added a duck timer that prevents duck spamming while running around on-ground
In-air, players are only allowed to duck once before they touch ground again
Fixed several bounding box issues with jumping, falling, and rocket jump air-walking. Bounding box should be much more accurate there now
Increased backstab check so that Spies can side-stab again
When disguising, Spies now always start showing the primary weapon in their disguise, and can then switch it with the last-disguise key

TF2 Fixes

Fixed flamethrower loophole that resulted in the flame effect being stuck on while the flamethrower wasn't really firing
Fixed exploit that allowed players to circumvent the force-fire timeout on the pipebomb launcher
Fixed a bug that caused Natasha's slow on hit effect to be inverted from 75% to 25%
Restored sawmill_logs.mdl file, fixing some user maps that used it
Fixed some localization issues with Scout achievement strings
Removed the "Final" phrasing in the map loading screen

Engine fixes

Fixed a server crash on startup under Linux
Fixed a buffer overflow issue related to network string tables
Gamestats uploading is now done asynchronously. This fixes the client timeout issues on map changes

CP_Junction

Fixed an exploit where engineers could build a teleporter exit in an invalid area
Fixed a few bad overlay assignments and other minor issues

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

February 25, 2009 - Valve

Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include: Gameplay changes

Removed the damage reduction against non-stunned enemies on the new bat
Players with full health can now pick up dropped sandviches

Fixes

Reverted the change that treated chat text starting with / as a command instead of passing it through as chat
Fixed a crash related to baseball impacts
Fixed the Heavy's hands disappearing when he's stunned while wearing the KGB
Fixed the BONK! particles appearing in the air when the bat's taunt kill is used on a target
Fixed Force-A-Nature description not fitting inside the item window
Fixed the Axtinguisher

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

February 24, 2009 - Valve

Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include: New features

Added The Force-A-Nature, The Sandman, and Bonk!
Added 35 new Scout achievements
Added crit boosted on/off sound effects
Added new sounds for upgraded teleporters
Added new sound for a fully charged medic dying
Add bonus points section to scores
- Scouts earn a bonus point for killing Medics who are actively healing a target
Added several new speech concepts, mostly hooked up to new Scout lines
Added new "Remember last weapon between lives" option to the Multiplayer Advanced dialog
Spies can now control which weapon the enemy team sees them holding. Hitting the "last disguise" key while disguised updates the disguise to show the Spy's currently held weapon
Added several new Arena mode announcer speech events.
Added "First Blood" to Arena mode
Removed 2x item respawn times in arena
Changed backstab handling to fix facestabs
Spies disguised as enemy team can now see player IDs for enemies

New maps

Added community maps: cp_egypt, arena_watchtower, and cp_junction
Updated cp_fastlane with Arttu's new version

Mapmaker requests

Added new input for forward speed modifier to FuncTrainTrain
Added TeleportToPathTrack input to func_tracktrain

Bugfixes

Fixed a bug where players would sometimes gib from non-gib damage kills
Fixed stat screen showing an entry for a class called "map."
Fixed item model panels not using team skins

- Fixed obscure bug where spectators were able to carry the flag

Orange Box Engine Update Released

February 20, 2009 - Valve

Updates to the Orange Box Engine have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include: Orange Box Engine

Fixed stats and achievements not working in Half-Life 2: Episode Two and Portal
Fixed incompatibilities with MODs

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

February 18, 2009 - Valve

Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include: Team Fortress 2

Fixed loadout exploit

Orange Box Engine Update Released

February 17, 2009 - Valve

Updates to the Orange Box Engine have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include: Orange Box Engine

Updated the engine to report SteamIDs using the Steam_0 format instead of Steam_1
Fixed problems in Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Portal, and Source mods running the current Orange Box engine
Reverted the change that capped rate at 30000

Team Fortress 2 and Day of Defeat: Source Update Released

February 16, 2009 - Valve

Sticky bombs now get a reduced close range damage ramp up (like Rocket Launcher & Syringe Gun)
- Ultimately reduces damage done by sticky bombs to enemies <512 units from the Demoman
Moved the unlockable system over to the new item backend:
- Added a warning dialog to the loadout screen telling clients when the server they're on could not get their loadout
Made "tf_damage_disablespread" a replicated convar, so clients can see the value of it on the server they're connected to
Renamed "mp_stalemate_at_timelimit" to "mp_match_end_at_timelimit", to better explain its function now that stalemate is optional
Fixed muzzle flashes & shell ejections still playing when viewmodels are hidden
Server tags can now be used to include or exclude servers from the list

