Team Fortress 2 News

• Fixed minor z-fighting issue with the Wrap Assassin Festivizer
  
• Fixed the Taunt: The Critical Fail ending at the incorrect time for the Medic
  
• Updated the Hard Carry Unusual effect to fix detachment issues when using the "adjust unusual" slider
  
• Updated the Scorching Sensation and Burning Sensation Unusual effects to improve visibility in bright areas
  
• Updated the Team Recognition Unusual effect to fix a problem with the parent-child particle system
  
• Updated the Frostfire, Spectrum Inferno, and Chromatic Blaze Unusual effects to fix issues with the trail and brightness
  
• Updated the Cryogenic Unusual effect to fix obscuring parts of the characters
  
• Updated the Air Head to fix a problem with mipmapping
  
• Updated 2koth_abbey
  
  
  • Fixed broken cliff displacements
    
  • Swapped expensive water for cheap water to improve FPS
    
  • Various fixes and improvements
  
  
• Updated plr_matterhorn
  
  
  • Fixed hole in spawn barrier (thanks Ctena!)
    
  • Fixed a desync issue with lifts (thanks Skin King!)
    
  • Disabled team swap on new round
    
  • Clipping improvements
    
  • Bread optimization
  
  

It's beginning to look a lot like Smissmas in Team Fortress 2. The fan-favorite yuletide event has made its annual return, bringing with it six new community maps, fresh taunts, a host of unusual effects, and, crucially, a ton of new targets for your Festivizer. There's also a slew of bugfixes, ensuring none of the pesky critters scuttle into your eggnog.

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• All players who play TF2 during the event will receive a Stuffed Stocking as a gift! Stockings contain goodies for good little Mercenaries.
  
• Featuring 6 new community maps: Nutcracker, Sidewinder, Abbey, Winter Ridge, Matterhorn, and Gavle (pronounced yeah-vleh)
  
• Added the Winter 2025 Cosmetic Case
  • Contains 23 new community-contributed items
    
  • The Festivizer can be found as a bonus drop when opening the case
• Added 3 new community-contributed taunts to the Mann Co. Store
  • Taunt: The Critical Fail
    
  • Taunt: Dead Mann's Drink
    
  • Taunt: Chairholder
• Added 20 new community-created Unusual effects
  • 11 new effects for Unusual hats
    
  • 9 new effects for Unusual taunts
• Added lots of weapons to the list that can be Festivized (community-created changes!)
  
• Added community-created Smissmas material for the beach ball
  
• All cosmetic and taunt cases will grant Smissmas 2025 Unusual effects instead of their normal Unusual effects during the event. This does not include crates.
  
• Mann Co. Store winter sale!
  
• Smissmas runs through January 7th, 2026
  

• Added 'No Bullets' style for The Gift Bringer
  
• Fixed The Accursed Apparition hiding the Scout's headphones
  
• Updated the Sizzling Aroma and Toxic Aroma Unusual effects to fix problems with DirectX80
  
• Updated the Backbiter's Billycock backpack icon to reflect RED team version
  
• Updated the El Gigante's Gunbelt to fix a problem with the LODs
  
• Updated the Seamann's Stubble to fix an issue with the materials
  
• Updated/Added some tournament medals
  
• Updated cp_cowerhouse
  • Updated some custom props with further optimizations
    
  • Added playerclip "ladder" to both trucks' rear bed to make climbing more consistent/predictable
• Updated ctf_doublecross_event
  • Fixed out of bounds bug (Thanks Dr.TwentyTwo!)
    
