We've released a mandatory update for Team Fortress 2. The notes for the update
are below. The new version is 3528598.
-Eric
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The Meet Your Match Update has arrived!
- Added Casual and Competitive Matchmaking modes
- Additional information available on the website (
http://www.teamfortress.com/meetyourmatch/ )
- Casual mode replaces Quickplay
- Added the Heavy vs. Pyro war
- Additional information available on the website (
http://www.teamfortress.com/meetyourmatch/war.php )
- 3 new community maps
- Sunshine
- Metalworks
- Swiftwater
- Added 3 new community taunts
- The Balloonibouncer (Pyro only)
- Disco Fever (Spy only)
- The Fubar Fanfare (Soldier only)
- Added 1 new official taunt
- The Carlton (Scout only)
- Added the Perfect Stranger crate
General
- Reworked the main menu
- All play-related buttons are now accessible by clicking the "Find a
game" button
- Moved the Workshop and Replay buttons down the bottom group of
mini-buttons
- Enemies killed by energy weapons now play a special sound as their body
dissolves
- Improved stopwatch UI to help better communicate game state
- Added new sound vo files for Competitive Mode
- Added sounds to all attacks where the target player resisted a part of the
damage
- Added Prinny promo items for purchasing Disgaea: Prinny Hat, Prinny Pouch,
and Prinny Machete
- Added AsiaFortress Cup Mercenaries Cup Season 7 medals
- Added TF2Maps 72hr TF2Jam Summer Participant medal
- Added Random Acts of TF2 medals
- Added check to prevent players with P-REC loaded from participating in
matchmaking
- Prevents P-REC crashing which results in players receiving abandon
penalties
- Updated the Demo Support feature
- Added an option to only record matches that are played using
Tournament mode (mp_tournament)
- Added an option to auto-delete matches that don't have any events
recorded
- Fixed a bug where tickcount values were being noted incorrectly
- Options can be set using the Adv. Options menu
- Updated model/materials for the Bonk Boy, Dr's Dapper Topper, The Sole
Saviors, and The Dark Falkirk Helm
- Updated the localization files
- PASS Time update
- No longer in Beta!
- New Items Available
- An Early Participation Pin will be awarded to everyone who
played PASS Time during beta
- Two new achievements with item rewards
- Tune Merasmus's Multi-Dimensional Television
- Jackpot!
- Map Changes
- All maps are tweaked, polished, and out of beta
- Renamed pass_pinewood to pass_timberlodge
- Renamed pass_warehouse to pass_brickyard
- Added a new city-themed map, pass_district
- An updated pass_template for level designers will be released
on http://www.escalation.com/news
- Game Mode Changes
- Changed the score limit from 3 to 5
- Tweaked various JACK throwing parameters
- Pack Running
- The JACK no longer heals the player carrying it
- A player carrying the JACK with no nearby teammates
is marked for death
- Teammates near a player holding the JACK will be
slowly healed, and can run as fast as the fastest nearby teammate
- JACK Power
- Passing the JACK increases a power meter
- The power meter will decay over time
- Filling the power meter unlocks a special goal worth
extra points
- Art Changes
- New view model animations
- The HUD provides more information about goal type and status
- Player pips for Spies will reflect cloak and disguise status
- Misc Details
- Added cvar tf_passtime_scores_per_round
- Added tf_glow entity that can be used to enable the glow
effect on any entity
- Updated trigger_passtime_ball FGD entry to hide unimplemented
features, temporarily
- Spawnflag added to func_passtime_goal to indicate to the HUD
that a goal is unlocked by JACK power
Bug fixes
- Fixed being able to repeatedly activate taunts before the current one had
ended while underwater
- Fixed disguising with the Conniver's Kunai while spotted by a Sentry causing
the Sentry to ignore the Spy
- Fixed class change notifications appearing to the enemy team for a period of
time after teams swap sides in Competitive Mode
- Fixed a case where players would sometimes see other players carrying the
wrong weapon(s)
- Fixed a bug where the Engineer couldn't remove the Sapper from a linked
teleporter if was building (not active)
- Fixed a bug where the Engineer was able to heal a linked teleporter while it
was building. This now matches the behavior for the other buildings.
- Updated several hats to fix the Sniper not removing them while taunting
- Fixed hiding the Pyro's head when using the second style of the Fear Monger
- Fixed using the wrong ozfortress medals for divisions other than Premier
- Fixed a few UGC tournament medals using the wrong names
- Fixed the Engineer's missing pelvis hitbox
- Thanks to Justin G., aka sigsegv, for these reports
- Fixed airblasts sometimes sending reflected projectiles toward
friendly players, buildings, and projectile shields
- Fixed demo record/read stringtables not writing/reading past 512kb
- Fixed inconsistency between items that use mini-crit buff
(TF_COND_ENERGY_BUFF)
- Fixed multiple Mann vs. Machine bugs caused by bot AI functions being
executing after the bots have died
- Fixed a bug related to lunchbox items, where the ammo bar can be
drained in cases when it shouldn't be
- Fixed Medics sometimes instantly reviving players in Mann vs. Machine
Performance
- Fixed several cases of loading and rendering hitches that would cause abrupt
changes in FPS
- Improved Flamethrower flame performance in Mann vs. Machine on clients and
servers by up to +500%
- VGUI .res files are now cached after loading, reducing framerate hitches.
Custom HUD authors can disable this by setting vgui_cache_res_files to 0.
