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
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:
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- 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
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
December 15, 2008 - 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:
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- Fixed overheal particle effect showing up incorrectly on disguised or cloaked spies
- Changed the achievement tracker to only be available in Team Fortress 2
- Added new teleporter sounds for upgrade levels 2 and 3
- Fixed engineers being able to upgrade the bomb cart's dispenser found in Payload levels
- Fixed bomb cart's dispenser being solid to players and projectiles
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
December 11, 2008 - 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:
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- The Engineer's teleporters can now be upgraded to level three. It will recharge faster the higher level it is
- The Engineer's dispensers can now be upgraded to level three. It will give out metal and heal faster as it is upgraded
- Spies will be able to recharge their cloaking ability by picking up ammo off of the ground or from health cabinets
- Some changes to the second part of the first stage of Goldrush to give the attackers more of an advantage
- Any weapons that fire bullets (shotguns, sniper's machine gun, heavy's minigun, etc.) can now break apart the Demoman's stickybombs
- The icon on the HUD for a person calling for Medic will now give more information to the medic (if the target is low on health, on fire, etc.)
- Added an achievement tracker that will allow people to choose specific achievements that they are trying to get
- There is now a custom icon for death messages when the player was killed from a critical hit
- Added a new particle effect for when a player enters the water
- Added smoke to the feet of a rocket jumping soldier
- Players will now have some particles swirling around them so other players can see when they are overhealed
October 22, 2008 - 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:
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- Removed consistency check for some particle systems that players like to customize
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
October 21, 2008 - 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:
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- Added rate limit for several client commands to prevent server spamming
- Added consistency checking for particle systems
- Updated r_particle_timescale ConVar so it can only be changed if the server has sv_cheats set to 1
- Updated loading/disconnect dialogs so they're easier to read
- Updated Dustbowl, Granary, and Badwater Basin with several exploit fixes
- Updated Granary to remove the setup time and gates
Team Fortress 2 Update Released (8/26/2008)
August 26, 2008 - 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:
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- Fixed a bug that prevented the correct Arena stats from being uploaded
Team Fortress 2 Update Released (8/21/2008)
August 21, 2008 - 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:
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- Fixed startup crash related to loading the tf2_playerstats.dmx file
- Fixed material system crash
- Added -noborder command line option to play windowed-mode with no border
Team Fortress 2 Update Released (8/20/2008)
August 20, 2008 - 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:
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- Fixed an invalid skin crash on TF weapons
- Fixed a viewmodel related crash when switching classes away from Medic
- Fixed not getting the Arena team menu after watching the intro movie on Arena maps
- Fixed some problems with localized text
Team Fortress 2 Update Released (8/19/2008)
August 19, 2008 - 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 3 Heavy unlockables
- Natascha, The Sandvich, The Killing Gloves of Boxing
- Added 35 new Heavy achievements
Added Arena game mode
- 5 arenas: Lumberyard, Ravine, Well, Granary, Badlands
Added 2 new maps
- Badwater Basin, a new payload map
- cp_steel, a community map by Jamie "Fishbus" Manson
Changes
- Added server map timeleft to upper right of scoreboard
- Added new firing sounds to The Backburner
- Removed the Custom Tab in the serverbrowser, and added the Tags field to the base Internet Tab
- Increased The Kritzkrieg's uber-charge rate bonus from 10% to 25%
- 32 player servers can now support an extra slot of SourceTV
- Made the freezecam item panel description easier to read
- Players now broadcast whether they chose a team directly or use autoteam
- Added proper handling of cart blocking recognition to Payload maps
Bug fixes
- Fixed bug where switching from flaregun-wielding Pyro to another class meant you didn't get a full ammo loadout on first spawn
- Fixed Spy watch arm not using team skins
- Fixed weapon switching preventing you from using secondary attacks for a 0.2s window after the primary became available
- Fixed players getting stuck in a bad animation state when class switching while spinning the minigun
- Fixed a loophole that allowed players to pickup weapons of other classes
- Fixed a bug that resulted in players earning more crit chance bonus in large, single damage events than they are supposed to
- Fixed an issue with the floating HUD +X health indicators that resulted in them appearing incorrectly
- Fixed a bug which caused the minigun spinning & firing sounds to occasionally stop while the Heavy was still firing
- Fixes the Loadout player model panel causing the in-game player facial animation to perform incorrectly
- Fixed spectators not having the target ID labels display correctly
- Fixed the cart alarm sound occasionally getting stuck on in Payload maps
August 4, 2008 - 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:
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- Fixed _resetgamestats command causing server crash.
- Fixed clients earning achievements when a player they've recently damaged suicides
Team Fortress 2 Update Released (7/29/2008)
July 29, 2008 - 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:
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- Fixed team switches on Attack/Defense maps spamming the console
- Fixed the Kritzkrieg not working on servers with crits turned off
- Fixed some clipped localized strings in various in-game dialogs
- Fixed several cases where files were synchronously loaded while the game was running
- Fixed a shutdown crash in the material system
- Cached rendering of item model panels to improve performance, in particular while weapon selection was visible
- Added a gear symbol behind the health bar for Engineer buildings, in both target IDs and freeze panels
- Players killing themselves will now give a kill credit to the last enemy who damaged them
- Fixed grenades, rockets, and flamethrower being able to fire through grates at round starts
- Fixed players being killed and creating ragdolls during team switches
- Fixed various exploits and performance problems in CP_Badlands, CP_Well, and CP_Fastlane
- Removed health bonus from the Backburner
Team Fortress 2 Update Released (7/8/2008)
July 8, 2008 - 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:
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- Fixed rcon crash caused by too many incorrect password attempts
- Fixed clients experiencing connection problems during round restarts
- Fixed flares not always being removed on impact
- Fixed 32 player servers not working correctly with SourceTV enabled
- Fixed dropped flags sometimes falling through the world
- Fixed number key menu input sending 2 key events
- Fixed PING field being clipped in the scoreboard at 800x600 resolution
- Fixed broken Medigun taunt
- Changed mat_showmiplevels to only be allowed when cheats are on
Team Fortress 2 Update Released (7/3/2008)
July 3, 2008 - 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:
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- Fixed a memory leak affecting both clients and servers
- Fixed a malicious packet exploit