  • Fixed a few minor visual glitches
• Updated cp_gravelpit_snowy
  • Added a screenshake effect to the laser gun finale
    
  • Adjusted holiday events to reduce edict count
• Fixed model panels not encoding pose parameter values (community fix from copperpixel)
  
• Fixed Halloween spell projectiles not adjusting to flipped view models (community fix from copperpixel)
  
• Network player's handedness preference to spectators (community fix from copperpixel)
  
• Fixed Ullapool Caber explosions not counting as melee kills and ignoring damage/radius attributes (community fix from Bitl)
  
• Fixed disposable sentries playing denial sound for useful wrench hits (community fix from AJMickey)
  
• Fixed Armageddon Pyro taunt not properly cleaning up all particle systems (community fix from Churkinator)
  
• Fixed logo spinner from breaking after prolonged rotation (community fix from Horiuchi)
  
• Fixed Minigun not spinning, or spinning very slowly, outside of first-person (community fix from wget)
  
• Fixed broken view model after switching from the Medi Gun while healing someone (community fix from Vlad)
  
• Allow server admins to change powerup mode convars without forcing cheats to be enabled (community fix from Pieter Bijl)
  
• Replaced bitwise or operator in CHealthAmmoKit (community fix from CosminPerRam)
  
• Fixed MoveableSubPanel showing in Sentry targetID panel while dead (community fix from Horiuchi)
  
• Fixed tracer rounds from rifles not being affected by cl_flipviewmodels (community fix from birchish)
  
• Fixed Pyrovision nullifying other voice pitch attributes (community fix from LizardOfOz)
  
• Fixed being able to throw the Gas Passer through walls (community fix from Bakugo)
  
• Fixed IncrementAmmo removing ammo if m_iClip1 was already at Max capacity (community fix from kingofings)
  
• Added TF-specific search path tags to TF mod gameinfo (community fix from Thomas Kain)
  
• Fixed view punch not being interpolated (community fix from ficool2)
  
• Fixed disguise_on_backstab not functioning for stab targets that become ghosts (community fix from FlaminSarge)
  
• Fixed chat input using chat_party instead of chat_say_party (community fix from gaelcoral)
  
• Fixed overlapping footstep sound when in the third person view (community fix from TheNotoriousFrogposter)
  
• Ensure no buffer overflows when sscanf to char buffer (community fix from Dmitry Tsarevich)
  
• Fixed players sometimes getting stuck in team unassigned when joining a server (community fix from Bakugo)
  
• Fixed sentry gun not performing rocket fire animation when Wrangler controlled (community fix from Horiuchi)
  
• Allow impulse 101 on The Ullapool Caber (community fix from alvei)
  
• Fixed disguise kit resetting multiple times in high ping situations (community fix from nosoop)
  
• Fixed Detonator jumps not being considered self-dmg jumps (community fix from mastercoms)
  
• Fixed Detonator making world-detonation sound when attempting to fire underwater (community fix from FlaminSarge)
  
• Removed knockback-attribute-specific animation overrides for CTFScattergun (community fix from FlaminSarge)
  
• Fixed net_graph not rounding interp to nearest tick (community fix from treacherousfiend)
  
• Fixed broken class select animation for The Soda Popper (community fix from Piogre)
  
• Fixed $envmap parameter using the wrong mask for The Solemn Vow (community fix from Churkinator)
  
• Fixed barbell prop not using phong (community fix from Churkinator)
  
• Fixed the Kill-a-Watt and Terror-Watt Unusual effects sometimes stretching (community fix from Ronald_D_D)
  
• Fixed Disco Beat Down Unusual effect growing in size when viewed from large distances (community fix from Ron Friedman)
  
• Fixed MatchMakingTooltip label using the wrong alignment setting (community fix from Squid-Eevee)
  
• Fixed training mode HIT! material alpha channel (community fix from DiskIntegrity)
  
• Fixed Bear Necessities not using its normal map (community fix from Churkinator)
  
• Fixed prediction errors with modified player gravity (community fix from ficool2)
  
• Fixed render box of tf_flame_manager using wrong vectors (community fix from by Hamn)
  
• Updated the Energy Orb Unusual effect (community fix from Cipherlock)
  • Fixed particles being orphaned
    
  • Fixed Medi Gun view model using the third-person particles

• All players who play TF2 during the event will receive a Stuffed Stocking as a gift! Stockings contain goodies for good little Mercenaries.
  
