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Team Fortress 2 Update Released

December 23, 2015

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:

Renamed the Smissmas 2015 Mystery Gift to the Smissmas 2015 Festive Gift. It can now be opened to find a Gun Mettle and Tough Break Festivizer.
Fixed a couple of sounds for the Taunt: Bucking Bronco not playing properly
Fixed not being able to sell playerclass upgrades in Mann vs. Machine mode
Fixed bots sometimes not spawning in Mann vs. Machine mode
Fixed the Pyro's invulnerable period while activating the Phlogistinator lasting longer than the activation taunt
Fixed the crate opening animation not always displaying the image of the item received
Fixed the Medigun sometimes using the incorrect berCharge rate on maps with multiple stages
Fixed an issue where the Loose Cannon would sometimes not apply knockback on hit
Fixed decorated weapons not getting the crit-boost material effect
Strange Part: Kills While Explosive Jumping can now be applied to Strange Grenade Launchers
Updated the Mann Co. Store with the Smissmas sale. Deep discounts on nearly everything in the store.
Updated the equip_regions for the Berlin Brain Bowl, Business Casual, Distinguished Rogue, Cut Throat Concierge, Blood Banker, After Dark, Bountiful Bow, Dead of Night, Au Courant Assassin, Rogue's Robe, Sky Captain, Lady Killer, Puffy Provocateur, and Lurker's Leathers
Updated the model/materials for The Hat With No Name so it can now be equipped by the Soldier, Sniper, Demoman, and Engineer
Updated the model/materials for the Co-Pilot so it can now be equipped by the Scout, Soldier, and Engineer
Updated the model/materials for the Medical Monarch and added a new style
Updated the scoreboard
- Added Ping column header when viewing ping as text on the scoreboard
- Added the player count for each team
Updated ctf_landfall
- Fixed building teleporters between spawn room doors
- Fixed an exploit that allowed players to go outside the map
Updated PASS Time
- Experimenting with new HUD elements and art
- Experimenting with new viewmodel animations
- New testing feature 'tf_passtime_team_bonuses' that shares pass, steal, and intercept bonuses with the whole team

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

December 19, 2015

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 HUD
Fixed a client crash related to picking up weapons
Fixed some Mac client crashes related to being out of memory
Fixed a bug with removing the Gifter's Name on gift-wrapped items
Fixed paint cans from the Gift-Stuffed Stocking always being tradeable
Fixed an issue with knives not animating correctly
Fixed a bug related to the Loose Cannon and bots in Mann vs. Machine mode
Fixed Engineer's Wrangler contract updating points for players other than the Engineer doing the contract
Fixed a bug where the Sapper preview would disable buildings when removed
Fixed a bug with Sentry Guns being disabled for 5 seconds instead of the desired 0.5 seconds after a Sapper is removed
Fixed an issue with The Concheror regen not being 4 health per second as intended
Fixed the Half-Zatoichi giving more overheal then intended. Max overheal is 1.5x base health.
Added the EdgeGamers UltiDuo Participant 2015 tournament medal
Added an option in Adv. Options to disable teammate glow effects after respawn
Updated the equip_region for the Chicago Overcoat
Updated the models/materials for The Chill Chullo

Notes missed from the previous update:

Huntsman
- Can be fired while off the ground
Updated pass_pinewood
- Fixed lighting/shadow issues
- Increased size of water tower goals

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

December 17, 2015

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:

The Tough Break Update has arrived!

Additional information available on the website (http://www.teamfortress.com/toughbreak)
4 new community maps: Snowycoast, Vanguard, Highpass, and Landfall
26 new contracts, including contracts which issue loaner weapons
4 new weapon collections
2 new community taunts: Badpipes and The Bucking Bronco
1 new official taunt: Mannrobics
New community cosmetics case with 15 items

