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
July 6, 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:
- Scorchshot - Added a -35% self damage force penalty (Reduced blast jumping)
- Vaccinator - Übercharge penalty no longer applies during setup time
- Fixed a case where weapons could still be dropped in Mann vs. Machine
- Fixed missing descriptions for the Powerhouse Contract
- Fixed self blast jumping for non-Soldier classes. (i.e. Demo, Pyro and any other means of force from self damage. Soldier jumping was fixed in a previous patch)
- Fixed weapon pickups resetting the Ullapool Caber
- Fixed some weapons not displaying their attachments when dropped (Festives, Kritzkrieg, etc.)
- Fixed missing freeze period, not resetting of player scores and not resetting map time when using mp_tournament
- Fixed only showing friends' avatars when tf_hud_target_id_show_avatars is set to show everyone
- Fixed Shotgun and SMG Killstreak kits not working on Decorated weapons
- Fixed an OS X crash related to Contracts
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
July 4, 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 exploit related to taunting and then dying on the final control point of payload maps
- Fixed a bug that was creating Specialized Killstreak Kits that could be applied to any item
- Fixed items that are removed from the Steam Community Market having the trade restriction removed
- Temporarily reverted Valve official quickplay and matchmaking servers not being listed in the server browser while we look into this further
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
July 4, 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 campaign contracts
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
July 3, 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:
- Temporarily limited OS X clients to medium texture quality to resolve random crashes while work is done on a permanent fix
- Fixed a random crash that affected OSX only
- Updated the collision geometry for the turbines in Powerhouse
- Dropped weapons now retain their ammo and ÜberCharge levels unless the player commits suicide
- Valve official quickplay and matchmaking servers are no longer listed in the server browser
- Players no longer drop their weapons in MvM
- Pressing the action key will now try to pick up a dropped weapon before trying to use an item in the action slot
- Spies can no longer pick up weapons when disguised or cloaked
- Using the mouse to select enemy players on the scoreboard no longer improperly reveals their class
- Fixed players dropping multiple instances of the same weapon at once
- Fixed unintended changes to rocket and other explosive jumping behavior
- Fixed dropped weapons occasionally using an incorrect skin
- Fixed an issue that was causing the particle effects on Unusual hats to sometimes draw in first-person for the owner, or not draw at all to others
- Fixed an issue that prevented Huntsman arrows from damaging enemy Engineer buildings
- Fixed weapons with attached models (e.g. Festive weapons, Kritzkrieg, and Botkillers) not rendering their attachments
- Fixed spies that have picked up a dropped Your Eternal Reward or Wanga Prick being able to manually disguise
- Fixed Spy sometimes not being able to use the Disguise Kit after picking up a new Knife
- Fixed newly created items not becoming Strange quality, despite receiving the ability to track kills. Existing items in this state will not be retroactively fixed.
- Fixed skinned weapons appearing differently after being traded or listed on the Steam Community Market. Affected items have been reverted to their original (permanent) appearance.
- Fixed being able to craft some previously un-craftable items
- Fixed a client crash related to Killstreak Fabricators and Chemistry Kits
- Fixed a client crash related to particles
- Fixed the Vitasaw no longer giving its ÜberCharge bonus after death
- Fixed issues related to picking up dropped weapons while zoomed in with a Sniper Rifle
- Fixed a bug that caused the Shortstop to reload faster than normal
- Fixed dropped energy weapons not being able to fire after being picked up
- Fixed some weapons not displaying their charge meters after being picked up
- Fixed the box used in the Box Trot taunt sometimes being the wrong color
- Steam Community Market
- Fixed skinned items appearing as "Decorated Item"
- Items that are temporarily un-tradable can now properly be listed on the market
