Team Fortress 2 Update Released

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An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:

 

Happy Smissmas 2016!

• All players who play TF2 during the event will receive a Stuffed Stocking as a gift! Stockings contain goodies for good little Mercenaries.

• Added the limited-time key-less Winter 2016 Cosmetic Case to the Mann Co. Store
  • Contains 17 new community-contributed items

  • The Festivizer can be found as a bonus drop when opening the case
• Added 3 new taunts to the Mann Co. Store
  • The Scotsmann's Stagger (community-contributed)

  • The Didgeridrongo (community-contributed)

  • The Table Tantrum (Valve)
• New weapons for the Festivizer!
  • Fire Axe, The Jag, The Kritzkrieg, Pistol, The Quick-Fix, Natascha, The Sandman, The Spy-cicle, Kukri, Shovel and The Scottish Resistance
• Mann Co. Store winter sale!
  • Look for 20%-75% off selected unlocked cosmetic crates, taunts, and tools in the Mann Co. Store through January 11th, 2017
• Matchmaking Improvements
  • At the end of a Casual match, players are automatically formed into a new match with the same players and teams
    • Players get to vote on which map the new match will take place on
      • There are 3 maps to vote on, chosen based on the maps everyone in the match had selected when they began searching for a match. The current map is always the first option.
    • This replaces the Rematch system
  • Players can now set their maximum acceptable ping by clicking the new gear icon in the top right of the Casual and Competitive matchmaking lobby screens and choosing "Ping Settings"
• New autobalance system to help with balancing teams when players leave a match. The system will ask players to volunteer to switch teams.
  • Automatically enabled for all Casual match servers
    • Players who switch will be able to earn bonus XP as a reward
  • Community servers can enable this new feature by using "mp_autoteambalance 2"

General

• Fixed security issue reported by Justin G. (sigsegv) and Linus S. (PistonMiner)

• Fixed not clearing the teleport condition for players who have their teleport interrupted before the teleport is complete

• Fixed PASS Time exploit related to bonus points

• Updated mat_monitorgamma so it can be adjusted in Competitive mode

• Fixed the ShouldPreserveSquad flag not being parsed correctly in Mann vs. Machine mode

• Fixed a bug related to bot Engineers and teleporters in Mann vs. Machine mode

• Fixed not being able to transfer Strange stats between versions of Jarate and the Sapper

• Fixed incorrect particle position for Unusual taunt effects when using the Racho Relaxo

• Added the ESA Rewind tournament medals

• Added the Winter Wonderland 2016 community medals

• Updated the Dalokohs Bar to fix a bug related to the health buff

• Matchmaking
  • The Competitive maps list has been updated
    • Added cp_granary and cp_badlands

    • Disabled cp_snakewater and cp_foundry
• Updated cp_metalworks to fix a texture problem

• Updated pd_watergate
  • Respawn times will now change depending on which team is in the lead: 8 seconds to leading team, 4 seconds to trailing team

  • Moved the current beer amount to the center of the HUD

  • Added a jump to low spawn route to give respawned players something to do en-route to mid

  • Added a light to illuminate roof-snipers better

  • Adjusted some clipping

 

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