• Featuring 6 new community maps: Nutcracker, Sidewinder, Abbey, Winter Ridge, Matterhorn, and Gavle (pronounced yeah-vleh)
  
• Added the Winter 2025 Cosmetic Case
  • Contains 23 new community-contributed items
    
  • The Festivizer can be found as a bonus drop when opening the case
• Added 3 new community-contributed taunts to the Mann Co. Store
  • Taunt: The Critical Fail
    
  • Taunt: Dead Mann's Drink
    
  • Taunt: Chairholder
• Added 20 new community-created Unusual effects
  • 11 new effects for Unusual hats
    
  • 9 new effects for Unusual taunts
• Added lots of weapons to the list that can be Festivized (community-created changes!)
  
• Added community-created Smissmas material for the beach ball
  
• All cosmetic and taunt cases will grant Smissmas 2025 Unusual effects instead of their normal Unusual effects during the event. This does not include crates.
  
• Mann Co. Store winter sale!
  
• Smissmas runs through January 7th, 2026
  

• Added 'No Bullets' style for The Gift Bringer
  
• Fixed The Accursed Apparition hiding the Scout's headphones
  
• Updated the Sizzling Aroma and Toxic Aroma Unusual effects to fix problems with DirectX80
  
• Updated the Backbiter's Billycock backpack icon to reflect RED team version
  
• Updated the El Gigante's Gunbelt to fix a problem with the LODs
  
• Updated the Seamann's Stubble to fix an issue with the materials
  
• Updated/Added some tournament medals
  
• Updated cp_cowerhouse
  • Updated some custom props with further optimizations
    
  • Added playerclip "ladder" to both trucks' rear bed to make climbing more consistent/predictable
• Updated ctf_doublecross_event
  • Fixed out of bounds bug (Thanks Dr.TwentyTwo!)
    
  • Fixed a few minor visual glitches
• Updated cp_gravelpit_snowy
  • Added a screenshake effect to the laser gun finale
    
  • Adjusted holiday events to reduce edict count
• Fixed model panels not encoding pose parameter values (community fix from copperpixel)
  
• Fixed Halloween spell projectiles not adjusting to flipped view models (community fix from copperpixel)
  
• Network player's handedness preference to spectators (community fix from copperpixel)
  
• Fixed Ullapool Caber explosions not counting as melee kills and ignoring damage/radius attributes (community fix from Bitl)
  
• Fixed disposable sentries playing denial sound for useful wrench hits (community fix from AJMickey)
  
• Fixed Armageddon Pyro taunt not properly cleaning up all particle systems (community fix from Churkinator)
  
• Fixed logo spinner from breaking after prolonged rotation (community fix from Horiuchi)
  
• Fixed Minigun not spinning, or spinning very slowly, outside of first-person (community fix from wget)
  
• Fixed broken view model after switching from the Medi Gun while healing someone (community fix from Vlad)
  
• Allow server admins to change powerup mode convars without forcing cheats to be enabled (community fix from Pieter Bijl)
  
• Replaced bitwise or operator in CHealthAmmoKit (community fix from CosminPerRam)
  
• Fixed MoveableSubPanel showing in Sentry targetID panel while dead (community fix from Horiuchi)
  
• Fixed tracer rounds from rifles not being affected by cl_flipviewmodels (community fix from birchish)
  
• Fixed Pyrovision nullifying other voice pitch attributes (community fix from LizardOfOz)
  
• Fixed being able to throw the Gas Passer through walls (community fix from Bakugo)
  
• Fixed IncrementAmmo removing ammo if m_iClip1 was already at Max capacity (community fix from kingofings)
  
• Added TF-specific search path tags to TF mod gameinfo (community fix from Thomas Kain)
  
• Fixed view punch not being interpolated (community fix from ficool2)
  
• Fixed disguise_on_backstab not functioning for stab targets that become ghosts (community fix from FlaminSarge)
  
• Fixed chat input using chat_party instead of chat_say_party (community fix from gaelcoral)
  
• Fixed overlapping footstep sound when in the third person view (community fix from TheNotoriousFrogposter)
  
• Ensure no buffer overflows when sscanf to char buffer (community fix from Dmitry Tsarevich)
  
• Fixed players sometimes getting stuck in team unassigned when joining a server (community fix from Bakugo)
  