- Improved rendering performance of zombies
- Improved VGUI font performance
Custom HUD Versioning
- In order to reduce crashing and broken UI elements after updates, custom HUDs
now must explicitly specify the version of the TF UI with which they are
compatible
- Custom HUD files must now be installed as add-ons under the tf/custom/
folder. Loose .res files extracted to the game directory will not be loaded
- Custom HUDs must now contain a file named "info.vdf" in their root folder,
with the key "ui_version" set to the TF UI version with which they are
compatible
- The current TF UI version is 1
- Non-HUD add-ons under tf/custom/ will continue to work without an "info.vdf"
file, but may not load .res files
Mann Co. Store
- Added the Competitive Matchmaking Pass
- Added new class starter packs
- Added new key-less cosmetic crates
- Revamped main store pages
- Added a spotlight item
- Added ability to mouse over and preview items in a bundle/crate/collection
- Adjusted some weapon prices for consistency
Maps
- cp_granary
- Added new ammo pack locations in final and yard areas
- Clips and blockbullets added to stairs
- cp_badlands
- Final cap point capture time increased to 2 seconds (from 1 second)
- Clips and blockbullets added to stairs
- cp_foundry
- Reduced ammo kit in final cap entry room (attackers' side) to medium
- Slightly reduced attacking team's spawn time when working on final
- pl_upward
- Fixed an exploit where players could sometimes build sentries in the
cliffside by capture point 3
- pl_thundermountain
- Fixed the first and second cap points of stage 3 each awarding 2
points to the capturing team instead of 1
- Mannpower
- All official maps now set Mannpower mode without requiring the use of
the tf_powerup_mode convar
Game Balance
- Scout
- Crit-A-Cola
- Added Marked-for-Death debuff for 2 seconds after the buff
effect expires
- The Soda Popper
- Added "On hit: build Hype"
- Removed "build hype by running around"
- Shortstop
- Added an Alt-fire attack -- reach out and shove someone!
- Removed +healing bonus
- Reduced pushback vuln to +20% (from +40%)
- Sun on a stick
- Take 25% less damage from fire while deployed
- Soldier
- The Righteous Bison
- Fixed a bug causing players to be hit by the same projectile
multiple times, causing the damage dealt to vary wildly
- Per-shot damage has been increased to compensate, resulting
in slightly more damage on average
- Point-blank deals 54 damage (previously 20-80)
- Maximum range deals 24 damage (previously 14-56)
- Slowed projectile by 30%
- Projectile damage reduced by 25% for each enemy penetrated
- Updated projectile impact sound
- The Disciplinary Action
- Reduced duration of speed bonus on teammates to 2 seconds
(from 3)
- The Rocket Jumper
- Updated model/materials and sound
- Sniper
- Cozy Camper
- Now requires a full charge to gain flinch resistance
- The Sydney Sleeper
- When fully charged, or when making a headshot, now applies
Jarate in a radius
- Scoped shots now extinguish teammates
- The Cleaner's Carbine
- Removed hidden +10% damage taken multiplier while under the
effects
- Heavy
- Natascha and Brass Beast
- 20% damage resistance now only applies when spun up and below
50% max health
- Huo-Long Heater
- Added -10% damage
- Added +25% increased damage vs. burning players
- Reduced ammo drain to -4/sec (from -6)
- Reduced pulse damage from Ring of Fire to 12 (from 15) due to
increased damage vs. burning
- Buffalo Steak Sandvich
- Fixed "damage taken" multiplier accidentally being +10%,
instead of the listed +25%
- Spy
- Base
- Max speed increased to 320 (from 300)
- Enforcer
- Attacks pierce resist and absorb effects from all sources
- Pyro
- All Flamethrowers
- Added: Direct damage reduces Medi Gun healing and resist
shield effects by 25%
- Medics hear a "healing interrupted" sound when this
is happening to their heal target
- The Manmelter
- Removed (hidden) 20% fire rate penalty
- Medic
- Base
- All Mediguns allow the Medic to match the speed of their heal
target
- Previously only available on The Quick Fix
- Quick Fix
- ÜberCharge rate reduced to +15% (from +25%)
- Overdose
- Increased movement speed bonus to +20% (from +10%)
- Increased damage penalty to -15% (from -10%)
- Dropped Mediguns
- Stored ÜberCharge begins to decay over time after coming to
rest
- Demoman
- Base
- All boots now require a shield to activate any move speed
bonus listed on the item
- The Iron Bomber
- Decreased the fuse time to 1.4 seconds (from 2.0)
- The Quickiebomb Launcher
- Increased charge time reduction to -70% (from -50%)
- Increased damage bonus for (max) charged shots to +35% (from
+25%)
- Increased clip size penalty to -50% (from -25%)
- Removed "Stickybombs fizzle 4 seconds after landing"
- The Sticky Jumper
- Updated model/materials and sound
- Engineer
- Base
- Level 1 teleporters now cost 50 metal (previously 125)
- Widowmaker
- Damage increased +10% when attacking the same target as your
sentry
- Eureka Effect
- Reduced "50% less metal from Dispensers and Pickups" to 20%
- Added "Teleporters cost 50% less metal"
- The Short Circuit
- Base projectile attack is -10 metal (hit or miss) and then
add -5 metal for each projectile destroyed (sometimes a buff, sometimes a nerf)
- The Pomson
- Fixed an exploit with shooting through your own buildings
- Increased close-range damage to 72 (from 62)
- Reduced long-range damage to 32 (from 42)
- Updated projectile impact sound
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