A new update for Team Fortress 2 has been rolled out and will automatically apply when you restart the game. The key changes are as follows:
- The Brain Cane has been updated to resolve texture and phong value issues.
- Changes to The Battle Music include:
- A missing Hat style has been added.
- Clipping issues on Heavy’s ears and misalignment on Engineer have been fixed.
- Noise Cancellation has been improved and strengthened.
- The materials have been updated to restore shine.
- The backpack icon has been updated to reflect these material changes.
- Updates to cp_gravelpit_snowy feature:
- A fix for potential conflicts with external VScript files (thanks, Le Codex!)
- Cubemap reflections have been re-implemented in the ice cave.
- Perch spots have been fixed.
- Various updates to maps vsh_distillery, vsh_maul, vsh_nucleus, vsh_outburst, vsh_skirmish, and vsh_tinyrock include:
- Hale’s resistance to knockback has been restored to 75%.
- The bonus flame damage against Hale has been reduced from 50% to 25%.
- Hale can perform one additional Brave Jump before Jump Fatigue sets in (thanks, Wendy).
- Weighdown is no longer hindered by Jump Fatigue (thanks, Wendy).
- The area-of-effect from Hale’s normal punches has been removed (thanks, Wendy).
- Demoman shields now absorb 70% of Saxton Punch! damage (up from the usual 50%) for better survivability after a launch into the stratosphere.
- Fixes have been made to prevent Hale from taking mini-crits from Direct Hit and Reserve Shooter while underwater (thanks, Bradasparky).
- Resolved issues with airborne mini-crits from Direct Hit and Reserve Shooter affecting the wielder (thanks, Bradasparky).
- Hale can no longer stomp underwater (thanks, Bradasparky).
- Sweeping Charge now functions against underwater opponents.
- Fixed a bug preventing Quick-Fix from mirroring a patient’s wall climbing (thanks, Bradasparky).
- Hale’s ground detection has been corrected (thanks, Bradasparky).
- Fixed the issue where Baby Face’s Blaster’s loss of boost was not applying correctly (thanks, Whurr and MilkMaster72).
- Voice lines should now play consistently.
- For map pl_patagonia:
- Stage 1:
- Resolved an issue where the cart could go under the elevator in rare cases (Thanks, Shocked).
- Fixed occasional occurrences of external soundscapes being heard inside the blue spawn.
- Blocked construction on a high rooftop post-point A.
- Prevented construction within the blue spawn.
- The cart elevator is now more stable.
- Fixed the cart not rolling back after completing its descent sequence.
- In overtime, if the cart rolls into the elevator, the round timer will set to 5 seconds to prevent unfair losses for blue. The timer will resume once the cart reaches the bottom (Thanks, I. C. Wiener).
- Stage 2:
- Removed rollback on the train container ramp at the last point (Thanks, b4nny).
- Provided blue team with more high ground at the last point.
- Added a new dropdown for blue at the final point.
- Fixed teleportation into red spawn for blue players after capping point A.
- Removed the long hill rollback before point C.
- Fixed bots getting stuck on the closed train doors after capping point B.
- Prevented ability to place stickies in the last blue spawn.
- Resolved an issue where players could get trapped in the point C shortcut door for red, which will now result in death if trapped.
- Fixed pop-in issues with areaportals below point B.
- Blocked access to the last blue spawn for red players.
- A birdie correction (Thanks, Explocivo808).
- Stage 3:
- Added a fenced section to the long wood cover wall at the last point (Thanks, b4nny).
- Mirrored the window sniper spot in the choke point of the last area.
- Prevented construction behind a displacement rock wall at the last point.
- Removed a troll teleportation spot on the final ramp of the last point.
- All Stages:
- Slight adjustments to lower sun brightness and slightly raise skylight brightness.
- Enhanced transitions between skyboxes.
- The cart’s physics behaviors have been fixed.
- Increased mobility for Ninjaneers.
- Bots now have improved map navigation.
- The cart has received a new “coronación de gloria.”
- Stage 1: