Counter-Strike: Source, Team Fortress 2 and Day of Defeat: Source Updates Released
July 15, 2010 - Valve
Updates to Counter-Strike: Source, Team Fortress 2 and Day of Defeat: Source have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:
Engine
- Tuned thread initialization to improve performance on CPUs with more than four cores
Counter-Strike: Source
- Fixed leftover shadows when ragdoll physics are disabled
- Added stats gathering to track client and server performance
- Added instrumentation to help debug network issues
- Disabled some unsupported threading convars
Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike: Source and Day of Defeat: Source Updates Released
July 13, 2010 - Valve
Updates to Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike: Source and Day of Defeat: Source have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:
Engine
- Increased the resilience of client/server data table mismatches when playing back demos. This will make most old demo files playable again, but with potential visual side effects
Team Fortress 2
- Updated CP_Coldfront
- Added map to the default mapcycle and motd files.
- Fixed a server crash issue related to increased maxplayer servers.
- Fixed a couple Engineer building exploits.
- Updated the localization files.
- Improved the performance of the critboost particle effect.
- Fixed a server crash related to carrying buildings at round start.
- Fixed players picking up buildings before a round has started.
- Fixed an exploit where Engineers could create level 3 mini-sentries.
Team Fortress 2 Updates Released
July 9, 2010 - Valve
Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:
Team Fortress 2
- Fixed an exploit that allowed Engineers to build level 2/3 mini sentries.
- Fixed a bug that allowed sapped buildings to be picked up by the Engineer
- Fixed a bug where Wrangled level 3 sentryguns would still fire rockets when they were out of ammo.
- Fixed a bug where players would go into reference poses when switching classes while carrying a building.
- Fixed seeing the changeclass label in the spectator HUD when using cl_hud_minmode.
- The amount of revenge crits a player can have at one time is now capped at 35.
- The Wrangler no longer shows the shotgun's ammo count.
- Engineers can no longer pick up buildings while stunned or in loser state.
- Fixed Engineer shotgun and piston not using team skins for the Engineer's arms.
- Fixed an issue where Wrangled sentrygun effects wouldn't be attached to the sentrygun.
- The Gunslinger 3 hit combo now only increments the combo count when hitting enemy players.
- Fixed a crash in the control point progress bar.
- Fixed a server crash in the player death code, related to building carrying.
- Fixing performance spikes that occur at round start, and after each point capture, when TFBots are present in the server.
- Achievement fixes:
- The "Rio Grind" achievement limit is now correctly set to 50.
- Fixed a typo in Six-String Stinger achievement name.
- Fixed a bug in the "Death Metal" achievement that caused it to rapidly complete itself.
- Fixed getting the Six-String Stinger achievement without playing the guitar.
- Fixed sentrygun detection code in "Best Little Slaughterhouse in Texas" and "Deputized".
- Missed notes from yesterday's release:
- New response rules and sounds added for some classes
July 8, 2010 - Valve
Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:
Team Fortress 2
- Fixed missing class descriptions on the class menu blackboard.
- Fixed a server crash related to carrying buildings.
- Fixed a HUD element issue in DX8.
Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike: Source and Day of Defeat: Source Updates Released
July 8, 2010 - Valve
Updates to Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike: Source and Day of Defeat: Source have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:
Engine
- Fixed client crash related flashlight usage.
- Fixed several issues related to alt-tabbing (invisible players, etc).
Team Fortress 2
- Added The Frontier Justice.
- Added The Wrangler.
- Added The Gunslinger.
- Added The Southern Hospitality.
- Added 35 Engineer achievements.
- Engineers can now pickup & move their buildings.
- Added Engineer main menu music.
- Added 4 new maps:
- Thunder Mountain, a 3 stage Payload map.
- Hightower, a Payload Race map.
- Upward, a Payload map.
- ColdFront, a community built Capture Point map.
- Item tuning:
- The Sandvich now uses a cooldown timer, instead of the health pack recharge mechanic.
- The Gunboats now reduce self-damage by 60% (was 75%)
- The Tribalman's Shiv bleed duration reduced to 6 second (was 8), and its damage penalty increased to 50% (was 35%).
- Added better feedback sound for Pyros on when their flamethrower is doing damage.
- Fixed blood effect on bleeding player.
- Added a glow effect to Payload carts.
- Added Romanian language support.
Counter-Strike: Source and Team Fortress 2 Update Released
July 6, 2010 - Valve
Updates to Counter-Strike: Source and Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:
Counter-Strike: Source
- Fixed incorrect stat collection by forcing all dedicated servers to update to the new version.
Team Fortress 2
- Fixed a Mac client crash that occurs when joining a server
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
July 1, 2010 - Valve
Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:
Server Browser
- Server browser now starts centered onscreen when it opens up.
- Filter panel now starts expanded, instead of hidden.
- Added a warning dialog that pops up to warn players joining games with more than the recommended number of players.
- Added a "max player count" filter setting.
- Renamed quick list checkbox from "Show Map List" to "Simplified List".
- Mouseover the checkbox now explains the simplified list in the status bar.
- Quicklist now shows the number of other servers running each map.
- Fixed a couple of bugs related to toggling the quick list, which were resulting in you needing to refresh again.
Team Fortress 2
- Added missing earbud particles for DX8 players.
- Added new ConVar mp_windifference_min to be used with mp_windifference.
- Added Engineer to the list of classes that can equip Max's Pistol.
- Rebuilt sound cache files that were out of date.
- Source TV:
- Fixed unlockable items not being visible.
- Stopped "player is carrying X" messages looping forever.
- Fixed overhealed particle effect being visible on your current view target when in first-person spectator mode.
- Changed in-game button colors to be less eyepoppingly bright.
- Improved Steam Web APIs for TF2 items (see http://www.teamfortress.com/)
Engine
- Fixed some graphical issues when alt-tabbing during a game.
- Fixed bullet penetration problems with Linux dedicated server.
- Removed an exploit that allowed people to change their names to something other than their Steam profile name
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
June 16, 2010 - Valve
Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:
Engine
- Fixed crash in SourceTV relay
Team Fortress 2
- Fixed blood splashes not appearing on bullet hits
- Fixed Achievement dialog text being cut off for certain resolutions
- TFBot Changes
- Medics now respond when nearby humans call for Medic
- If a Medic Bot is healing you and has an ÜberCharge ready, use the voice commands "Go go go!" or "Activate Charge!" to force the Bot to activate the ÜberCharge
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
June 14, 2010 - Valve
Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:
Team Fortress 2
- Fixed client crash when rendering model panels
- Fixed client crash when rendering text strings
- Fixed client crash in the main menu
- Fixed server crash related to bots and health kits
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
June 11, 2010 - Valve
Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:
Engine
- Fixed a crash related to model caches.
- Fixed a crash related to empty proxy files.
- Fixed a rare crash involving corrupted voice-comm playback.
Team Fortress 2
- Fixed some issues with the community submitted tips.
- Fixed a case where servers could get stuck in an infinite loop while spawning bots.
- Made the training HUD code more robust, so it doesn’t crash if the client has modified HUD resource files.
- Fixed a potential crash in the HUD during startup.
- Fixed a level change crash related to Bot navigation meshes.
- Disabled quickswitch UI in training to reduce confusion.
- The Demoman's battleaxe now sounds like a sword.
Missed a note from yesterday:
- The Eyelander now collects the heads inside Eyelanders of Demomen it decapitates.
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
June 10, 2010 - Valve
Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:
Team Fortress 2
- Fixed training servers showing up in the server browser for other users
- Fixed a crash related to level changes while playing a game with bots
- Fixed a potential crash on startup
- Remove debug "crash" command on dedicated servers
Team Fortress 2, Day of Defeat: Source and Counter-Strike: Source Beta Update Released
June 10, 2010 - Valve
Updates to Team Fortress 2, Day of Defeat: Source and Counter-Strike: Source Beta have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:
Engine
- Made several changes that improve stability for clients running low on addressable memory.
- Changed all HTML controls to use Webkit for the rendering engine.
Team Fortress 2
- Added Mac support.
- Overhauled the main menu, and added help to Loadout, Backpack, and Crafting screens.
- Added Training, with support for General gameplay & Soldier class training for now.
- Added Offline Practice mode, with support for KOTH maps and Dustbowl.
- The "Open Character Loadout" key will now go to your future class if you’ve requested a class change, but haven’t respawned yet.
- Added community submitted gameplay tips
- Community Requests:
- Added "mp_forceautoteam", a server convar that forces all joining players to autoteam.
- Added "mp_stalemate_meleeonly", a server convar that allows melee weapons only during stalemates.
- Added "ExtinguishPlayer" input to tf_player for map makers.
