Team Fortress 2 Update Released
October 1, 2015 - 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:
- The Gun Mettle Campaign has officially ended
- Gun Mettle Coin owners have until October 12th to finish any remaining contracts. Contracts will expire on the 13th and will be removed.
- Added 'Inspect Item' backpack menu option for all cosmetics and taunts
- Added 'View in Game...' button for decorated weapons, cosmetics and taunts when viewing TF2 items from Steam Community Inventory or Steam Community Marketplace
- Added more LBTF2 Highlander Season 2 tournament medals
- Added new hit-sound options for players to choose from in the Adv. Options menu
- Fixed a crash related to .vtf file loading (thanks to Nathaniel Theis for this report)
- Fixed a client crash related to the main menu
- Fixed a server crash related to Mann vs. Machine mode
- Fixed a crash and possible odd behavior in maps spawning multiple tf_gamerules entities
- Updated campaign contracts to display their expiration date when the time remaining is less than a week
- Updated the localization files
- Mannpower update
- Updated the grapple impact sounds
- Updated reduced damage taken sound
- Heavy can no longer switch to the grapple until the Minigun has finished its spin-down
- Fixed an exploit related the Knockout powerup not switching to the melee weapon
- Fixed players sometimes getting stuck in the grapple
September 24, 2015 - 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 crash related to picking up dropped weapons
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
September 24, 2015 - 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 LBTF2 Highlander Season 2 and LBTF2 6v6 Season 11 tournament medals
- Added an "Unusual Effect" checkbox for the Steam Workshop import tool
- Fixed a client crash related to the material system
- Fixed seeing [unknown] for player names in item descriptions
- Fixed a lighting bug with static props
- Fixed custom item_teamflag models not drawing properly
- Fixed a case where the Stat Clock model would float in the air while the player was taunting
- Fixed a case where the Sniper zoom could get stuck after picking up a weapon
- Fixed a push bug with The Scorch Shot and giant robots in Mann vs. Machine mode
- Fixed the Spy Sapper not drawing on robots in Mann vs. Machine mode
- Updated the slosh sounds used for footsteps
- Updated the localization files
- Updated the vote system so player can extend the current map using the “Extend Current Map” vote in the Vote Setup menu
- Server admin can configure this new feature using the convars sv_vote_issue_extendlevel_allowed and sv_vote_issue_extendlevel_quorum
- PASS Time update
- Rounds will continue after the timer expires until the jack becomes neutral or someone scores
- The jack will heal its carrier to full health
- Added tf_passtime_unstable for testing unstable features
- Unstable features
- Attack, defense, and support classes have different throwing arcs (tf_passtime_throwspeed, tf_passtime_throwarc)
- The jack inherits some of the thrower's velocity (tf_passtime_throwspeed_velocity)
- Added an alternate version of pass_warehouse: pass_warehouse_goal2
- Instead of scoring by throwing the jack into the goal, players need to carry the jack into the goal
Hi PASS Time players! Join the Official PASS Time Steam Group to help test experimental new content before it goes live to the world! Be the first to get the latest PASS Time news, watch some of the mode's best plays, share your feedback, play with the dev team, and more!
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/PASSTimeOfficial
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
September 10, 2015 - 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 the DeutschLAN 2015 tournament medals
- Fixed a client crash related to fonts
- Fixed a client crash for users who had model quality set to low on maps with static prop lightmaps (thanks to Egan for the detailed report and test case)
- Fixed a bug where Strange Dalokohs Bars were incorrectly counting Allied Healing Done events as Allies Extinguished
- Strange Sandviches can now accept Allies Extinguished strange parts
- Updated the materials and model for The Rotation Sensation
- Updated the localization files
- PASS Time update
- If the jack is neutral for too long, it will automatically respawn
- If a player holds the jack for too long, teammates can steal the jack from that player
- Catching and intercepting a tossed jack is slightly easier
- Demoman can no longer charge or detonate while holding the jack
- Enabled melee-only for sudden death mode
- Updated pass_warehouse to fix some spots where the jack could get stuck
It's been amazing getting extremely helpful/creative/clever/funny feedback from people! We’re reading every email and checking all the forums, so please keep it coming to passtime@valvesoftware.com. With much gratitude, Valve, Bad Robot, and Escalation.
