A new Team Fortress 2 update has been released today, making several fixes and adjustments. As always simply restart your Steam Client and the changes will be automatically applied.
"Team Fortress 2 Fixes/Changes
- Changed cl_flipviewmodels so it can no longer be set while connected to a server
- Fixed problem with Loadout Menu "Back" button not preserving the currently equipped weapon
- Fixed a case where an observer could set the observed player's view models
- Fixed the Heavy's punches not matching mouse button presses when the view models are flipped
- Fixed Bonk! ammo count exploit after using a regeneration locker
- Fixed Dead Ringer damage reduction exploit involving Spy taunting
- Reverted Force-A-Nature and airblast knockback on disguised Spies, so that they can once again be knocked back
- Missed notes from previous update
- The Ambassador no longer penetrates buildings
- Removed the movement speed penalty on The Razorback"
Valve has released a major Steam update this week, including a small fix for Team Fortress 2, which will now support Novint Falcon. As always, simply restart your Steam Client and the changes will automatically take effect.
"Team Fortress 2, Episode 1 & 2, and Portal - Added support for the Novint Falcon"
A new Team Fortress 2 update has been released with a variety of changes, specifically an item discard key to discard any weapons they may pickup on the battlefield. As always, restart your Steam Client for the changes to applied.
"Change log: - Added a "Discard" button to the item pickup panel. - Added a backstab custom death animation to the Heavy. - Changed default for tf_arena_use_queue to 1. This was the original behavior prior to the last update. - Changed the Dead Ringer so it can be activated while carrying the flag. - Increased the Force-A-Nature's damage by 10%. - Fixed not being able to reflect arrows with the Flamethrower. - Fixed The Huntsman drawing a muzzle flash under lagged conditions. - Fixed the background color of the Spy disguise panel not always matching his disguise team. - Fixed idle players being kicked when the server has tf_arena_use_queue set to 0. - Fixed Spies not being able to sap a building if an enemy player was colliding with the building. - Fixed getting a real target ID on an enemy Spy that's disguised as one of your teammates if you are disguised as an enemy. - Fixed the Ambassador not shooting enemy sticky bombs. - Fixed Spies being able to automatically cloak after uncloaking at the moment of a weapon switch. - Fixed Jarate instantly exploding when thrown in some places, like the final area of Badwater. - Fixed spectators not having their items removed when they enter spectator mode. - Fixed Sniper "civilian" exploit where players could crash the server. - Fixed a couple of cases where viable backstabs would fail."
With the Sniper/Spy Update officially released, the folks over at Valve have posted one last update to wrap everything up. Along with a final Bonus Page, the team has also taken the time to give an explanation to the controversial item drop system in the Official Team Fortress Blog. We posted some of it below, but for more checkout the New Blog Update.
"Why did we build a new system? With our first four class updates we were tying the new weapons for each class to a set of achievements. Our intention was to make a set of achievements that eventually all players would get, and would be fun to get along the way. In some cases we did a good job at this (Scout), and in some cases we did a bad one (Medic). Across all of the class packs we were disappointed in the number of people that got to play with the new weapons, and feedback from the community was generally not favorable with this approach."
A new Team Fortress 2 update has been released addressing some in-game issues. As always, restart your Steam client and the changes will automatically be applied.
"Team Fortress 2 - The Ambassador now does full critical hits on headshots, instead of mini crits - The Dead Ringer now fully drains the cloak meter, even if the Spy leaves cloak early - Fixed Spy disguise menu not being visible in HUD minimal mode - Fixed server crash related to the Jarate
Server Log Improvements - Added "player_extinguish" event for servers to log when a Pyro extinguishes flame with the airburst - Fixed kill descriptions for Force-A-Nature & Sandman, so server logs can distinguish them - Identified feign deaths in the events sent to server logs"
A quick patch has been released for the Sniper/Spy update. Checkout the changes below, and simply restart your Steam client and the changes will automatically be applied.
" - Fixed Ambassador not using hitboxes to trace against players. It now works like all other bullet-firing weapons in the game. - Fixed Ambassador shooting through gates. - Fixed Ambassador not critting during the round win period. - Fixed control point not being named correctly on Arena Sawmill. - Fixed cloaked Spies being able to taunt attack. - Fixed Spy feign death not being reflected in scoreboard. - Fixed Jarate effect on DX8 machines. - Fixed rare crash in Spy "A Cut Above" achievement. - Fixed the backpack icon appearing over the "Could not connect to Steam" message in the client inventory. - Fixed German localization string for respawning players showing %1."
