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Team Fortress 2 Update Released
Author: valve valve
Category: Valve news update Valve news update
Publish Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 05:28:15 -0800

Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

New client features

• -Added Viewmodel FOV slider to advanced multiplayer options
  -Added a hide viewmodel option to advanced multiplayer options
  -Added custom crosshair support
  • -Added crosshair image, scale, and color settings to the Options->Multiplayer settings tab
    -Moved HUD minimal mode & Disable Spray options into the Advanced Multiplayer settings
  -Added "open_charinfo_direct" command that opens the loadout directly to the class you're currently playing
  • -Replaced the "Open Loadout" entry in the options->keys dialog with this new command. Rebind / reset your config to defaults to use it

New server features

• -Added "tf_damage_disablespread" convar to disable the 25% damage spread on all damage
  -Added class limit support to tournament mode
  • -Set the "tf_tournament_classlimit_X" convars to the max number of class X allowed
  -Added "tf_tournament_hide_domination_icons" convar, that allows a tournament mode server to horse clients not to display domination icons over their nemeses

Gameplay changes

• -Modified critical hit calculation. Overall, critical hit chance is now much more recent-performance based:
  • -Base chance is now 2% (was 5%).
    -Bonus range based on damage done changed from 0%-15% to 0%-10
    -Damage range required for bonus changed from 0-1600 to 0-800
  -Reduced random damage spread applied to all player damage from +-25% to +-10%
  -Slight reduction (improvement) of the minigun's spread
  -Increased flare direct hit damage from 20 to 30
  -Rewrote Natascha's slowdown code to be more consistent
  -Sniper rifle now supports Crit Boost state like all other weapons (i.e. Kritzkrieg makes all shots critical hits)
  -Stealthed spies are no longer able to pickup the intelligence. They must uncloak first
  -Increased soldier primary ammo count from 16 to 20

Bugfixes

• -Fixed crash when running in tools mode
  -Added UTIL_IsCommandIssuedByServerAdmin() checks to several "physics_" CON_COMMAND scripts to prevent clients issuing the commands
  -Fixed bug in teleporter logic that allowed engineers to build teleporters with HUGE health values
  -Fixed matching teleporter not getting a health buff when the pair is upgraded (only the tele you were hitting got the health buff)
  -Fixed Medic UberCharge percentage in minimal-HUD mode

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Ah, first of the updates then, next one will be the scout update.

And knowing Valve, "next" is around Christmas 2010?

buzzmong wrote:Ah, first of the updates then, next one will be the scout update.

The Fear.

Scout update will render the game unplayable for a couple of weeks. Not that I play it much so it doesn't matter to me.

No. Seriously. One thing that cannot ruin TF2 is a fucking pile of scouts, you wouldn't even notice it with the general amount of scouts you get on a 5-point map. A lot of servers limit scouts at 4 per team anyway.

Baliame wrote:And knowing Valve, "next" is around Christmas 2010?

Not this time, according to the steam powered tf2 blog, it was pretty much ready for deployment, just pending a few art assets and awaiting an engine patch.

So, probably the next few weeks.

Remember, left for bread has been out for a while now, the teams will be back to their normal projects for a while.

buzzmong wrote:Remember, left for bread has been out for a while now, the teams will be back to their normal projects for a while.

Actually, I wouldn't mind if they fucked off with their scout update and instead set up proper custom map support (and with it L4D for SDK update) for L4D.