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
September 7, 2015 - 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:
- Removed the Gun Mettle Campaign Pass from the Mann Co. Store
- Updated Mann Co. Store prices for foreign currencies to current USD equivalents
- Updated the localization files
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
August 28, 2015 - 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 security issue related to map loading (thanks to Nathaniel Theis for this report)
- Fixed a client crash related to custom HUDs
- Fixed a client crash related to the material system
- Fixed Gun Mettle weapons not always displaying their wear level in the tool tip
- Fixed the Lurker's Leathers not using the correct Blue team material
- Fixed a bug in Mann vs. Machine that allowed players to refund credits without losing their upgrades
- Fixed a bug in Mann vs. Machine related to the Medigun shield
- The Dalokohs Bar can now accept Allies Extinguished strange parts
- Updated the materials and model for the Outta' Sight
- Updated the The Crosslinker's Coil, The Brütal Bouffant, and The Wilson Weave to add a 'No Headphones' style
- Updated the localization files
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
August 27, 2015 - 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 Collection Trade-Ups!
- Added Map Stamps and Strange Filters for the featured maps in the Gun Mettle Campaign
- Added the Gun Mettle Cosmetic Case which contains new community cosmetic items
- Gun Mettle Cosmetic Case can only be found by players with a campaign coin
- Cosmetics in a collection can be listed on the Steam Community Market
- All Strange items now have a visible icon in backpack panels
- Added an option button to display paints and/or styles options for items in the Mann Co. Store preview page and the Steam Workshop item import tool
- Added the OWL 14 tournament medals
- Added a Steam Community Profile option to the player right-click context menu in the scoreboard
- Fixed a buffer overflow exploit (thanks to Didrole for this report)
- Fixed a Mann vs. Machine exploit related to purchasing upgrades while not at an upgrade station
- Fixed a Mann vs. Machine exploit related to the Medigun shield
- Fixed the Gun Mettle Coin not displaying its proper level in the Steam Community view
- Fixed the Enforcer getting a damage bonus as the Spy was disguising and not fully disguised
- Fixed the cvarlist command truncating some cvar/command descriptions
- Fixed hitting 'Enter' while in the backpack menu triggering buttons in the main menu
- Fixed invalid map names in nextlevel convar or the map cycle causing the server to fail to change level after displaying the score panel
- Fixed the Engineer losing revenge crits and picked-up weapons after using The Eureka Effect to teleport back to base
- The Dalokohs Bar can now accept Ally Healing Done strange parts
- Updated several HUD elements to include the name of the weapon's owner when a player is carrying a weapon they picked-up
- Updated the materials for the Stickybomb Launcher
- Updated Mann Co. Store prices for foreign currencies to current USD equivalents
- Updated the localization files
- PASS Time update
- Fixed scoring in your own goal if you change teams while the jack is in flight
- Fixed disguised and cloaked enemy Spies having a shield drawn for them in the HUD
- Fixed players sometimes not being able to throw the jack
- Fixed another case where players could teleport the jack with The Eureka Effect
- Fixed The Dead Ringer making it impossible to throw the jack or deactivate the Dead Ringer
- All global special abilities that are activated with alt-fire are now available while carrying the jack, unless you're actively aiming the jack
- Unlocked console variables for community servers to experiment with without requiring sv_cheats
- Fixed Scouts being able to pick up the jack while drinking
- Fixed disguised Spies being able to carry the jack in some situations
- Made weapon switch faster after throwing the jack
- Fixed not getting a speed boost if you score and then get the jack after it respawns
- Fixed a crash if mp_tournament was enabled and someone scored during pre-game
- Improved the way blocking works
- Fixed being able to cancel enemy taunts by hitting them with the ball
- Fixed seeing a phantom jack in your hand if you threw the jack and couldn't switch back to your previous weapon (jars, cleavers, etc.)