• Fixed sentry gun not performing rocket fire animation when Wrangler controlled (community fix from Horiuchi)
  
• Allow impulse 101 on The Ullapool Caber (community fix from alvei)
  
• Fixed disguise kit resetting multiple times in high ping situations (community fix from nosoop)
  
• Fixed Detonator jumps not being considered self-dmg jumps (community fix from mastercoms)
  
• Fixed Detonator making world-detonation sound when attempting to fire underwater (community fix from FlaminSarge)
  
• Removed knockback-attribute-specific animation overrides for CTFScattergun (community fix from FlaminSarge)
  
• Fixed net_graph not rounding interp to nearest tick (community fix from treacherousfiend)
  
• Fixed broken class select animation for The Soda Popper (community fix from Piogre)
  
• Fixed $envmap parameter using the wrong mask for The Solemn Vow (community fix from Churkinator)
  
• Fixed barbell prop not using phong (community fix from Churkinator)
  
• Fixed the Kill-a-Watt and Terror-Watt Unusual effects sometimes stretching (community fix from Ronald_D_D)
  
• Fixed Disco Beat Down Unusual effect growing in size when viewed from large distances (community fix from Ron Friedman)
  
• Fixed MatchMakingTooltip label using the wrong alignment setting (community fix from Squid-Eevee)
  
• Fixed training mode HIT! material alpha channel (community fix from DiskIntegrity)
  
• Fixed Bear Necessities not using its normal map (community fix from Churkinator)
  
• Fixed prediction errors with modified player gravity (community fix from ficool2)
  
• Fixed render box of tf_flame_manager using wrong vectors (community fix from by Hamn)
  
• Updated the Energy Orb Unusual effect (community fix from Cipherlock)
  • Fixed particles being orphaned
    
  • Fixed Medi Gun view model using the third-person particles

• All players who play TF2 during the event will receive a Stuffed Stocking as a gift! Stockings contain goodies for good little Mercenaries.
  
• Featuring 6 new community maps: Nutcracker, Sidewinder, Abbey, Winter Ridge, Matterhorn, and Gavle (pronounced yeah-vleh)
  
• Added the Winter 2025 Cosmetic Case
  
  
  • Contains 23 new community-contributed items
    
  • The Festivizer can be found as a bonus drop when opening the case
  
  
• Added 3 new community-contributed taunts to the Mann Co. Store
  
  
  • Taunt: The Critical Fail
    
  • Taunt: Dead Mann's Drink
    
  • Taunt: Chairholder
  
  
• Added 20 new community-created Unusual effects
  
  
  • 11 new effects for Unusual hats
    
  • 9 new effects for Unusual taunts
  
  
• Added lots of weapons to the list that can be Festivized (community-created changes!)
  
• Added community-created Smissmas material for the beach ball
  
• All cosmetic and taunt cases will grant Smissmas 2025 Unusual effects instead of their normal Unusual effects during the event. This does not include crates.
  
• Mann Co. Store winter sale!
  
• Smissmas runs through January 7th, 2026
  

• Added 'No Bullets' style for The Gift Bringer
  
• Fixed The Accursed Apparition hiding the Scout's headphones
  
• Updated the Sizzling Aroma and Toxic Aroma Unusual effects to fix problems with DirectX80
  
• Updated the Backbiter's Billycock backpack icon to reflect RED team version
  
• Updated the El Gigante's Gunbelt to fix a problem with the LODs
  
• Updated the Seamann's Stubble to fix an issue with the materials
  
• Updated/Added some tournament medals
  
• Updated cp_cowerhouse
  
  
  • Updated some custom props with further optimizations
    
  • Added playerclip "ladder" to both trucks' rear bed to make climbing more consistent/predictable
  
  
• Updated ctf_doublecross_event
  
  
  • Fixed out of bounds bug (Thanks Dr.TwentyTwo!)
    