General

Significant weapon and class balance improvements (see section below for full details)
Smissmas 2015 has begun! Launch Team Fortress 2 to receive your Spirit of Giving badge, Gift-Stuffed Stocking, and Winter Holiday noise maker
Added Smissmas 2015 Mystery Gift. Can be found by opening a Tough Break Weapons Case. Have you been Naughty or Nice?
Added Strange Count Transfer Tool
- Takes the Strange scores from one item and adds them on to another. The count for the source item is reset to zero. Strange part scores are only transferred and zeroed if a matching Strange part is found. Can only be used between Strange items of the same base type.
- Can be Crafted by 2 Strange parts in the crafting menu under Rare Items
Updated Case opening item drop algorithm. Going forward players are now less likely to get duplicate items from the same rarity tier on repeated Case openings.
Updated several weapons sounds with consistency fixes from community member Mateusz Grzesik
Updated the scoreboard
- Re-ordered some of the columns
- Added an image to represent player ping values instead of the actual ping values. Added an option in Adv. Options to use the actual ping values.
Updated several weapon descriptions to better detail their functionality
'Gifted by' Tag can now be removed from items via 'Restore?' Context action from the Backpack view
Fixed a bug in Mann vs. Machine where Medic bots with unusually long uber effects could have the effect time-out prematurely
Fixed a bug where Unusual Slider was not properly saving
All Strange parts can now be applied to Strange cosmetics items
Strange parts added to the Backpack Context Menu for Strange items
Paints now display both Market and Mann Co. Store prices in the Backpack Context Menu on paintable items
Added case and crate opening animation in Backpack view
Fixed seeing the fire texture on the Captain Space Mann, A Head Full of Hot Air, and The Tomb Readers in DirectX 8
Updated the models/materials for Der Wintermantel and made it paintable
Updated the Caped Crusader to include a team-colored style for the cape
Players can no longer use blast damage to move during the pre-round freeze period
- Added server convar tf_preround_push_from_damage_enable for servers to utilize the old behavior
Fixed the Spy-cicle not melting properly if the Spy is burned while stunned
Added an option in Adv. Options to batch overhead combat text

Performance Improvements

Mac and Linux improvements (Windows Direct3D 9 players have these already)
- Texture streaming now enabled
- Reduced memory consumption by ~500 megs
- Faster map loads!
Players on Mac can now select 'High' texture settings
Eliminated many cases of hitching when using painted weapons
Eliminated occasional hitching caused by using mat_picmip 2 (or selecting low quality textures in Video Options -> Advanced)
Massively reduced memory consumption when using painted weapons
Improved particle system performance, boosting overall framerate, especially in particle-heavy situations.
Fixed two most common forms of framerate stuttering / hitching when using popular FPS configs
Added -default launch option to help players triage performance / stability problems.
- When run with -default, the game will ignore most convar settings and run purely with default options
- Upon exit, -default runs do not overwrite the player's config.cfg file. If a player wants to save the settings of a default run, they should execute host_writeconfig in the console.
Fixed 5 second stall when opening options menu
VR players: You must now pass -vr to launch options to play TF using VR
Fixed multiple cases of FPS stutter related to the sound system

Mannpower Changes

Flags will become poisonous (mark the carrier for death) 90 seconds after having been stolen
If both team flags are stolen and poisonous, they will return when next dropped
Fixed players being able to grapple during the pre-round freeze period
Reduced the number of flag captures required to win from 10 to 7 on official servers
Regeneration powerup
- Health regeneration amount changes - Scout, Sniper and Spy increased, Engineer decreased
Reflect powerup
- Added pushback force to players who damage the powerup carrier (except for flame damage)
Added overheal effect to players whose max health is increased by a powerup

