I had this unpleasant surprise at 3AM in the morning when I started to get notifications from my server monitoring daemon which kept reporting that the servers are dead. It was due to the A2A_PING removal. Somehow I believed that this will not get to the required update and stay only in the optional update. But I was wrong. I'm astonished that you can just that easily remove a feature from a stable product which is utilized in a lot of tools. So I hope that whoever invented this change will rot in hell (or at least have to wake up in 3AM in the morning to do his freaking job). Cheers!
2011/2/4 Jason Ruymen <[email protected]> > A required update for Team Fortress 2 is now available. The specific > changes include: > > Source Engine Changes (CS:S, DoD:S, TF2, HL2:DM) > - Further improved engine handling of server queries. This includes > changes Alfred has been talking about recently. > > > Team Fortress 2 > - Added Rift promotional items > - New items: Sun-On-A-Stick and Sharpened Volcano Fragment. > - New achievement: Riftwalker > - Updated several more models with optimizations and new LODs. > - Fixed seeing a partial health bar in the upper left corner of the > spectator menu. > - Fixed the control point progress bar not being aligned properly when > using cl_hud_minmode 1. > - Fixed the The Essential Accessories hiding the Scout's hat/headphones. > - Updated sounds for the Brass Beast. > - Updated the Scottish Resistance stickybombs to always glow if they will > be detonated by a right-click, including the stickybombs under the Demoman's > feet. > - Changed default crosshair to be more opaque, like the custom crosshairs. > - Fixed some missing surfaces on the bottom of the Pyro's mask. > - Fixed the assister's name not being listed in the Fish humiliation and > kill notices. > - Fixed the Force-a-Nature not drawing correctly in the character loadout > screen. > - Engineers who hit teammate's sentry guns with their wrench now get kill > assists from that sentry. > - Made the Jag gift wrappable. > - Fixed seeing a badge on the player when a noisemaker is equipped. > - Fixed particle effects on the Hustler's Hallmark. > - Added FCVAR_DONTRECORD flags to 'bind,' 'bind_mac,' 'unbind,' > 'unbind_mac,' and 'unbindall' so they can't be recorded into a demo (fixes > having your keys changed when you watch a demo). > - Updated Cp_Granary > - Added a new entrance to the mid Red/Blue ramp rooms. > - Clipping, lighting and perf improvements. > - Tournament mode HUD fixes > - Fixed seeing an empty alert tray under the stopwatch timer. > - Fixed a bug where the time for the tournament mode stopwatch wasn't > being displayed. > - Fixed the countdown when both teams are ready always reading "0 > seconds". > > Jason > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
