Old church bells have begun to ring, once-occupied graves now lay empty, and never-before-seen creatures of the night have risen from their slumber for one sole purpose: to be shot!
A Halloween-inspired take on the traditional Mann vs Machine dynamic, Operation Hexadecimal Horrors features 48 brand new missions spread across more than 10 new, returning, and spookified maps! The campaign will run until November 30th, so don't wait! Servers are available in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.
On an entirely different, less scary topic: a charity drive benefiting The Trevor Project will be running in tandem with the campaign. In-game medals are available for those who donate $5 or more! Check out the website to learn how to donate and how to play!
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.
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 missing material and sound issues for the Taunt: Bare Knuckle Beatdown
Fixed clipping issue for the Taunt: The Profane Puppeteer
Fixed some sounds for the Taunt: The Mannbulance!
Updated The Scariest Mask EVER with Hat/NoHat styles to prevent some clipping issues
Updated the Wandering Wraith, Corpse Carrier, Beanie The All-Gnawing, and Computron 5000 to fix issues with the materials/models
Updated the pickup/drop sounds for paintkits
Updated/Added some tournament medals
Updated the localization files
Updated cp_ambush_event
Fixed few exploits where players could get out of the map
Fixed control point 2 base plate in stage 1 not turning blue upon capture
Changed damage type from shock to bullet in underworld
Improved clipping
Updated pl_terror_event
Fixed few exploits where players could get out of the map
Increased spawn time interval of normal spellbooks
Fixed visual issue during warmup period regarding track models floating in air
Adjusted payload track select logic to fix rare issue with cart going off track
Improved clipping
Updated koth_los_muertos
Fixed a respawn visualizer not showing up on the RED side
Fixed falling off the edge when entering the Land of the Dead with higher than normal movement velocity. Now when entering the portal, player speed will be set to 0.
Fixed being able to spam grenades and rockets through rooftops
Updated arena_lumberyard_event
Fixed missing beacon particle to signify rare spell spawn locations
Fixed an issue with custom HUDs interfering with the map's own HUD
Fixed middle doors shutting themselves when blocked by a player
Fixed various props z-fighting inside of walls
Fixed instances of the announcer lines playing over the Merasmus' announcer lines
Fixed an issue that caused players to remain in third-person at the beginning of a new round
Fixed spells dropped by the skeleton king persisting between rounds
Fixed pumpkin bombs generated from spells persisting between rounds
Fixed server lag caused by dynamic props
Reworked various VO to use new soundscript entries
Merasmus will now react to player deaths with varying degrees of sarcasm
Pumpkin bombs will now all refresh simultaneously at the start of every round
Added a "No entry" sign to the middle doors
Smoothed surfaces around the map to ease flying around as a ghost
Increased sound of the ghost dispenser to improve healing feedback
Extended the warmup periods by 5 seconds (now 15 seconds)
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 The Corpse Carrier to have the Holiday Restriction: Halloween / Full Moon. Players who currently have this item will receive another random item from the Crimson Cache Collection.
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... ?
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