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Team Fortress 2 Update Released TeamFortress Patches
2 years ago

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 The Bone Cone hiding the player's head
  • Fixed missing clap sound for the Taunt: The Homerunner's Hobby
  • Fixed missing siren sound for the Taunt: The Mannbulance!
  • Fixed LOD and loop bug for the Taunt: Bare Knuckle Beatdown
  • Updated Towering Patch of Pumpkins, Poopy Doe, The Miami Rooster, and the Spooky Head-Bouncers to fix issues with the materials
  • Updated the Goalkeeper and Eyequarium items with Hat/NoHat styles to prevent some clipping issues
  • Updated the Shrieking Shades Unusual effect to prevent a naming conflict with another effect
  • Updated the Spectral Shackles Unusual effect to fix some material and rendering issues
  • Updated the Thundering Spirit Unusual effect to fix a missing glow effect
  • Updated the 2nd objective for the Graveyard contract to be "Survive 500 damage in a single life on Graveyard"
  • Updated the localization files
  • Updated the Swashbuckled war paint
    • Fixed an issue with the Holy Mackerel
    • Removed Yeti gradient
    • Replaced Yeti gun oil sticker with skull and crossbones
  • Updated the Necromanced war paint
    • Fixed an issue with the Holy Mackerel
    • Fixed BLU team colors
  • Updated pd_farmageddon
    • Optimizations
    • Fixed asymmetrical doorways
    • Fixed players being pushed into the ground instead of killed when Gourdon's mouth closes
  • Updated koth_synthetic_event
    • Replaced broken prop in room behind BLU spawn
    • Fixed console warnings
    • Fixed a place where players could get out of the map
  • Updated koth_los_muertos
    • Fixed console warnings
  • Updated pl_terror_event
    • Fixed RED players sometimes spawning into 2nd RED spawn instead of 1st one
    • Fixed a cosmetic issue with RED spawn door in the 2nd spawn area
    • Fixed players being able to see out of map
    • Added a 2 spots for collectable gargoyle to spawn in
    • Added missing nav for bots in the underworld
  • Updated cp_ambush_event
    • Fixed players being able to get out from playable area in underworld
    • Fixed players teleporting and getting stuck on each other when going through portal in underworld on stage 3
    • Fixed some stage 3 BLU spawn respawn visualizers looking odd
    • Slightly moved some underworld enter portals off from walls
    • Slightly decreased time added when capping last points of 1st and 2nd stage
    • Fixed some places where players could get out of the map


Team Fortress 2 Update Released TeamFortress Patches
2 years ago

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:

Scream Fortress XIII has arrived!

  • Featuring 6 new community maps: Farmageddon, Sinthetic, Los Muertos, Erebus, Terror, and Graveyard
  • Added the Crimson Cache Case
    • Contains 20 new community-created cosmetic items that make up the Crimson Cache Collection
    • Has a chance to give one of 5 new community-created Halloween-restricted items as a bonus item
    • Has a chance to give a taunt Unusualifier as a bonus item
  • Added 28 new community-created Unusual effects
    • 15 new effects for Unusual hats
    • 13 new effects for Unusual taunts
  • Added the Scream Fortress XIII War Paint Case
    • Contains 13 new community-created War Paints that make-up the Scream Fortress XIII War Paint Collection
    • Has a chance to give a taunt Unusualifier as a bonus item
  • All players who launch the game will receive a Soul Gargoyle if they don't already have one
    • Grants access to Merasmissions and Halloween item transmutations
    • Tracks Merasmissions completed and souls collected
  • All Halloween Contracts have been reset, allowing them to be completed again
  • Added new Contracts for this year's featured community maps
  • Completing a Halloween Contract will give players a classic Halloween item and the chance for a Crimson Cache Case or Scream Fortress XIII War Paint Case
  • Continue last year's event by collecting the souls of dead players for your Soul Gargoyle by killing enemies, doing map objectives, or collecting the Soul Gargoyles that spawn in the maps
  • All cosmetic and taunt Cases will grant Halloween 2021 Unusual effects instead of their normal Unusual effects during the event. This does not include Crates.
  • Join Halloween matches by using the Special Events category in Casual
  • Scream Fortress XIII runs through November 7th, 2021

General

  • Fixed being able to remove name/description tags from a couple of the stock items
  • Added ConVar "tf_delete_temp_files" to control custom player sprays and other temp files being deleted on shutdown
    • Can be toggled in the Advanced Options dialog
    • Default is to delete the temp files
  • Updated Bat Outta Hell to fix an issue with the materials
  • Updated koth_slasher
    • Reduced round timer to 6 minutes
    • Removed truces from Merasmus and Monoculus events
    • Fixed an exploit where players could get behind the Otherworld's cabin and attack unsuspecting players
    • Fixed a series of hairline perches in the yards
    • Fixed a pair of visible nodraw entities outside of the spawns
    • Fixed an exploit where players using the Minify spell could hide in the caves
    • Added a strange rustling over there in the woods... ?
  • Updated/Added some tournament medals
  • Updated the localization files




Team Fortress 2 Update Released TeamFortress Patches
3 years ago

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 another bug where some methods of connecting to Steam would not honor the -ip command line parameter



Team Fortress 2 Update Released TeamFortress Patches
3 years ago

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 bug where some methods of connecting to Steam would not honor the -ip command line parameter