Source Engine Changes (TF2, DoD:S, HL2:DM)

• Added sv_namechange_cooldown_seconds, to throttle clients from changing their name too rapidly. (Defaults to 20 seconds)
  
• Added sv_netspike_on_reliable_snapshot_overflow to selectively enable the automatic dumping of netspike file if a client drops due to "reliable snapshot overflow" (defaults to 0, which disables the debugging)
  
• Added check to prevent player names from containing color codes
  
• setinfo console command will now reject attempts to set / change convars with any unusual characters
  

Team Fortress 2

• Fix a bug that caused gameservers to not properly receive client inventory updates. (Frequent cause of the "The server you are playing on has lost connection to the item server" error message.)
  
• Fixed not being able to equip all-class items properly
  
• Fixed the DX8 water effect
  
• Fixed the Beggar's Bazooka misfiring with 100% crits after firing a crit rocket
  
• Fixed the Strange Sandman not accepting the Posthumous Kills strange part
  

Source Engine Changes (TF2, DoD:S, HL2:DM)

• Fixed a client crash on exit (after connecting to a server using sv_pure)
  

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To celebrate the <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/" target="_blank">Steam Summer Sale</a>, we’re having our own Mann Co. Store Sale on some of this year’s Workshop items, along with other goodies such as name tags, description tags, and various paints, weapons and hats. We’ve also added new summer bundles, featuring new items from the Pyromania update in various packaging flavors. The sale runs today through July 22.<br /><br />

To celebrate the Steam Summer Sale, we’re having our own Mann Co. Store Sale on some of this year’s Workshop items, along with other goodies such as name tags, description tags, and various paints, weapons and hats. We’ve also added new summer bundles, featuring new items from the Pyromania update in various packaging flavors. The sale runs today through July 22.

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 Pyromania cosmetic items to the Mann Co. store
  
• All ash-related items have been faded away to dust
  
• Fixed Strange Escape Plans not counting kills
  
• Fixed missing strings for the ESL medals
  

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 ESL Season VI and Season VII medals
  
• Fixed a client/server crash when re-connecting to the item server
  
• Fixed The Business Casual tie not being blue for the Blue team
  
• Fixed body groups not hiding correctly on ragdolls
  

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Thanks for your patience, everybody! And a <i>really</i> big thanks to our first round of testers, who were instrumental in helping us make the SFM a better user experience.

They were SO helpful, in fact, that we're happy to announce that SFM Beta is now open to everyone, for free, as of right now. We've also provided a new <a href="http://steamcommunity.com/sfm">SFM-specific page in the Steam Community</a> where you can view, rate and discuss all the latest user-created videos.

Plus, just so we don't all overdose on "Meet The Heavy" shorts, we've decided to release a new session, to give all you folks'll something new to riff on. So get out your guitar (and some audio recording equipment) and prepare to "Meet The Engineer".

You can download the Source Filmmaker <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/1840/">here on Steam</a>.

Thanks for your patience, everybody! And a really big thanks to our first round of testers, who were instrumental in helping us make the SFM a better user experience.

They were SO helpful, in fact, that we're happy to announce that SFM Beta is now open to everyone, for free, as of right now. We've also provided a new SFM-specific page in the Steam Community where you can view, rate and discuss all the latest user-created videos.

Plus, just so we don't all overdose on "Meet The Heavy" shorts, we've decided to release a new session, to give all you folks'll something new to riff on. So get out your guitar (and some audio recording equipment) and prepare to "Meet The Engineer".

You can download the Source Filmmaker here on Steam.

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 new options for Pyrovision to the Advanced Options dialog
  • Added enable/disable for the HUD border
    
  • Added the ability to make the HUD border static
    
  • Added the ability to turn off the skybox depth of field
• Fixed The Sandvich and The Buffalo Steak Sandvich using the wrong models when thrown
  
• Fixed not seeing the blue team skin for the Robot Chicken Hat
  
• Fixed not seeing team colors on the sleeves for The Equalizer and The Escape Plan
  
• Fixed The Escape Plan allowing medic calls
  
• Fixed The Beggar's Bazooka exploding on random targets in the world when overloading
  
• Fixed The Hitman's Heatmaker bodyshot damage penalty affecting the Sniper's other weapons
  
• Fixed The Amputator's radius heal effect applying to players who have The Escape Plan deployed
  
• Fixed the Rainblower taunt attacking players through walls
  
• Optimized the Rainblower taunt particles
  
• Updated Sd_Doomsday
  • Fixed rocket lid staying open sometimes after a player drops the Australium on the lift
    
  • Fixed case where the lift could continue traveling up when a player with the Australium died at the same time he touched the lift
• Updated the localization files
  
• Updated the gamehaptics file:
  • Added recoil/reload/draw/crit forces for the Baby Face's Blaster
    
  • Added new recoil forces for The Beggar's Bazooka, The Cleaner's Carbine, The Hitman's Heatmaker, The Pretty Boy's Pocket Pistol and The Scorch Shot
    
  • Added more detail to the reloads for the Scattergun, the Baby Face's Blaster, the SMG, and The Cleaner's Carbine

Updates to Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:


Source Engine Changes (TF2, DoD:S, HL2:DM, CS:S)

• Fixed a problem that allowed spoofed IP addresses to make connections to the game server
  

Team Fortress 2

• Teddy Roosebelt can now get assists in Pyrovision
  
• Fixed Pyrovision sometimes activating in killcams for more than just weapons and cosmetics
  
• Fixed exploit where the Scorch Shot could fire its short range kill pellet at the very beginning of the taunt
  
• Fixed blood getting sprayed on the world in some cases in Low Violence and Pyrovision
  
• Fixed decapitations creating head gibs in Low Violence and Pyrovision
  
• Fixed Hitman’s Heatmaker headshot not properly getting counted on the scoreboard
  
• Fixed tracers being fired for other weapons (SMGs) while in focus
  
• Fixed Sydney Sleeper’s bonus not properly protecting against Decapitating Headshots
  
• Added team color to rainbow-showered players in Pyrovision
  
• Updated localization files
  

Counter-Strike: Source

• Added ConVars sv_rcon_maxpacketsize and sv_rcon_maxpacketbans to allow server admins to control the maximum RCON packet size and whether or not users get banned for exceeding that limit. The defaults reflect the existing behavior.
  
• Fixed not being able to import custom spray images on Macs
  
• Fixed Macs cancelling http map downloads that take longer than 30 seconds
  
• Updated the HTML renderer for displaying server MOTD