Team Fortress 2 and Day of Defeat: Source

Protected several more commands from client exploitation

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

February 2, 2009 - Valve

Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include: New client features

Added Viewmodel FOV slider to advanced multiplayer options
Added a hide viewmodel option to advanced multiplayer options
Added custom crosshair support
- Added crosshair image, scale, and color settings to the Options->Multiplayer settings tab
- Moved HUD minimal mode & Disable Spray options into the Advanced Multiplayer settings
Added "open_charinfo_direct" command that opens the loadout directly to the class you're currently playing
- Replaced the "Open Loadout" entry in the options->keys dialog with this new command. Rebind / reset your config to defaults to use it

New server features

Added "tf_damage_disablespread" convar to disable the 25% damage spread on all damage
Added class limit support to tournament mode
- Set the "tf_tournament_classlimit_X" convars to the max number of class X allowed
Added "tf_tournament_hide_domination_icons" convar, that allows a tournament mode server to force clients not to display domination icons over their nemeses

Gameplay changes

Modified critical hit calculation. Overall, critical hit chance is now much more recent-performance based:
- Base chance is now 2% (was 5%).
- Bonus range based on damage done changed from 0%-15% to 0%-10
- Damage range required for bonus changed from 0-1600 to 0-800
Reduced random damage spread applied to all player damage from +-25% to +-10%
Slight reduction (improvement) of the minigun's spread
Increased flare direct hit damage from 20 to 30
Rewrote Natascha's slowdown code to be more consistent
Sniper rifle now supports Crit Boost state like all other weapons (i.e. Kritzkrieg makes all shots critical hits)
Stealthed spies are no longer able to pickup the intelligence. They must uncloak first
Increased soldier primary ammo count from 16 to 20

Bugfixes

Fixed crash when running in tools mode
Added UTIL_IsCommandIssuedByServerAdmin() checks to several "physics_" CON_COMMAND scripts to prevent clients issuing the commands
Fixed bug in teleporter logic that allowed engineers to build teleporters with HUGE health values
Fixed matching teleporter not getting a health buff when the pair is upgraded (only the tele you were hitting got the health buff)
Fixed Medic UberCharge percentage in minimal-HUD mode

Team Fortress 2/Day of Defeat: Source Update Released

January 28, 2009 - Valve

Added percentage to UberCharge HUD panel for the Medic
Added upgrade progress and levels to Engineer HUD panel for all buildings
Added mp_tournament_allow_non_admin_restart server ConVar to allow server admin to toggle whether non-admin players can issue the mp_tournament_restart ConCommand on the server. Default is 1 (current behavior)
Added flag to the gamerules entity so map authors can override the HUD type being used. Allows map authors to force CTF or CP HUD to be used if they mix CTF/CP entities in the map
Added check in CTF HUD to make sure it doesn't point at disabled capture zones when the player is carrying the flag. Allows map authors to have more than one capture zone for each team in the map
Changed AutoTeam to give new players to the attackers on attack/defend maps if the teams are even
Fixed Pyro model not animating in the class menu
Fixed players getting stuck in the "prepare to respawn..." countdown loop
Fixed Natascha not getting the proper 75% of damage and slightly increased the strength of Natascha's slowdown
Fixed teleporter entrance/exit effects being drawn when they don't have a matching teleporter entrance/exit
Fixed announcer saying "the cart is nearing the checkpoint" after the round has already been won
Fixed cloaked spies having a particle-beam effect while standing next to a dispenser that's healing them
Fixed server crash when trying to load a map that contains control points with duplicate index values
Fixed several materials warnings in the console
Fixed "Cart.Explode" sound script entry using an unknown sound channel
Marked the cl_bobcycle and cl_bobup ConVars as cheats

Team Fortress 2 and Day of Defeat: Source

Fixed clients using reloadresponsesystems, sv_soundemitter_flush, sv_soundemitter_filecheck, sv_findsoundname, and sv_soundscape_printdebuginfo to lag/crash servers

Source Engine

Fixed client "timeout on mapchange" problem
Fixed setinfo exploit
Marked the r_aspectratio ConVar as a cheat

Server Browser

Renamed "Quick List" to "Map List"
Removed minimum ping filter from Map List

Team Fortress 2/Day of Defeat: Source Update Released

January 12, 2009 - Valve

Updates to Team Fortress 2 and Day of Defeat: Source have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include: Additions

Added a Quick List view to the serverbrowser

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