Continuing with its daily Sniper/Spy Updates, Valve has unveiled its newest sniper unlockable weapon, Jarate. Jarate is a thrown jar that splashes upon impact. When splashed on enemies, they take 35% more damage for a period of time. Jumping in water will wash off Jarate. Plus you can always use to short out Spies’ cloaking devices. When used on teammates, Jarate will extinguish any fire effects. Today the Valve team also released 35 new achievements along with a great comic further explaining Jarate and its uses. Check this out and more at the Sniper/Spy Update Page.
On top of that, Valve has also announced a free Team Fortress 2 weekend in celebration of the Sniper/Spy Update. The free weekend will be available to those of you who haven't yet purchased the game. For more information on the free weekend, or to pre-load ahead of the update, Team Fortress 2 Official Website.
In the latest installment of the Spy Update, we get an up close look at the Spy's newest unlockable revolver, The Ambassador. It proves to be more accurate and powerful than the original revolver, but as a trade off for the extra punch, the weapon requires a cool down before it can be fired again.
For more on The Ambassador, and all the weapons unveiled so far, visit the Spy Update Section.
On today's Spy Update media release, the new list of achievements for the update has officially been announced. Also included was the Meet The Spy video, which leaked on the internet yesterday.
For more information and to checkout the complete list of achievements, head on over to Today's Spy Update Page.
The long awaited Meet The Spy video has apparently leaked on the internet over the weekend ahead of its official release on the Spy Update Page. You can view the complete video below.
Well it appears the Sniper won't be getting all the attention in the upcoming Team Fortress 2 Update. According to its Day 4 announcement, Valve has revealed that the Spy will also be receiving some new unlockable items, such as the "Dead Ringer" spy watch and the "Cloak and Dagger" spy watch. The Dead Ringer brings the ability to play dead for eight seconds while the second unlockable, the Cloak and Dagger spy watch, allows you to stay invisible indefinitely, but you must stay perfectly still.
Apparently now the Spy and Sniper update will be released simultaneously, which means plenty of more news in the coming days. Unfortunately while I was out of town there was a lot of news on the Sniper update, so if you want to take a look back all the updates, head on over to the recently renamed Sniper Spy Update Page. Otherwise, keep checking back here for the latest on the upcoming Spy unlockables and maps.
In a new post on the Official Team Fortress 2 Blog, Robin Walker has given us some new information about what awaits in the upcoming Sniper Update. In particular, some new details were revealed about the new sniper rifle unlockable, which aims to increase the Sniper's proximity potency, rather than just improving his sniping skills. Checkout a snippet below:
"In an effort to reduce some of the aggravation that other players feel towards the Sniper, we chose the goal of designing an unlockable that encouraged the Sniper to get a little closer to his target. We want him to give up some of his primary advantage in return for something else, so that enemies he kills feel like they were engaged with them, and feel like they could have survived if they'd just managed to fight a little better."
Shacknews has posted a new interview with Valve's Robin Walker. The interview gives some great new insight into the upcoming Team Fortress 2 sniper patch, along with other changes which are expected to be released in the coming weeks. Checkout a snippet below, and for more Read The Complete Interview Here.
"Shack: Are the head-slot items being added before the Sniper update?
Robin Walker: The plan is for the head-slot items to be out before the Sniper pack is out, but if we don't get them done in time they'll just be bundled into the pack. Shack: How will these items work on a basic level? Will they randomly drop from players that people kill?
Robin Walker: We're going to try a few different things, but the first ones won't manifest themselves inside the game itself, because it'd allow servers to cheat the system. Shack: Will these items carry bonuses that impact gameplay?
Robin Walker: Right now they're all cosmetic only, but it's obviously more interesting if they become more than that, so we're still thinking about that. Shipping them without gameplay changes seems like a good way to tackle the first problem, which is to ensure we don't break our silhouette based class identification. It also starts us on another path that we're interested in, which is allowing players to have some control over their appearance. "
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- Changed cl_flipviewmodels so it can no longer be set while connected to a server
- Fixed problem with Loadout Menu "Back" button not preserving the currently equipped weapon
- Fixed a case where an observer could set the observed player's view models
- Fixed the Heavy's punches not matching mouse button presses when the view models are flipped
- Fixed Bonk! ammo count exploit after using a regeneration locker
- Fixed Dead Ringer damage reduction exploit involving Spy taunting
- Reverted Force-A-Nature and airblast knockback on disguised Spies, so that they can once again be knocked back
- Missed notes from previous update
- The Ambassador no longer penetrates buildings
- Removed the movement speed penalty on The Razorback"