Gameplay Changes

All
- Base weapon switch speed changed from 0.67 seconds to 0.5 seconds
- Upon spawning, friendly players will show an outline for 10 seconds
- Updated various weapon descriptions to better detail their functionality
Multi-Class
- Panic Attack
  - No longer auto-fires when fully loaded. Shots can be held and released at will.
- Reserve Shooter
  - No longer boosts all-around switch speed, instead boosts switch-to speed by 20% and switch-from speed by 15%
  - No longer mini-crits any airborne target (i.e. jumping). Target must be forced in to the air via blastjump, knockback, airblast, or grapple.
- The Half-Zatoichi
  - Now considered a sword (increased holster and deploy time and increased range)
  - Honorbound changed. Deals 50 self-damage on holster if no kill was made. Cannot be holstered if player is below 50 life and no kill was made.
  - 100% life restore on kill changed to 50% health gain on kill that can result in overheal
  - No random crits
Scout
- Pretty Boy's Pocket Pistol
  - Increased health recovered on hit from +3 to +5
- Mad Milk
  - Extinguishing an ally will now reduce the cool down by 20%
- Wrap Assassin
  - Now 42% more festive! Ornament shatters on all impacts, dealing a small amount of damage in a small radius. Bleed effect still only applies to a target that is struck directly.
  - Ball recharge rate increased by 25%
  - Damage penalty reduced from -70% to -65%
Soldier
- Beggar's Bazooka
  - Decreased blast radius by 20%
- Concheror
  - Doubled health regeneration rate. Regeneration rate is now decreased if player has been recently damaged.
- B.A.S.E Jumper
  - Removed hidden property of up draft when on fire
- Market Gardener
  - Added 20% Attack Speed penalty
- Air-Strike
  - Reduced blast radius by 20% when rocket jumping (28% reduction when compared to stock)
Sniper
- The Cleaner's Carbine
  - Reduced firing rate penalty from 35% to 20%
  - Added 'CRIKEY' meter which is filled by dealing damage
  - Mini-crits are no longer activated by kill, but can instead be activated by alt-fire when the 'CRIKEY' meter is filled
- Cozy Camper
  - Quadrupled health regeneration rate. Regeneration rate is now decreased if player has been recently damaged.
- Jarate
  - Extinguishing an ally now reduces the cooldown by 20%
Pyro
- Pyros like to collect rainbows! Extinguishing a teammate will now return 20 health to the Pyro.
- Consecutive Airblasts will no longer prevent enemies from air-strafing until they touch the ground
- The base Flamethrower's damage fall off over distance has been decreased, resulting in higher damage output at range
- Degreaser
  - No longer boosts all-around switch speed. Instead, boosts switch-to speed by 60% and switch-from speed by 30%.
  - Removed damage penalty
  - Increased Airblast cost by 25%
  - Increased afterburn penalty to from 25% to 66%
- Phlogistinator
  - Removed 10% damage penalty.
  - When activating 'MMMPH', the taunting Pyro gains temporary invulnerability and immunity to knockback effects
- Axtinguisher
  - Properties changed
  - 100% Chance to crit against burning targets
  - 33% Damage penalty
  - 20% Slower attack speed
  - 75% Slower switch-to speed
Medic
- Medics now have slightly higher health regeneration when healing a hurt patient
- During setup time, berCharge build rate is now increased by 3x
- Amputator
  - Taunt can now be activated by alt-fire
  - Healing done with the taunt now grants small amounts of berCharge
- Vaccinator
  - Removed 10% health regeneration on proper resist
  - Added slight berCharge build on proper resist
  - Increased berCharge rate from +50% to +67%
  - Reduced overhealed berCharge build rate penalty to 33% from 66%. As this penalty is applied after the base increase, healing an overhealed patient is now 33% more effective.
- Crusader's Crossbow
  - Healing a player with an arrow now grants a small amount of berCharge
- Quick-Fix
  - Fixed cases where Quick-Fix berCharged players could still be affected by certain knock-back effects
  - Players can no longer capture objectives while under the effects of Quick-Fix berCharge
Spy
- The HUD 'Cloak' meter now displays 'MOTION' and 'FEIGN' when Cloak and Dagger and Dead Ringer are equipped respectively
- Dead Ringer
  - Initial damage reduction when feigning death increased to 75% from 50%
- Spy-cicle
  - Fixed a bug where ammo packs from dead players were not filling the Spy-cicle meter
  - Fire immunity shield no longer appears when fire immunity is triggered
Heavy
- Fists of Steel
  - Removed deploy time penalty
  - Added penalty of increased holster time by 100%
- Gloves of Running Urgently
  - Increased holster time penalty
- Warrior's Spirit
  - Now heals 50 health on kill
  - Damage received and dealt increased by 30%
  - Removed health penalty
- Eviction Notice
  - Now provides 15% move speed bonus
  - Now increases damage taken by 20%
Demoman / Demoknight
- Shield bash now deals damage at all ranges, scaled by distance
- Melee damage boost after shield bash is based on amount of charge consumed. Now provides mini-crit at 25% depleted, and full crit at 60% depleted.
- Charging now removes debuffs from the Demoknight (Bleed, Fire, Mad Milk, Jarate)
- All Swords now have a slower deploy and holster speed compared to base weapons in addition to their increased melee range
- Splendid Screen
  - Removed the ability to deal charge impact damage at any range (now native to all shields)
  - Now increases recharge rate by 50%
  - Increased blast resistance from 15% to 20%
- Tide Turner
  - Now grants mini-crit instead of full-crit on charge bash
  - Reduced resistances to 15%
- Chargin Targe
  - Reduced blast resistance from 40% to 30%
  - Removed fire immunity
- Claidheamh M r
  - Removed charge duration bonus
  - Now restores 25 health on kill
  - Removed health penalty
  - Now increases damage taken while active by 15%
- Persian Persuader
  - Removed ammo pickups granting health instead of ammo
  - Added penalties of reduced primary and secondary ammo
  - Ammo pickups now replenish charge
  - Now gains charge meter on hit
- Quickiebomb Launcher
  - Fizzle time increased from 2 seconds to 4 seconds
- Ullapool Caber
  - Base melee damage increased from 35 to 55
  - Added 20% fire rate penalty
  - Added 100% switch-to time penalty
- Loose Cannon
  - Reduced projectile speed (now a visible attribute)
  - Reduced cannon impact damage from 60 to 50. Damage also scales with distance.
  - Reduced knockback from cannon hit. Knockback strength is now similar to airblast.
Engineer
- After removing a Sapper from a sentry, there is now a 0.5s delay before the sentry is active again
- Sentries brought into a respawn room no longer detonate outside of Mann vs. Machine
- The Jag
  - Added damage penalty against buildings. Now takes 3 hits to destroy a Sapper.
- Rescue Ranger
  - Healing per bolt reduced from 75 to 60

