Team Fortress 2 Update from October 13, 2025

An update for Team Fortress 2 has been released. It will install automatically the next time you restart the game. Key changes include:

• Added a “No Bullets” style option for the Commissar’s Coat.
• Restored a missing text string for Cowerhouse contracts.
• Added and refreshed several tournament medals.
• Tweaked the Mad Drip to resolve LOD issues affecting a few styles.
• Fixed a placement bug in the Candle Flame Unusual effect that misaligned the flame’s direction point.
• Restored the missing flex animation for the surgical hood mesh on the Viscera Visor.
• Corrected scarf clipping on the Cigarillo Caballero when worn with the poncho.
• Updated El Gigante’s Gunbelt:
  • Fixed minor clipping.
  • Repaired a gap at the back that appeared with an additional bullet.
  • Scaled the belt buckle up slightly.
• Updated the Poncho del Pesado:
  • Fixed the “No Bullets” style so bullets are properly hidden.
  • Addressed minor clipping on both styles.
• Updated the Buzz Kill:
  • Corrected hair normals and improved texture work.
  • Updated the backpack icon.
• Updated the Torn Terror and the Ripped Runts:
  • Fixed AO issues and enhanced textures.
  • Refined meshes to eliminate clipping.
• Updated arena_afterlife:
  • Fixed several issues that could cause rounds to last indefinitely or restart repeatedly.
  • Added two new Devil voicelines during the preround.
  • Prevented players from accessing the clocktower area in Hell.
  • Fixed overlapping Devil voicelines.
  • Stopped players from canceling taunts or levitating by attempting to change class mid-round.
  • Fixed a bug that allowed players to fall into lava in Hell and survive.
  • Rounds now play as best-of-3 minirounds instead of best-of-5.
  • Removed crumpkins.
• Updated cp_cowerhouse:
  • Reworked the BLU last control point gantry so ragdolls no longer fall through, Engineers can place buildings correctly, and players properly fall after the gantry opens in the post-round finale.
  • Prevented ragdolls from falling through the RED last control point pit.
  • Moved the soul gargoyle spawn (previously underwater) to sit above water on debris near the MID control point.
  • Adjusted the boards on the upper waterfall-side RED barricade in MID to better match the height of the BLU counterpart.
  • Applied minor performance optimizations across the map: combined several prop_dynamics into prop_static, disabled bone followers on static robots and gibs, merged some func_nobuilds, and converted other prop_dynamics to prop_static.
  • Adjusted a playerclip in the BLU spawn near the rear exit door.
  • Refined the playerclip around the BLU battlement painting (the RED village on fire) to prevent players from getting stuck on the wall edge.
  • Added a changelog note: shooting each wooden cow stand‑in in the RED stable (near MID) will cause them to return as ghost cows.

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