Counter-Strike: Source Beta
- Fixed "wade" water sound not playing correctly on maps like Chateau.
- Updated the scoreboard:
- Fixed to scale correctly in 5:4 resolution.
- Fixed so it can be closed during intermission
- Reduced font size to accommodate seeing 16 players per side.
- Fixed issue that awarded three points and a separate achievement when the bomb explodes after the round ends.
- Fixed issue with round end panel blocking the view of the game.
- Fixed issue in which you weren’t given credit for grenade damage if you fired a weapon at someone then hit them with a grenade.
- Fixed getting the achievement for shooting enemies in mid-air if the enemies were on ladders.
- Fixed mapcycle.txt skipping over several entries in the list.
- Fixed console warnings about missing materials.
- Fixed an issue that could cause a single MVP star to appear as an entry on the scoreboard.
- Fixed issue that made the FINISHER achievement impossible to get.
- Fixed ai_test_los crashing the server.
- Fixed the chat window so it no longer renders over scoreboard.
- Fixed MVPs not being cleared when sv_nomvp is set to 1.
- Marked mat_showlowresimage as a cheat command.
- Updated several strings to be gender neutral.
- The large radar is now disabled when freeze cam is active.
- Achievements dialog changes:
- Now displaying the Steam Achievements dialog instead of the in-game Achievements dialog if screen width is less than 1024.
- The Achievements dialog is now closed if you have it open and switch to a lower resolution.
- Repositioned the Fun Fact on the summary tab of the Achievements dialog and gave it a background to fix truncation and readability.
- Added a priority order for displaying win conditions when multiple win conditions are set.
- If timelimit exists and is not 0, then show timelimit.
- If timelimit does not exist, show maxrounds if not 0.
- If both timelimit and maxrounds are 0, show winlimit.
- If timelimit, maxrounds, and winlimit are all 0, show nothing.
May 28, 2010 - Valve
Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:
Team Fortress 2
- Fixed the community submitted deathnotice icons for the community submitted weapons
Team Fortress 2, Day of Defeat: Source and Counter-Strike: Source Beta Update Released
May 27, 2010 - Valve
Updates to Team Fortress 2, Day of Defeat: Source and Counter-Strike: Source Beta have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:
GameUI
- Fixed the desktop resolution not appearing in the list of valid resolutions when using windowed-mode.
Server Browser
- Fixed a crash caused by leaving the server browser open while playing.
Engine
- Added client/server version check on client connect.
- Fixed a crash caused by hitting ctrl-alt-del while playing.
Counter-Strike: Source Beta
- Added sv_disablefreezecam cvar to turn off the freezecam on a server.
- Added sv_nonemesis cvar to turn off domination/revenge on a server.
- Added sv_nomvp cvar to turn off MVP stars on a server.
- Added sv_nostats cvar to turn off stats on a server.
- Added avatar images to the scoreboards.
- Added stats report to scoreboard to show whether a server has stats enabled or not.
- Fixed achievement tab so it now updates at the time you earn an achievement.
- Fixed bug causing achievements to be listed as earned in July 2009.
- Fixed issue where you couldn’t chat during intermission.
- Fixed player stutter while moving in water.
- Fixed player stutter when running into other players.
- Fixed issue that caused footsteps to play when walking.
- Fixed miscellaneous consistency, spelling and grammatical errors in the string tables.
- Fixed grenade velocity problems.
- Updated a few audio effects.
- Updated scoreboard
- Changed layout to make it more readable.
- Changed scoreboard opacity to make the action behind it more readable.
- Supports Unicode and lowercase letters.
- Grayed out the names of dead players.
Team Fortress 2
- Added community submitted deathnotice icons for the community submitted weapons.
- Changed the deathnotice text color to use black instead of white when the local player is involved.
- Fixed domination/revenge messages not using team colors for the player names.
- Fixed an issue where sequences with an activity weight of 0 never get selected.
- Updated Koth_Nucleus:
- Changed side spawn exits to prevent sniping from inside the spawn door.
- Fixed graphical glitch on platform floor.
- Fixed blue-colored models in RED area.
- Updated Tc_Hydro:
- Added respawn time advantages when a team begins to cap any point. Resets when the cap progress resets.
- Fixed various nobuild and playerclip issues reported by the community.
- Removed logic that reduced spawn times based on roundtime.
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
May 21, 2010 - Valve
Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:
Team Fortress 2
- Moved the "Whiskered Gentleman" to the Misc loadout slot
