Team Fortress 2 News

• 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: Altitude, Bread Space, Cascade, Chilly, Doublefrost, and Polar
  
• Added the Winter 2021 Cosmetic Case
  
  
  • Contains 20 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: Doctor's Defibrillators
    
  • Taunt: Shooter's Stakeout
    
  • Taunt: The Hot Wheeler
  
  
• Added 27 new community-created Unusual effects
  
  
  • 16 new effects for Unusual hats
    
  • 11 new effects for Unusual taunts
  
  
• All cosmetic and taunt cases will grant Smissmas 2021 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, 2022
  

• Fixed Engineer losing metal when hitting damaged buildings while they are being re-deployed after pick-up
  
• Fixed Wrap Assassin projectiles colliding with other projectiles and func_lod entities
  
• Fixed Halloween: Voices From Below spell not working correctly with more taunts and the Ready voice lines
  
• Updated soundlevels for some competitive mode sounds
  
• Updated the description for the Blutsauger to clarify its attributes
  
• Updated sound channels for some voice lines
  
• Updated hurtme command to allow negative health values when using sv_cheats
  
• Updated koth_probed to fix an error model
  
• Updated/Added some tournament medals
  
• Updated the localization files
  

• Fixed Dragon's Fury projectiles colliding with other projectiles
  
• Fixed Dragon's Fury, Short Circuit, and tf_projectile_energy_ring projectiles colliding with func_lod entities
  
• Fixed tf_projectile_energy_ring projectiles not colliding with tf_generic_bomb entities
  
• Fixed an exploit related to opening the ConTracker while the taunt menu is open
  
• Fixed an issue with props and team colors when taunting with Australium weapons
  
• Fixed servers not being able to load Mann vs. Machine .pop files for workshop maps
  
• Fixed not being able to apply Strange Parts to the Battery Canteen and other Strange powerup bottles
  
• Fixed large bundle descriptions being clipped in the Mann Co. Store
  
• Fixed Halloween: Voices From Below spell not working correctly with the Taunt: Bad Pipes
  
• Fixed a sound bug related to using The Huntsman and the Taunt: Zoomin' Broom
  
• Fixed players receiving knockback from enemy weapons during a truce
  
• Updated Mann vs. Machine mode
  • Fixed an infinite health exploit for Snipers using The Razorback
    
  • Fixed the incorrect .pop file being loaded during map change when using tf_mvm_missioncyclefile
• Updated the Strange ranks for the Razorback to be similar to the Manntreads
  
• Updated The Mislaid Sweater and Beanie The All-Gnawing to fix issues with the materials
  
• Updated/Added some tournament medals
  
• Updated the localization files
  
• Updated koth_synthetic_event
  • Fixed some prop pop in
    
  • Added backup check to try to make sure the point is set to neutral when the toastmaster spawns
    
  • Increased volume of toastmaster summon sounds to make it more obvious when he spawns
• Updated pd_farmageddon
  • Updated scarecrow logic to make damaging them more consistent
    
  • Fixed incorrect farmer line playing sometimes when the cap opens
    
  • Added func_respawnflag back to the acid area in cap zone that mysteriously vanished
    
  • Fixed some floating props and beams
    
  • Added team specific teleporter destinations for teleporting players out of the cap zone when a round is over. This should stop players getting stuck in each other.
    
  • Cap point open sprite should no longer appear at the start of a round if the cap opened during "waiting for players"
    
  • Blocked off sentry spot under the ramps at mid because it was too advantageous
• Community request
  • Added new item_teamflag ouputs OnPickup1, OnDrop1, and OnCapture1 that fire outputs with the player as the activator

• Fixed Dragon's Fury projectiles colliding with other projectiles
  
• Fixed Dragon's Fury, Short Circuit, and tf_projectile_energy_ring projectiles colliding with func_lod entities
  
• Fixed tf_projectile_energy_ring projectiles not colliding with tf_generic_bomb entities
  
• Fixed an exploit related to opening the ConTracker while the taunt menu is open
  
• Fixed an issue with props and team colors when taunting with Australium weapons
  
• Fixed servers not being able to load Mann vs. Machine .pop files for workshop maps
  
• Fixed not being able to apply Strange Parts to the Battery Canteen and other Strange powerup bottles
  
• Fixed large bundle descriptions being clipped in the Mann Co. Store
  
• Fixed Halloween: Voices From Below spell not working correctly with the Taunt: Bad Pipes
  
• Fixed a sound bug related to using The Huntsman and the Taunt: Zoomin' Broom
  
• Fixed players receiving knockback from enemy weapons during a truce
  
• Updated Mann vs. Machine mode
  • Fixed an infinite health exploit for Snipers using The Razorback
    
