Team Fortress 2 News

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Jam on!

Yup, Valve are still updating and improving Team Fortress 2, and another fresh upgrade is out now improving the matchmaking experience.

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/team-fortress-2-gets-an-update-to-improve-matchmaking

• Improved matchmaking performance
  
• Improved matchmaker behavior for users with less-than-ideal ping levels. The matchmaker should now be quicker to put you in the best available region.
  
• Improved matchmaker decision making for cross-region parties
  
• Added error messages when being ejected from the matchmaking queue due to connectivity or authentication failures, rather than the queue simply silently vanishing
  
• Fixed the matchmaking settings dialog frequently failing to display any datacenters
  
• Fixed multiple cases of in-progress casual matches abruptly terminating or failing to be assigned any new players if the game server ever loses connection to Steam
  
• Updated the Mountebank's Masque, Courtier's Collar, and Harlequin's Hooves cosmetic items to fix issues with their paint regions
  
• Updated cp_gravelpit_snowy
  • Fixed a script issue
    
  • Improved performance
    
  • Improved clipping

• Improved matchmaking performance
  
• Improved matchmaker behavior for users with less-than-ideal ping levels. The matchmaker should now be quicker to put you in the best available region.
  
• Improved matchmaker decision making for cross-region parties
  
• Added error messages when being ejected from the matchmaking queue due to connectivity or authentication failures, rather than the queue simply silently vanishing
  
• Fixed the matchmaking settings dialog frequently failing to display any datacenters
  
• Fixed multiple cases of in-progress casual matches abruptly terminating or failing to be assigned any new players if the game server ever loses connection to Steam
  
• Updated the Mountebank's Masque, Courtier's Collar, and Harlequin's Hooves cosmetic items to fix issues with their paint regions
  
• Updated cp_gravelpit_snowy
  
  
  • Fixed a script issue
    
  • Improved performance
    
  • Improved clipping