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

December 08, 2015

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 dedicated server crash related to dropped weapons and the jack in PASS Time mode
Updated the localization files

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

December 04, 2015

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 the Arkham Knight workshop contest winners and runners-up to the Mann Co. Store
Added the Workshop Wonderland 2015 community medals
Updated the models/materials for The Ward and made it paintable

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

December 03, 2015

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 Steam Controller config so +attack3 (special attack) can be bound for items like the Medic shield
Fixed not being able to run a dedicated server and connect to it as a client on the same machine
Fixed Killstreak icon alignment in the targetID panel when using cl_hud_minmode
Fixed an exploit related to the Steam Controller and the turn rate for charging Demomen
Updated the models/materials for The Medicine Manpurse, The Air Raider, and Pin Pals
host_writeconfig now writes only bindings and convar values that are not default values. If you want a full config, use 'host_writeconfig full'.
Mannpower update
- Supernova
  - Reduced charge up time
  - Increased the amount that damage contributes to charge
  - Fixed a bug where outline effect showed on invisible Spies
- Fixed a bug where crit melee attacks were multiplying on top of a base damage increase. Crit melee attacks now do the same damage
- Demomen equipped with shields are now excluded from the across the board 30% melee damage increase
- Added highlight effects to active revenge powerups
- Reduced points for a flag capture now that the enemy cannot return a dropped flag by touching it

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

November 26, 2015

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 Jingle Jam 2015 community medals
Fixed a client crash when playing some maps with low quality models
Fixed the B'aaarrgh-n-Britches hiding the hat bodygroup
Fixed missing crit rocket sound for giant Soldiers in Mann vs. Machine mode
Fixed control point HUD not being displayed for Mann vs. Machine maps with control points like Mannhattan
Fixed broken ambient_generic entities in community maps where the sound being played was updated after the map was loaded
Updated the Sheriff's Stetson and The Bone Dome to include new paint styles
Updated the model/material for The Au Courant Assassin
Updated pl_upward
- Fixed a teleporter-trap exploit inside the tunnel after the first control point
Updated PASS Time mode
- Each class now has slightly different throwing power and arc
- During overtime, the round doesn't end until the jack has been neutral for a few seconds (tf_passtime_overtime_idle_sec)
- All available enemy goals will show a reticle on the HUD while carrying the jack
- Added max pass range parameter to passtime_logic
- Jack won't automatically respawn unless it's been picked up at least once
- New map: pass_pinewood

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

November 18, 2015

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 non-Steam controllers could fail to initialize

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

November 18, 2015

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 beta support for Steam Controllers. Use the Steam Big Picture interface to select and configure your preferred controller mapping. Controls operate in one of four modes, automatically selected by the game as needed. You can customize the controller layout for each one independently to suit your taste, or just use the defaults.
- “In-Game” operates during regular gameplay. Use the left stick to move, and the right trackpad plus gyro to look around.
- “Menus” turns the right trackpad into a virtual mouse pointer for use in navigating menus (use the triggers to mouse click).
- “In-Game During Popup” covers popup menus that occur during gameplay, like Spy’s Disguise Kit, Engineer’s Build PDA, and the Taunt menu.
- “Spectator” is active while spectating and before respawn.

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

November 14, 2015

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 on startup for players using DirectX 8