Team Fortress 2 Update Released
October 06, 2021
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!
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
- Contains 20 new community-created cosmetic items that make up the Crimson Cache Collection
- Added 5 new community-contributed taunts to the Mann Co. Store
- Taunt: The Drunken Sailor
- Taunt: The Profane Puppeteer
- Taunt: The Mannbulance!
- Taunt: Bare Knuckle Beatdown
- Taunt: The Homerunner's Hobby
- Taunt: The Drunken Sailor
- Added 28 new community-created Unusual effects
- 15 new effects for Unusual hats
- 13 new effects for Unusual taunts
- 15 new effects for Unusual hats
- 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
- Contains 13 new community-created War Paints that make-up the Scream Fortress XIII War Paint Collection
- 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
- Grants access to Merasmissions and Halloween item transmutations
- 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
- 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
- Can be toggled in the Advanced Options dialog
- 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... ?
- Reduced round timer to 6 minutes
- Updated/Added some tournament medals
- Updated the localization files
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
September 28, 2021
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
September 28, 2021
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
September 25, 2021
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
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
September 25, 2021
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
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
September 18, 2021
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 ConVar "sdr_spew_level" for clients and servers to control SteamNetworkingSockets console spew. Default is 4 (warning).
- Fixed official TF2 bots displaying avatars in the scoreboard during modes like Offline Practice
- Updated the War Paint inspection panel to support all seed values
- Updated custom player sprays and other temp files to only be deleted on shutdown
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
September 18, 2021
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 ConVar "sdr_spew_level" for clients and servers to control SteamNetworkingSockets console spew. Default is 4 (warning).
- Fixed official TF2 bots displaying avatars in the scoreboard during modes like Offline Practice
- Updated the War Paint inspection panel to support all seed values
- Updated custom player sprays and other temp files to only be deleted on shutdown
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
September 17, 2021
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 creating unnamed Normal quality items
Removed the disconnect reason when a player leaves the server
Fixed the Fireproof Secret Diary not cloaking
Fixed the Medic's weapon not hiding during the High Five taunt
Fixed the equip_region for the Crocodile Dandy
Fixed taunt_medic_heroic.wav not playing during case openings and trade-ups
Fixed the Heavy being able to crouch and jump while stunned
Fixed overhead player icons not drawing while connected to match servers
Fixed Dragon's Fury projectiles not passing through tf_generic_bomb entities
Updated the tf_generic_bomb entity to allow passing the activator in the OnDetonate output
Toggle this feature using the Pass Activator option. Default is No.
Updated several of the Summer 2021 cosmetic items to add item_type_name descriptions
Updated the Coffin Nail warpaint for the shotgun to add the missing "has team color paintkit" attribute
Updated material for the Hazard Headgear to fix problems with painting and using minmap
Updated item schema with community fixes from Andrés S. (rabscootle)
Updated Spy invis materials with community fixes from Liam Stone (boba)
Updated description of the "Strange Part: Player Hits" item to match its name
Updated materials for the Time Out Therapy taunt
Updated the material for the RED dueling icon to match the BLU dueling icon
Updated backpack images for the Mislaid Sweater and Mr. Quackers to fix size and centering issues
Updated the description for the Backpack Expander
Updated the Resonation, Aggradation, and Lucidation unusual effects to fix a problem when taunting
Updated Golden Wrench, Saxxy, and Golden Frying Pan kills to use the Australium background for death notices
Updated the link for the New User Forum button in the main menu
Updated/Added some tournament medals
Updated the localization files
Updated cp_snakewater_final1
Minor visual fixes
Minor clipping fixes
Slightly increased spawn time when attacking last
Fixed some jumps being made impossible in previous update
Made some areas like respawn doors smoother to walk past
Nature & Wildlife preservation measures
- Fixed an exploit related to players impersonating other Steam accounts
- Updated custom player sprays to be disabled for players by default
- Players can opt-in to see custom player sprays on community servers in the Advanced Options menu
- Custom player sprays and other temp files will be deleted on startup and when disconnecting from a server
Team Fortress 2 Update Released
September 17, 2021
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 players impersonating other Steam accounts
- Updated custom player sprays to be disabled for players by default
- Players can opt-in to see custom player sprays on community servers in the Advanced Options menu
- Custom player sprays and other temp files will be deleted on startup and when disconnecting from a server
- Players can opt-in to see custom player sprays on community servers in the Advanced Options menu
- Fixed an exploit related to creating unnamed Normal quality items
- Removed the disconnect reason when a player leaves the server
- Fixed the Fireproof Secret Diary not cloaking
- Fixed the Medic's weapon not hiding during the High Five taunt
- Fixed the equip_region for the Crocodile Dandy
- Fixed taunt_medic_heroic.wav not playing during case openings and trade-ups
- Fixed the Heavy being able to crouch and jump while stunned
- Fixed overhead player icons not drawing while connected to match servers
- Fixed Dragon's Fury projectiles not passing through tf_generic_bomb entities
- Updated the tf_generic_bomb entity to allow passing the activator in the OnDetonate output
- Toggle this feature using the Pass Activator option. Default is No.
- Updated several of the Summer 2021 cosmetic items to add item_type_name descriptions
- Updated the Coffin Nail warpaint for the shotgun to add the missing "has team color paintkit" attribute
- Updated material for the Hazard Headgear to fix problems with painting and using minmap
- Updated item schema with community fixes from Andrés S. (rabscootle)
- Updated Spy invis materials with community fixes from Liam Stone (boba)
- Updated description of the "Strange Part: Player Hits" item to match its name
- Updated materials for the Time Out Therapy taunt
- Updated the material for the RED dueling icon to match the BLU dueling icon
- Updated backpack images for the Mislaid Sweater and Mr. Quackers to fix size and centering issues
- Updated the description for the Backpack Expander
- Updated the Resonation, Aggradation, and Lucidation unusual effects to fix a problem when taunting
- Updated Golden Wrench, Saxxy, and Golden Frying Pan kills to use the Australium background for death notices
- Updated the link for the New User Forum button in the main menu
- Updated/Added some tournament medals
- Updated the localization files
- Updated cp_snakewater_final1
- Minor visual fixes
- Minor clipping fixes
- Slightly increased spawn time when attacking last
- Fixed some jumps being made impossible in previous update
- Made some areas like respawn doors smoother to walk past
- Nature & Wildlife preservation measures
- Minor visual fixes
A Drop of Delight
September 14, 2021

A Drop of Delight is a 12-hour community charity live stream event on September 19th, 2021, from 12 PM - 12 AM EDT!
The event benefits Just a Drop, a charity organization helping to provide clean water in developing countries. The live stream will feature different TF2 content creators and competitive players alike in a variety of fun activities! They'll also be giving away nine different Unusuals!
Visit their website for more information and be sure to watch the event on their Twitch channel!