- Updated pass_warehouse
- Fixed issue with jack getting stuck behind props
- Fixed exploit of jack getting stuck in dropper
- Fixed issue with unbalanced ammo and health kits
- Moved resupply closets further from the doors
- Added plank walkway to central warehouses on top of the containers
- Server Browser
- Fixed the history tab of the server browser failing to record servers
- Fixed the spectate tab of the server browser not working at all
- Fixed the game info dialog for SourceTV master servers improperly showing the server as not responding
- Fixed connecting to SourceTV servers via the Favorites tab in the server browser
- Fixed SourceTV relay servers not properly registering on the server list in some situations
- Fixed the game info dialog for SourceTV relay servers not allowing connection despite open slots
- Fixed SourceTV relay servers appearing to have negative max players
- Maps Workshop Beta
- Fixed map cycle files specified before the initial map load not properly tracking workshop maps
- Fixed game servers using registered accounts via sv_setsteamaccount being unable to access workshop content
- Fixed servers getting stuck in a loop when the nextlevel convar contains a un-loadable workshop map
August 19, 2015 - 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 an issue with the Festive Revolver not drawing correctly
- Updated the materials for the Australium Minigun
- PASS Time update
- Fixed disguised Spies not having a shield drawn for them in the HUD
- Fixed players being able to carry the jack while taunting (fixes an exploit with The Eureka Effect)
- Fixed being able to 'inspect' the jack while players are carrying it
- Fixed capturing the jack not incrementing Scout contract points
- Updated pass_warehouse
- Fixed a hole near the RED goal
- Fixed some props where the jack could get stuck
- Changed some small health kits to medium
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
August 18, 2015 - 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 PASS Time sound bug related to carrying the Jack
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
August 18, 2015 - 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 LODs for the revolver
- PASS Time update
- Fixed a client crash related to the HUD
- Fixed the Short Circuit being used to remove the Jack from the game
- Fixed players being able to pick-up the Jack while they have weapons deployed that cannot be holstered
- Updated pass_warehouse
- Fixed players getting into enemy spawn rooms
- Fixed the Jack being thrown into spawn rooms
- Fixed being able to build in the goals
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
August 18, 2015 - 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 new game mode 'PASS Time' to the TF2 Beta
- Fixed a crash caused by a client sending malformed network data to the server (thanks to Nathaniel Theis for this report and test case)
- Added a new hat 'The Finder's Fee'
- Will be awarded going forward on a case-by-case basis to those who report major economy-breaking bugs or remote-code-execution bugs, and provide detailed information and steps to reproduce
- Well deserved congratulations to the first recipient, Nathaniel Theis
- Fixed visual bugs caused by picking up weapons with special attributes
- Fixed the Mann vs. Machine Medigun shield not being re-created after switching away from the Medigun and back while the charge is draining
- Fixed some alignment issues in the HUD meters for the Mann vs. Machine rage knockback and Medigun shield
- Fixed left-hand view models not displaying Stat Clocks correctly
- Fixed being able to use the tournament_readystate client command when using per-player ready status mode
- Fixed seeing a HUD mp_timelimit timer for maps that don't end the round when the map timelimit runs out
- Fixed some missing VO sounds for the Demoman when laughing
- Fixed being able to use the Restore action on Killstreak Kits
- Fixed character loadout menus so they display the particle effects for all equipped Unusual items
- The Huo-Long Heater can now accept Posthumous Kills strange parts
- Updated the Australium Grenade Launcher to fix the wood material being shiny
- Updated the backpack images for the Gun Mettle Campaign Coin
- Updated LODs for several weapons and the sentry gun
- Updated Mann Co. Store prices for foreign currencies to current USD equivalents
- Updated the localization files
- Updated Koth_Suijin with the latest changes from the authors
- Added cover around the point preventing cross-point sight line
- Opened second window in point building
- Tweaked pickup amounts and positions
- Widened space between stairs to point and bridge railing to allow easier movement
- Clipping improvements
- Improved lighting in dark areas
- Fixed an issue where engineers could build on outlying islands
- Fixed an issue where engineers could trap teammates by building teleporters in spaces with restricted movement
- Fixed an issue where the spawn room doors could be held open by an opposing team member
- Optimization improvements
- Maps Workshop Beta
- Fixed a common crash when loading some compressed maps
- Fixed various issues running workshop maps on listen servers
- Listen servers no longer unnecessarily fetch a second copy of the map
- Listen servers no longer cause the client to crash upon the second load of the same workshop map
- Added -ugcpath parameter for dedicated servers to control location of downloaded workshop content
- Defaults to steamapps/workshop
- Multiple servers sharing the same UGC directory is currently not supported, and will not go well
- Added server command tf_workshop_map_status to view currently tracked maps and their status
- Enhanced handling of updated maps to ensure the newest available version of the map is always used on level change
- Improved handling of workshop maps in a server's map cycle
- Workshop maps in the map cycle will be automatically fetched and updated in the background
- Workshop maps in the map cycle will have their names updated to the canonical name once known
- Map votes now work with workshop maps
- A known issue is that the full workshop map name is currently shown instead of the friendly name
