Team Fortress 2 News

• Reverted BLU Scout pants fix because it conflicts with too many existing cosmetics
  
• Updated the Fleet Commander again to fix import problems from the previous update
  
• Updated the Phantom Plague and Haunting Haze Unusual effects to fix sometimes spawning away from the player
  
• Updated cp_freaky_fair
  • Fixed issues related to the gamemode logic
    • Reapplied check that was mistakenly removed to check if the player is actively buying upgrades in a station or not
      
    • Implemented new custom system to refund upgrades to hopefully address inconsistencies both in-round and across rounds
      
    • Implemented logic to handle mismatches in recorded vs actual currency values when leaving the upgrade trigger and having not accepted de-bought upgrades
      
    • Reverted code to do with Ghosts and Sentry busters to fix bugs related to their effects not de-applying
      
    • Implemented a way to force kill players to address edge cases where you could survive as the sentry buster past their explosion (Thanks MilkMaster!)
      
    • Improved the logic which checks if you can apply a new potion effect to yourself to address bugs where effects can overlap
      
    • Fixed sniper and demo shields not having their upgrades cleared
      
    • Fixed canteens not having their values cleared when refunding whilst not equipped
  • Increased the height of the skybox
    
  • Increased last point capture time from 6s to 7s
    
  • Changed some clipping to stop giants from building on roofs
    
  • Smoothed out a divot (Thanks Midnite!)
• Updated zi_atoll, zi_blazehattan, zi_devastation_final1, zi_murky, zi_sanitarium, and zi_woods
  • General
    • Re-encoded all Zombie Infection sound effects as .WAV
      • This fixes issues with sound effects not playing correctly and spewing errors in the console
  • Bug fixes
    • Fixed a bug that caused Sniper's Spit Pool to deal much more damage than intended
      
    • Fixed a bug that caused team names to not display correctly when playing on mp_tournament mode
      
    • Fixed a bug where Engineer would sometimes scream like a charging Demoman while throwing an EMP Grenade
  • Zombie Changes
    • Sniper's Spit Pool damage vs Survivors no longer stacks when standing in multiple zones
      
    • Zombie Heavy is no longer immune to Critical Hits
      
    • Zombie Heavy's max health raised to 525 (from 450)
      
    • Zombie Pyro's max health raised to 250 (from 175)
      
    • Zombie Pyro now drops a medium health kit on death
  • Survivor Changes
    • Crossbow weapons no longer have a flat damage multiplier against Zombies
      
    • The B.A.S.E Jumper can no longer be deployed if you are one of the last three survivors
      
    • Jumper Weapons can no longer store reserve ammunition
• Updated zi_murky (additional changes)
  • Added more respawn room triggers around the new spawn zones

• Reverted BLU Scout pants fix because it conflicts with too many existing cosmetics
  
• Updated the Fleet Commander again to fix import problems from the previous update
  
• Updated the Phantom Plague and Haunting Haze Unusual effects to fix sometimes spawning away from the player
  
• Updated cp_freaky_fair
  
  
  • Fixed issues related to the gamemode logic
    
    
    • Reapplied check that was mistakenly removed to check if the player is actively buying upgrades in a station or not
      
    • Implemented new custom system to refund upgrades to hopefully address inconsistencies both in-round and across rounds
      
    • Implemented logic to handle mismatches in recorded vs actual currency values when leaving the upgrade trigger and having not accepted de-bought upgrades
      
    • Reverted code to do with Ghosts and Sentry busters to fix bugs related to their effects not de-applying
      
    • Implemented a way to force kill players to address edge cases where you could survive as the sentry buster past their explosion (Thanks MilkMaster!)
      
    • Improved the logic which checks if you can apply a new potion effect to yourself to address bugs where effects can overlap
      
    • Fixed sniper and demo shields not having their upgrades cleared
      
    • Fixed canteens not having their values cleared when refunding whilst not equipped
    
    
  • Increased the height of the skybox
    
  • Increased last point capture time from 6s to 7s
    
  • Changed some clipping to stop giants from building on roofs
    
  • Smoothed out a divot (Thanks Midnite!)
  
