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Team Fortress 2's latest silly business sees the game crashing because it thought players were Gordon Freeman




Team Fortress 2 just received a huge update, upgrading it 64-bit, finally bringing the 17-year-old shooter into the modern age of gaming. But in true TF2 fashion, there was a problem that no one foresaw: the game kept crashing because it thought players were Gordon Freeman from Half-Life...
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Team Fortress 2 Update Released

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 crash caused by using -dxlevel commands
  • Fixed some ABI compatibility regressions for server plugins/mods
  • Fixed a crash under 64-bit caused by some custom HUDs using Half-Life 2 HUD elements which assume the player is Gordon Freeman
  • Fixed a crash when opening options/going into game (mostly affecting Windows 7 users)
  • Fixed the snd_cull_duplicates command not working
  • Fixed a hang when importing cosmetics into the Workshop tools to upload
  • Fixed an issue selecting surround sound audio settings (Headphones, 4, 5.1, 7.1, etc.)

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

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 crash caused by using -dxlevel commands
  • Fixed some ABI compatibility regressions for server plugins/mods
  • Fixed a crash under 64-bit caused by some custom HUDs using Half-Life 2 HUD elements which assume the player is Gordon Freeman
  • Fixed a crash when opening options/going into game (mostly affecting Windows 7 users)
  • Fixed the snd_cull_duplicates command not working
  • Fixed a hang when importing cosmetics into the Workshop tools to upload
  • Fixed an issue selecting surround sound audio settings (Headphones, 4, 5.1, 7.1, etc.)

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

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 crash caused by using -dxlevel commands
  • Fixed some ABI compatibility regressions for server plugins/mods
  • Fixed a crash under 64-bit caused by some custom HUDs using Half-Life 2 HUD elements which assume the player is Gordon Freeman
  • Fixed a crash when opening options/going into game (mostly affecting Windows 7 users)
  • Fixed the snd_cull_duplicates command not working
  • Fixed a hang when importing cosmetics into the Workshop tools to upload
  • Fixed an issue selecting surround sound audio settings (Headphones, 4, 5.1, 7.1, etc.)

Team Fortress 2 joins us in the modern age as Valve updates the 17 year old shooter to 64-bit




While Team Fortress 2 has received less attention from Valve than its other team-based shooter Counter-Strike 2, it hasn't been abandoned as some corners of the Internet claim. The game has been consistently receiving small updates every few months, tweaking maps and characters as Valve sees fit. The latest update is more substantial than usual, however, as it finally brings Valve's 17-year-old shooter into the 64 bit era...
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