T'is the season to celebrate the holidays with friends and family... a perfect time to sign yourself and your best mate up for WAR!
Come one, come all! The Fortress Faceoffs team has partnered with Divergent Media to deliver a special gift for you this Smissmas season! Bring your friends (just two though, please) to compete in a 2-on-2 tournament with a unique spin on a popular game mode! Players will fight against pairs of any two classes with a catch: each one has a limited selection of weapons in their arsenal! Run the gauntlet with a friend as two different classes to form the best combo since 2Fort and defeat your enemies 20 times to win (like in MGE)! Maps have been chosen to provide the most even balance for all 9 classes, and weapons are hand-picked to keep Scout's health insurance in good shape. The top 8 champions will have games streamed live on the Fortress Faceoffs and Divergent Media Twitch channels!
Sign up for Dueling Doubles today to get your spot before they run out! The competition starts December 27th @ 1PM ET / 13:00 CET and will last for around one week. For more info about event rules, weapons, and more, join the Fortress Faceoffs Discord and aim for that high score!
Hey all! Effective today, I'm stepping down from my position as Senior Staff. This may feel sudden to some, but others know that I have been planning my retirement for the better part of a year now. I've been part of staff since 2015, and it just feels like it's time to let others with more motivation than myself to take the reins. This isn't goodbye - I'll still be around as a Gold Star helping out here and there in the background, and I still have maps to work on.
Been a busy year and I'm finally able to catch up on the status of the staff team. 3 2 1 let's jam.
First up, Gold Stars. This year we brought on many new faces to the team. @toopliss joined late in 2015 and became Gold Star in October 2020. They are known for their jump map Crunch,Craggy Coast and jarate water.
Hey all! Effective today, I'm stepping down from my position as Senior Staff. This may feel sudden to some, but others know that I have been planning my retirement for the better part of a year now. I've been part of staff since 2015, and it just feels like it's time to let others with more motivation than myself to take the reins. This isn't goodbye - I'll still be around as a Gold Star helping out here and there in the background, and I still have maps to work on.
It's that time of the year again, and TFConnect is coming back to town! This year, they're hosting a charity event on December 11th and 12th (both days at 1pm CET | 7am EST) in support of SpecialEffect, whose mission is to empower gamers with disabilities.
During the event, there will be an assortment of activities for everyone involved! They have a 6v6 tournament with a twist featuring your favorite content creators, a live Smissmas Baking show featuring Shork & friends, a session of Mann Vs. Machine hosted by CeeJaey with special guests A_Seagull, Uncle Dane, Robin Walker, Jill, SirActionSlacks & Benjamoose, and much, much more! Follow TFConnect on Twitter as they reveal more about their upcoming event over the next week!
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:
Happy Smissmas 2021!
All players who play TF2 during the event will receive a Stuffed Stocking as a gift! Stockings contain goodies for good little Mercenaries.
Featuring 6 new community maps: Altitude, Bread Space, Cascade, Chilly, Doublefrost, and Polar
Added the Winter 2021 Cosmetic Case
Contains 20 new community-contributed items
The Festivizer can be found as a bonus drop when opening the case
Added 3 new community-contributed taunts to the Mann Co. Store
Taunt: Doctor's Defibrillators
Taunt: Shooter's Stakeout
Taunt: The Hot Wheeler
Added 27 new community-created Unusual effects
16 new effects for Unusual hats
11 new effects for Unusual taunts
All cosmetic and taunt cases will grant Smissmas 2021 Unusual effects instead of their normal Unusual effects during the event. This does not include crates.
Mann Co. Store winter sale!
Smissmas runs through January 7th, 2022
General
Fixed Engineer losing metal when hitting damaged buildings while they are being re-deployed after pick-up
Fixed Wrap Assassin projectiles colliding with other projectiles and func_lod entities
Fixed Halloween: Voices From Below spell not working correctly with more taunts and the Ready voice lines
Updated soundlevels for some competitive mode sounds
Updated the description for the Blutsauger to clarify its attributes
Updated sound channels for some voice lines
Updated hurtme command to allow negative health values when using sv_cheats
It's that time again! The end of the year brings forth a heap of new maps to be added to our selection of Featured Maps, and this year in particular is a big one!
It's that time again! The end of the year brings forth a heap of new maps to be added to our selection of Featured Maps, and this year in particular is a big one!
Hey all! In the past, featured maps have been chosen almost entirely by the staff team, but this year, we have a few too many selections, so we need your help!
How it works:
We have compiled 23 possible maps to feature this year, not all of which have been created this year. In the responses, please post with your 4 picks for which maps you'd like to see featured, from the list of 23.
The maps with the most votes will be played in a gameday to determine their overall quality...
Hey all! In the past, featured maps have been chosen almost entirely by the staff team, but this year, we have a few too many selections, so we need your help!
How it works:
We have compiled 23 possible maps to feature this year, not all of which have been created this year. In the responses, please post with your 4 picks for which maps you'd like to see featured, from the list of 23.
The maps with the most votes will be played in a gameday to determine their overall quality,...
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 Dragon's Fury projectiles colliding with other projectiles
Fixed Dragon's Fury, Short Circuit, and tf_projectile_energy_ring projectiles colliding with func_lod entities
Fixed tf_projectile_energy_ring projectiles not colliding with tf_generic_bomb entities
Fixed an exploit related to opening the ConTracker while the taunt menu is open
Fixed an issue with props and team colors when taunting with Australium weapons
Fixed servers not being able to load Mann vs. Machine .pop files for workshop maps
Fixed not being able to apply Strange Parts to the Battery Canteen and other Strange powerup bottles
Fixed large bundle descriptions being clipped in the Mann Co. Store
Fixed Halloween: Voices From Below spell not working correctly with the Taunt: Bad Pipes
Fixed a sound bug related to using The Huntsman and the Taunt: Zoomin' Broom
Fixed players receiving knockback from enemy weapons during a truce
Updated Mann vs. Machine mode
Fixed an infinite health exploit for Snipers using The Razorback
Fixed the incorrect .pop file being loaded during map change when using tf_mvm_missioncyclefile
Updated the Strange ranks for the Razorback to be similar to the Manntreads
Updated The Mislaid Sweater and Beanie The All-Gnawing to fix issues with the materials
Updated/Added some tournament medals
Updated the localization files
Updated koth_synthetic_event
Fixed some prop pop in
Added backup check to try to make sure the point is set to neutral when the toastmaster spawns
Increased volume of toastmaster summon sounds to make it more obvious when he spawns
Updated pd_farmageddon
Updated scarecrow logic to make damaging them more consistent
Fixed incorrect farmer line playing sometimes when the cap opens
Added func_respawnflag back to the acid area in cap zone that mysteriously vanished
Fixed some floating props and beams
Added team specific teleporter destinations for teleporting players out of the cap zone when a round is over. This should stop players getting stuck in each other.
Cap point open sprite should no longer appear at the start of a round if the cap opened during "waiting for players"
Blocked off sentry spot under the ramps at mid because it was too advantageous
Community request
Added new item_teamflag ouputs OnPickup1, OnDrop1, and OnCapture1 that fire outputs with the player as the activator
Hey everyone. The 72 hour jam is right around the corner! We wanted to run a quick survey to see what weekend would be optimal for everyone. Feel free to vote and discuss it below.
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