TF2 Newbs (Team Fortress 2) Blog

Hey Newbs! I hope you enjoyed the bumper cars, the second coming of the cap-camping Sniper and the aggressive sentry on the final point on Doomsday, and the new cosmetics.  I didn’t update for the October 30th patch, so I’m updating that patch with yesterday’s “apparently that was a bug” bugfixes.  Here’s the TL;DR version and the full patch notes.

Oh–and the Newbs are telling me that most hats are very bugged: lots of hats suspended in midair and lots of other after-death glitches.  Somebody needs to go fix the hats again….

[EDIT: Includes the 11/6/14 patch also.]

1. Valve is asking its gamers to create promotional, classic “Tomb Raider” content.
   • See this TF2 Blog post for more information.
   • Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris releases on 12/9/14 and is currently 10% off (US$17.99).  Apparently the game features four-player co-op play.
2. There is a new server ConVar setting to allow/disallow random critical hits for melee weapons.
3. Updated the target reticle to move the health icon to just above the targeted figure, as opposed to the floating nameplate.
   • Added a ConVar to disable the reticle, so it goes back to the floating nameplate as before.
4. The four promotional cosmetics for Alien: Isolation are now craftable, tradable and giftable.
5. Updated the Necro Smasher so Strange Parts and Halloween Spells can be attached.
   • A Strange Necro Smasher is currently only possible via a Strangifier constructed via Chemisty Set.
6. Updated the Rescue Ranger so other players do not block line-of-sight for its sentry distance pickup ability.
   • [EDIT: 11/6] Also fixed the Rescue Ranger picking up buildings through walls.
7. Various bugfixes:
   • Fixed the Spycicle sometimes not giving the Spy the usual fire resistance.
   • Fixed standard knife stab to play correctly (and not the backstab animation) when crits are disabled.
   • Fixed disguise Spies not showing the correct health to enemies.
   • Fixed the Sniper getting stuck in a zoomed-in FOV after taunting while zooming.
   • Fixed Helltower having the same spell drop list as Carnival of Carnage.
   • Updated Merasmus’s curses to remove all projectiles and empties sentries of ammo whenever players are teleported to the main point of the map.
   • [EDIT: 11/6] Fixed sentries having ammo when still being constructed during Merasmus’s curse.
   • Diasbled server auto-balances during end-of-round minigames.

10/30/14 Patch Notes

• Fixed a dedicated server crash related to the new map sd_doomsday_event and server-wide curses
• Fixed Blue team hearing the win audio instead of the lose audio when Red gets the tickets to the Strongmann machine
• Fixed grenade projectiles doing more damage than expected
• Fixed players changing team to respawn outside of their cart while playing a minigame
• Fixed players being able to use the Eureka effect while in their bumper car
• Fixed a bug that let Engineers move faster while carrying a building
• Fixed the Spycicle not giving the Spy fire resistance
• Fixed The Manngaroo itemset including the wrong item
• Updated the equip_region for the Vaccinator and Quick-Fix
• Fixed a bug where players would not get a kill credit for turning another player in to a ghost
• Updated player ghosts to always use team color
• Updated the new TargetID system
  • Added Advance Option and ConVar to disable floating health icon (tf_hud_target_id_disable_floating_health)
  • Added Advance Option to control the alpha of TargetID nameplate
  • Fixed not showing for disguised enemy Spies
  • Fixed showing the health of cloaked Spies
  • Fixed not hiding the panel when players are no longer visible
• Added ConVar tf_weapon_criticals_melee to control whether melee weapons have random crits. Works separately from tf_weapon_criticals.
• Fixed the knife not playing its backstab animation when crits are disabled
• Fixed round-end crits not working when tf_weapon_criticals is set to zero
• Updated sd_doomsday_event
  • Added spell pickups near the ticket case spawn
  • Reduced mega spell respawn time from 90 seconds to 45 seconds
  • Fixed curses occurring in bumper car minigames
  • Fixed players being able to boost their bumper cars early
  • Increased the damage that bumper cars receive from collisions
  • Players can no longer suicide when in a Bumper Car
  • Replaced large ammo kits near the Strongmann machine with spells
  • Reduced ammo kit size on the bridge from full to medium
  • Updated HHH to use a giant Necro Smasher when attacking players
  • Platform game:
    • Fixed Merasmus giving instructions in the platform game when it gets to the final platform
    • Center tent pole now vanishes when the final platform is reached
  • Soccer game:
    • Added HHH, spawns 45 seconds into the match
  • Duck game:
    • Increased max score to 200

Undocumented Changes

• Removed promo restrictions on Alien: Isolation items.
• Renamed Deadliest Catch to Dadliest Catch.

11/4/14 Patch Notes

• Added the ‘Tomb Raider’ tag to the item import tool
  • http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=14855
• Added The Kritz or Treat Canteen to the Halloween 2014 Community Bundle
  • Players who previously purchased the bundle have automatically been granted the item
• Fixed a client crash that could happen while the server was changing maps
• Fixed the Teleport spell not appearing in Helltower
• Fixed rare spells appearing in regular Helltower spellbook pick-ups
• Fixed disguised Spies not displaying the correct health value to enemies
• Fixed the Engineer not playing the proper response rules while using the Golden Frying Pan
• Fixed the Sniper getting stuck with a zoomed FOV after taunting while zooming
• Fixed maps not loading correctly in the SFM tool
• Fixed a bug in the Workshop import tool related to frame count calculation for taunts that were exported from the SFM tool
• Fixed the Demoman not riding in the correct bumper car position when holding two-handed melee weapons
• Disabled auto team-balance while players are in hell on Helltower and Carnival of Carnage
• Updated bumper cars to deal damage when hitting players not in bumper cars
• Updated the Necro Smasher so Strange parts and Halloween Spells can be applied to it
• Updated the equip_region for the Iron Fist
• Removed the smoke effect from the Tiny Texan
• Updated the Rescue Ranger so players no longer block its ability to pick-up buildings from a distance
• Updated sd_doomsday_event
  • Fixed a bug where Merasmus‘s curses would trigger during the bumper car minigames
  • Fixed players using the tiny-melee-only curse to get outside of the playable area of the map
  • Fixed a bug with the Eureka Effect and with teleporters where players could escape being teleported to the bumper car minigames
  • Reduced duration of the Monoculus spell from 15 seconds to 8 seconds
  • Fixed players being able to construct buildings in the spawn areas
  • Fixed Engineers not being able to build if a Merasmus curse is enabled while they were carrying a building
  • Updated Merasmus’s curses to remove all projectiles and sentry gun ammo when teleporting players to the middle of the map

Undocumented Changes

• Added new main menu classes.
• Added Robot Pyro Collectible Figure Promo.
• Renamed two Unusual effects
  • Haunted Phantasm Jr to Ghastly Ghosts Jr
  • Attrib_Particle86 to Haunted Phantasm Jr

   

11/6/14 Patch Notes

• Fixed a client crash related to the main menu
• Fixed players not creating gibs when they are killed
• Fixed player glow effects not drawing correctly
• Fixed the Rescue Ranger being able pick-up buildings through walls
• Fixed map-placed buildings being removed from the map during a round restart
• Fixed sentry guns having ammo if they finished building after a Merasmus curse had started
• Fixed Engineers being able to pick-up buildings during Merasmus’s third-person curses
• Updated the string used to display the kill stat for the Strange Horseless Headless Horseman’s Headtaker

[N] Obey