Team Fortress 2 - Heavy Update, New Maps, New Mode are all live now!

Geese_Pants · December 12, 2008, 7:43am

Your SteamID is not poppin up…msg me via Steam.

Edit: Is this you?

DeathReaper47 · December 12, 2008, 8:14am

me, I log-in as jeremycarrier, although my in-game name is Indiana Jones.

HELL YEAH for Spy mini-upgrade. I’ve been beggin for a way to recharge the cloak faster, thanks Valve.

And although Spy is my fave class, the Scout REALLY needs an upgrade. Almost every class is a better choice for whatever you are doing.

Geese_Pants · December 12, 2008, 8:29am

Something I found amusing…

No love for the few PS3 players out there that are left I guess…unless they’ve been patched already.

rush_down · December 12, 2008, 8:37am

Awesome. I wanted a reason to play again.

JAMMAR · December 12, 2008, 1:42pm

I dunno about these buffs for the engie/spy and the nerf for demo… it just felt like it came out of nowhere.

Geese_Pants · December 13, 2008, 9:27am

Another TF2 note…Valve has TF2 on sale this weekend via Steam for $9.99.

Those waiting to get this game…now it’s the time.

Asura · December 13, 2008, 10:23am

A little late but yeah that is me.

Rex0r · December 13, 2008, 10:30am

So has the 360 version been updated? When i still played PC got new maps and weapons and 360 didnt get shit. Havnt played in a couple months, but if they finaly patched the console version ima be back on dat shit.

sait0u · December 13, 2008, 12:28pm

i just happen to bought this game. I need to give this a try after the whole updating process is done. =(

Geese_Pants · December 16, 2008, 9:30am

Today’s update…

Bullshit on the Spy not showing overheal…I was sawing them left and right.

The_Fireboy · December 16, 2008, 11:06am

Finally started to play again. Feel free to add me people. Heat128 on Steam

MechZZ · December 16, 2008, 9:33pm

so what exactly happens to the demo’s stickies now? they like… get destroyed?

FullMetalRoss · December 25, 2008, 1:21am

Yeah they wink out, like when a demo man dies. But you just shoot them with bullet weapons.

Geese_Pants · January 4, 2009, 10:58am

FTD vs. SSQ - Goldrush: Last Stand.
I thought that this was a well edited match video…I miss having matches like that.

_MJ_R · January 4, 2009, 11:37am

not bad

Geese_Pants · January 29, 2009, 8:00am

TF2/DoD:S update…

Team Fortress 2

Added percentage to UberCharge HUD panel for the Medic

Added upgrade progress and levels to Engineer HUD panel for all buildings

Added mp_tournament_allow_non_admin_restart server ConVar to allow server admin to toggle whether non-admin players can issue the mp_tournament_restart ConCommand on the server. Default is 1 (current behavior)

Added flag to the gamerules entity so map authors can override the HUD type being used. Allows map authors to force CTF or CP HUD to be used if they mix CTF/CP entities in the map

Added check in CTF HUD to make sure it doesn’t point at disabled capture zones when the player is carrying the flag. Allows map authors to have more than one capture zone for each team in the map

Changed AutoTeam to give new players to the attackers on attack/defend maps if the teams are even

Fixed Pyro model not animating in the class menu

Fixed players getting stuck in the “prepare to respawn…” countdown loop

Fixed Natascha not getting the proper 75% of damage and slightly increased the strength of Natascha’s slowdown

Fixed teleporter entrance/exit effects being drawn when they don’t have a matching teleporter entrance/exit

Fixed announcer saying “the cart is nearing the checkpoint” after the round has already been won

Fixed cloaked spies having a particle-beam effect while standing next to a dispenser that’s healing them

Fixed server crash when trying to load a map that contains control points with duplicate index values

Fixed several materials warnings in the console

Fixed “Cart.Explode” sound script entry using an unknown sound channel

Marked the cl_bobcycle and cl_bobup ConVars as cheats

Team Fortress 2 and Day of Defeat: Source

Fixed clients using reloadresponsesystems, sv_soundemitter_flush, sv_soundemitter_filecheck, sv_findsoundname, and sv_soundscape_printdebuginfo to lag/crash servers

Source Engine

Fixed client “timeout on mapchange” problem

Fixed setinfo exploit

Marked the r_aspectratio ConVar as a cheat

Server Browser

Renamed “Quick List” to “Map List”

Removed minimum ping filter from Map List

Are they making it harder for spies to be detected?

Geese_Pants · January 29, 2009, 8:19am

2nd post…but,

That’s what I’m talking about!
January 27, 2009 - Robin Walker

We’re just about done with the Scout pack, and our design and coding has already moved on to the next pack. The weapons and achievements are all nailed down, and we just have to finish up the final artwork on them. We like to do the final art as late as possible to ensure that we don’t waste any work, which turned out to be a good decision this time around due to the large number of unlockables we tried out as alternatives to the Scattergun. Balancing his replacement weapon has been very tricky due to large threat difference of the Scout between skilled and non-skilled hands. More on that soon.

In the meantime, here’s a few answers to some questions we get regularly:

“When’s the next update going to be out?”

We’ve got an update that should be out tomorrow with a bunch of bug & exploit fixes. Later this week we hope to have another update out that changes the way we store your unlockable items. You shouldn’t notice much difference, other than if you play on multiple computers we’ll now propagate your item choices. You can think of that update as the one that moves your inventory into the Steam Cloud. Once that’s out of the way, we’ll be able to ship the Scout pack.

“Why did you change the minigun’s muzzle flash away from the original one shown in Meet the Heavy?”

That muzzle flash was one of the earliest effects that we put in the game and it was done before our new particle system was in place. As we moved forward with the effects we decided that such a cartoony hard-edged look to the effects didn’t help the readability of the overall game. If the muzzle flashes and all the effects had well defined edges, they would visually compete with the rest of the TF2 world and the players. So it was decided that the effects should be much softer than the rest of the game so as to not overwhelm an already visually dense game.

“Why should I use Natascha? And doesn’t she only do 66% damage, not 75%?”

You’re correct, there was a bug that caused her to lose 0.75 damage off each individual bullet she fired. She spits out so many bullets that a tiny amount like that added up to a significant difference. Tomorrow’s update will fix that, and also includes a slight boost to the amount of slowdown she delivers. Our internal playtesters have been finding her much more useful, especially on the large number of Scouts running around with new toys.

“Why is the Sniper such a fake Australian? Aren’t several members of the TF2 team Australian?”

Yes, it’s true, the Sniper is a fairly unconvincing Australian. Most of his lines make him sound more English than Australian, and the voice actor is clearly an English actor faking an Australian accent. As for why we didn’t fight to make him more authentic, we though it was appropriate that he was about as convincing an Australian as the Demoman is a Scotsman, or the Medic a German.

Expect a few fixes…and soon, the scout update…BONK!

TheEvilChinaMan · January 29, 2009, 8:55am

I have looked at steam and online aswell but i got problems with TF2!

Each time i enter a game, the ping starts at 40 or so then just spikes to 800 and then forces me to quit the game. Now my internet is fast, 10mb fast. I have no idea what the problem is, which sucks cuz i dont get to play TF2!

Pimp_Willy · January 31, 2009, 11:33pm

So yeah, I know I’m new to this (started playing mostly about a month ago), but TF2 is a ton of fun. Nobody is ever on the SRK server anymore : (

Anyhow, hit me up for games, or possibly can I get an invite to the SRK group? SteamID is PimpWilly.

Lets get some games going.

rush_down · January 31, 2009, 11:39pm

I’m still very into this game. The on going support is just amazing. Might even starting playing the scout.