  • Fixed a few minor visual glitches
  
  
• Updated cp_gravelpit_snowy
  
  
  • Added a screenshake effect to the laser gun finale
    
  • Adjusted holiday events to reduce edict count
  
  
• Fixed model panels not encoding pose parameter values (community fix from copperpixel)
  
• Fixed Halloween spell projectiles not adjusting to flipped view models (community fix from copperpixel)
  
• Network player's handedness preference to spectators (community fix from copperpixel)
  
• Fixed Ullapool Caber explosions not counting as melee kills and ignoring damage/radius attributes (community fix from Bitl)
  
• Fixed disposable sentries playing denial sound for useful wrench hits (community fix from AJMickey)
  
• Fixed Armageddon Pyro taunt not properly cleaning up all particle systems (community fix from Churkinator)
  
• Fixed logo spinner from breaking after prolonged rotation (community fix from Horiuchi)
  
• Fixed Minigun not spinning, or spinning very slowly, outside of first-person (community fix from wget)
  
• Fixed broken view model after switching from the Medi Gun while healing someone (community fix from Vlad)
  
• Allow server admins to change powerup mode convars without forcing cheats to be enabled (community fix from Pieter Bijl)
  
• Replaced bitwise or operator in CHealthAmmoKit (community fix from CosminPerRam)
  
• Fixed MoveableSubPanel showing in Sentry targetID panel while dead (community fix from Horiuchi)
  
• Fixed tracer rounds from rifles not being affected by cl_flipviewmodels (community fix from birchish)
  
• Fixed Pyrovision nullifying other voice pitch attributes (community fix from LizardOfOz)
  
• Fixed being able to throw the Gas Passer through walls (community fix from Bakugo)
  
• Fixed IncrementAmmo removing ammo if m_iClip1 was already at Max capacity (community fix from kingofings)
  
• Added TF-specific search path tags to TF mod gameinfo (community fix from Thomas Kain)
  
• Fixed view punch not being interpolated (community fix from ficool2)
  
• Fixed disguise_on_backstab not functioning for stab targets that become ghosts (community fix from FlaminSarge)
  
• Fixed chat input using chat_party instead of chat_say_party (community fix from gaelcoral)
  
• Fixed overlapping footstep sound when in the third person view (community fix from TheNotoriousFrogposter)
  
• Ensure no buffer overflows when sscanf to char buffer (community fix from Dmitry Tsarevich)
  
• Fixed players sometimes getting stuck in team unassigned when joining a server (community fix from Bakugo)
  
• Fixed sentry gun not performing rocket fire animation when Wrangler controlled (community fix from Horiuchi)
  
• Allow impulse 101 on The Ullapool Caber (community fix from alvei)
  
• Fixed disguise kit resetting multiple times in high ping situations (community fix from nosoop)
  
• Fixed Detonator jumps not being considered self-dmg jumps (community fix from mastercoms)
  
• Fixed Detonator making world-detonation sound when attempting to fire underwater (community fix from FlaminSarge)
  
• Removed knockback-attribute-specific animation overrides for CTFScattergun (community fix from FlaminSarge)
  
• Fixed net_graph not rounding interp to nearest tick (community fix from treacherousfiend)
  
• Fixed broken class select animation for The Soda Popper (community fix from Piogre)
  
• Fixed $envmap parameter using the wrong mask for The Solemn Vow (community fix from Churkinator)
  
• Fixed barbell prop not using phong (community fix from Churkinator)
  
• Fixed the Kill-a-Watt and Terror-Watt Unusual effects sometimes stretching (community fix from Ronald_D_D)
  
• Fixed Disco Beat Down Unusual effect growing in size when viewed from large distances (community fix from Ron Friedman)
  
• Fixed MatchMakingTooltip label using the wrong alignment setting (community fix from Squid-Eevee)
  
• Fixed training mode HIT! material alpha channel (community fix from DiskIntegrity)
  
• Fixed Bear Necessities not using its normal map (community fix from Churkinator)
  
• Fixed prediction errors with modified player gravity (community fix from ficool2)
  
• Fixed render box of tf_flame_manager using wrong vectors (community fix from by Hamn)
  
• Updated the Energy Orb Unusual effect (community fix from Cipherlock)
  
  
  • Fixed particles being orphaned
    
  • Fixed Medi Gun view model using the third-person particles