  • Fixed the incorrect .pop file being loaded during map change when using tf_mvm_missioncyclefile
• Updated the Strange ranks for the Razorback to be similar to the Manntreads
  
• Updated The Mislaid Sweater and Beanie The All-Gnawing to fix issues with the materials
  
• Updated/Added some tournament medals
  
• Updated the localization files
  
• Updated koth_synthetic_event
  • Fixed some prop pop in
    
  • Added backup check to try to make sure the point is set to neutral when the toastmaster spawns
    
  • Increased volume of toastmaster summon sounds to make it more obvious when he spawns
• Updated pd_farmageddon
  • Updated scarecrow logic to make damaging them more consistent
    
  • Fixed incorrect farmer line playing sometimes when the cap opens
    
  • Added func_respawnflag back to the acid area in cap zone that mysteriously vanished
    
  • Fixed some floating props and beams
    
  • Added team specific teleporter destinations for teleporting players out of the cap zone when a round is over. This should stop players getting stuck in each other.
    
  • Cap point open sprite should no longer appear at the start of a round if the cap opened during "waiting for players"
    
  • Blocked off sentry spot under the ramps at mid because it was too advantageous
• Community request
  • Added new item_teamflag ouputs OnPickup1, OnDrop1, and OnCapture1 that fire outputs with the player as the activator

• Fixed Dragon's Fury projectiles colliding with other projectiles
  
• Fixed Dragon's Fury, Short Circuit, and tf_projectile_energy_ring projectiles colliding with func_lod entities
  
• Fixed tf_projectile_energy_ring projectiles not colliding with tf_generic_bomb entities
  
• Fixed an exploit related to opening the ConTracker while the taunt menu is open
  
• Fixed an issue with props and team colors when taunting with Australium weapons
  
• Fixed servers not being able to load Mann vs. Machine .pop files for workshop maps
  
• Fixed not being able to apply Strange Parts to the Battery Canteen and other Strange powerup bottles
  
• Fixed large bundle descriptions being clipped in the Mann Co. Store
  
• Fixed Halloween: Voices From Below spell not working correctly with the Taunt: Bad Pipes
  
• Fixed a sound bug related to using The Huntsman and the Taunt: Zoomin' Broom
  
• Fixed players receiving knockback from enemy weapons during a truce
  
• Updated Mann vs. Machine mode
  
  
  • Fixed an infinite health exploit for Snipers using The Razorback
    
  • Fixed the incorrect .pop file being loaded during map change when using tf_mvm_missioncyclefile
  
  
• Updated the Strange ranks for the Razorback to be similar to the Manntreads
  
• Updated The Mislaid Sweater and Beanie The All-Gnawing to fix issues with the materials
  
• Updated/Added some tournament medals
  
• Updated the localization files
  
• Updated koth_synthetic_event
  
  
  • Fixed some prop pop in
    
  • Added backup check to try to make sure the point is set to neutral when the toastmaster spawns
    
  • Increased volume of toastmaster summon sounds to make it more obvious when he spawns
  
  
• Updated pd_farmageddon
  
  
  • Updated scarecrow logic to make damaging them more consistent
    
  • Fixed incorrect farmer line playing sometimes when the cap opens
    
  • Added func_respawnflag back to the acid area in cap zone that mysteriously vanished
    
  • Fixed some floating props and beams
    
  • Added team specific teleporter destinations for teleporting players out of the cap zone when a round is over. This should stop players getting stuck in each other.
    
  • Cap point open sprite should no longer appear at the start of a round if the cap opened during "waiting for players"
    
  • Blocked off sentry spot under the ramps at mid because it was too advantageous
  
  
• Community request
  
  
  • Added new item_teamflag ouputs OnPickup1, OnDrop1, and OnCapture1 that fire outputs with the player as the activator
  
  

The Team Fortress 2 modding scene is about to get a little easier, it seems, as Valve has apparently struck a deal with Microsoft to waive the $50,000 fee for the Havok physics engine for future mods - and not just TF2 either as this deal apparently covers all Valve games, including possibly Half-Life: Alyx.

In the same week where Rockstar and Take-Two are under fire for the GTA Trilogy Definitive Edition fiasco - which they hit numerous mods and modding sites with takedown requests to build - Valve Software instead seems to be doing something nice for the modding community by removing a hefty physics engine licence cost.

As originally posted by @TF2CCWiki on Twitter, they asked Valve support about getting an asset licence for the Havok physics engine - which costs $50,000 usually for any Valve-supported paid mods on Steam - and was told that Valve has "reached an agreement with Microsoft to have Havok fees waived for future mods of Valve games", which is great news for the modding community.

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