- Community request: Updated the FindMap and CanProvideLevel API for server-side mods. These functions now always expose the full workshop names for maps when known, even if not the map is not yet installed
July 23, 2015 - 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 spectator GUI
- Fixed sentry guns having unlimited ammo
- Fixed sentry gun model being set to level 1 after a sapper is removed
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
July 23, 2015 - 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:
- Changed the Pomson 6000 ÜberCharge and cloak drain effect's distance fall-off
- Old: Drain 15 ÜberCharge at point blank and scale down to 0 at 1024 HU
- New: Drain 10 ÜberCharge from 0 to 512 HU and scale down to 0 at 1536 HU
- Added Arms Race 1 and Arms Race 2 community event medals
- Fixed a bug related to using incorrect particle effects
- Fixed the Scorch Shot flares pushing teammates
- Fixed being able to carry the flag with the Rocket/Sticky Jumpers
- Fixed Sentries shooting over the head of Spies using the Box Trot taunt
- Fixed tf_bot_join_after_player preventing the bots from joining a team after the player joins team Spectator
- Fixed missing secondary attack animations for the Short Circuit
- Fixed the Contracts button on the main menu not being disabled when there are no contracts
- Fixed an exploit related to coaching and the 'autoteam' command
- Fixed Mann vs. Machine maps not resetting properly after a successful vote to change the challenge
- Fixed Stat Clock models not cloaking with the Spy
- Fixed a case where buildings would not go active if they were sapped while being built
- Fixed a display bug that made it look like players had received multiple copies of the same item
- Fixed a regression with the tournament spectator GUI that broke custom HUDs
- Fixed showing "cannot be listed on the Steam Community Market for one week" on listings in the Steam Community Market when that is no longer the case
- Fixed a rare client crash when turning in Contracts
- Updated the Spy Contract objective for destroying buildings to work with the Ap-Sap, the Red-Tape Recorder, and the Snack Attack
- Updated Mann Co. Store prices for foreign currencies to current USD equivalents
- Updated the localization files
- Maps Workshop Beta
- Improved handling of recently changed workshop maps
- Fixed a case where servers would fail to load maps that had been updated since the last server restart
- Fixed a case were clients would not check for new versions when connecting to a workshop server
- Improved server console output when waiting on map downloads during level change
- Fixed a case where subscribing to maps while the game was running could result in failure to load the map
- Fixed a case where joining a server running a workshop map would first wait for all subscribed maps to finish downloading before attempting to download the map at hand
July 15, 2015 - 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 an issue with Unusual Revolvers where the unusual effect would sometimes not disappear when the Spy would feign death, disguise, cloak, etc.
- Fixed font rendering issues for Mac clients
- Fixed a case where map textures would fail to load properly in compressed maps (thanks to Egan and Geit for the report and test case)
- Fixed a case where Campaign Coins weren't displaying the correct stats based on the number of submitted contracts
- Everyone affected by this bug has received the maximum contract points (including bonus points) for the missing contracts
- Security/crash fixes (thanks to Nathaniel Theis for these reports)
- Fixed a crash caused by sending malformed network data to clients and servers
- Fixed an exploit that could be used to bypass sv_cheats
- Fixed the Spy-cicle causing a fire-immune bubble to be displayed when the Spy is cloaked
- Fixed skinned weapons not rendering properly for customers on older shader model 2.0 hardware
- Fixed speed particles on the Spy not disappearing when cloaking
- Added ETF2L 6v6 Season 21 tournament medals
- Added numerical health value to the enemy health display in the freezecam
- Reloading a weapon can no longer be triggered with '+reload' while the weapon is firing
- Updated several materials to fix issues caused by mat_picmip
- Updated the localization files
- Updated maps
- Fixed an exploit related to the final control point and dropped weapons on Badwater, Barnblitz, Borneo, and Goldrush
- Fixed incorrect cube maps on Powerhouse
- Updated maps have been compressed to save space
- Updated Hammer tools
- Fixed bspzip requiring a -game parameter while simultaneously not allowing it
- Fixed bspzip -addfiles improperly handling newlines in some cases
- Fixed bspzip ignoring excess arguments with no warning
- Fixed bspzip help text for -extractfiles not indicating that a target directory is required
July 8, 2015 - 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:
- Revolver and Pistol Killstreak Kits now properly work on decorated weapons
- Rescue Ranger bolts now properly heal friendly mini-sentries
- Vaccinator Über bubbles once again work on Reanimators in Mann vs Machine, but now instantly fills them by 90%
- Fixed cosmetic items with an ambient particle effect (i.e. Soldier's Stogie, Nine-Pipe Problem) erroneously reporting that they had the Genteel Smoke unusual effect
- Fixed Stickybombs not properly having distance fall off for the first 5 seconds of their life time
- Fixed an issue with The Sandvich where consuming it at full health would consume it forever
- Fixed The Dalokoh's Bar giving medium health kits when thrown. Now properly gives small health kits when thrown
- Fixed suicides counting for the "Get a kill on Powerhouse" Contract objective
- Fixed a issue with The Box Trot taunt when window focus changed
- Fixed a case where speed-line particles were visible for enemy players when a Spy triggered the Dead Ringer
- Fixed The Scorch Shot not applying its small knockback on non-burning enemies
- Fixed The Scorch Shot knockback from affecting Quick-Fix Über
- Fixed The Wrangler not properly disabling Sentries for 3 seconds on Engineer death
- Fixed a case where textures and models would fail to load on maps with embedded resources
- Fixed an exploit related to instantly completing a payload map while taunting and picking up dropped weapons