  
• Updated zi_atoll, zi_blazehattan, zi_devastation_final1, zi_murky, zi_sanitarium, and zi_woods
  
  
  • General
    
    
    • Re-encoded all Zombie Infection sound effects as .WAV
      
      
      • This fixes issues with sound effects not playing correctly and spewing errors in the console
    
    
  • Bug fixes
    
    
    • Fixed a bug that caused Sniper's Spit Pool to deal much more damage than intended
      
    • Fixed a bug that caused team names to not display correctly when playing on mp_tournament mode
      
    • Fixed a bug where Engineer would sometimes scream like a charging Demoman while throwing an EMP Grenade
    
    
  • Zombie Changes
    
    
    • Sniper's Spit Pool damage vs Survivors no longer stacks when standing in multiple zones
      
    • Zombie Heavy is no longer immune to Critical Hits
      
    • Zombie Heavy's max health raised to 525 (from 450)
      
    • Zombie Pyro's max health raised to 250 (from 175)
      
    • Zombie Pyro now drops a medium health kit on death
    
    
  • Survivor Changes
    
    
    • Crossbow weapons no longer have a flat damage multiplier against Zombies
      
    • The B.A.S.E Jumper can no longer be deployed if you are one of the last three survivors
      
    • Jumper Weapons can no longer store reserve ammunition
  
  
• Updated zi_murky (additional changes)
  
  
  • Added more respawn room triggers around the new spawn zones
  
  

Long-running online FPS games require a lot of tweaking, whether it's balancing how weapons handle in Counter-Strike 2, fixing matchmaking issues in Payday 3, or adjusting rewards in the likes of Call of Duty and Hunt Showdown 1896. Some of these, naturally, are bigger than others. But after 17 years, one particularly bothersome little problem has persisted in Team Fortress 2 - until now. Thanks to the latest TF2 update, Valve has finally corrected an issue that, although superficial, has been bugging players since 2007. Deadlock might be on the way, and, hopefully, Half-Life 3 could still happen, but the Team Fortress 2 Scout has thankfully just been put right.

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• Added missing list of authors for arena_lumberyard_event
  
• Fixed the Crook Combatant hiding the Scout's dog tags
  
• Fixed some sound script entries not playing because they were looking for .wav instead of .mp3
  
• Fixed BLU Scout using the incorrect team color pants
  
• Fixed some props_farm models using an incorrect surfaceprop setting
  
• Updated the large version of the backpack image for The Fast Learner to be consistent with the small version
  
• Updated the schema entries for The Hound's Hood and the Thrilling Tracksuit to remove unused settings
  
• Updated a couple of the community console images to fix missing nomip/nolod settings
  
• Updated Freaky Fair's expert contract to be "Win a round on Freaky Fair"
  
• Updated the Fleet Commander and Delldozer to fix import problems from the previous update
  
• Updated arena_lumberyard_event
  • Fixed mini-crits being removed from the last player standing if they used the Crit-a-Cola
    
  • Added missing navigation mesh
    
  • Fixed areaportal windows in spawn fading in too early
    
  • Fixed cases where players would get stuck on the setup doors
    
  • Adjusted prop fades
• Updated cp_darkmarsh
  • Lowered spell spawn timer (from 180 seconds to 120 seconds)
    
  • Spells that spawn outside respawn rooms will disappear after 30 seconds of not being picked up
    
  • Added several more pumpkin bomb spawn points
    
  • Fixed portcullis doors turning pitch black when opening
    
  • Lowered RED respawn wave time for the last point (from 10 to 8)
• Updated tow_dynamite
  • Fixed an ammo pick-up differ on BLU side
    
  • Added a missing wagon wheel on BLU side
    
  • Added Tug of War objective strings
    
  • Made the jump pad's deathpits deeper
    
  • A new critter has arrived
• Updated pd_circus
  • Fixed spell books being prompted despite none spawning in the map
    
  • Reduced points per player from 6 to 5
    
  • Reduced distracting lighting and details around the inaccessible areas of the circus
    
  • Fixed being able to place teleporters too close to spawn doors
    
  • Fixed erroneous collisions
    
  • Fixed small displacements cutting through walls
    
  • Fixed some gaps in geometry