Team Fortress 2 Update Released

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Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

 

Server Browser (for TF2 and DoD:S)

 

• Added a client-side server blacklist
  
  • Supports blacklisting of specific servers, all servers on an IP, and all servers on a class C range
    
  • Saves the server list to a file, and has an Import button to allow easy sharing (cfg\server_blacklist.txt)
    

 

Balance changes

 

• Reduced the health penalty on The Sandman
  
• The Force-A-Nature knockback on target now
  
  • Only applies to hits that deal more than 30 damage and are in close range
    
  • Factors in the firer's angle of attack when determining the knockback direction
    
  • Has less of an effect on grounded targets
    

  [*]The Dead Ringer now

  • Reduces cloak to 40% when uncloaking early
    
  • Has a 35% cap on the amount of cloak it can gain from an ammo pack
    
  • Has a quieter de-cloak sound
    

 

Changes / Fixes

 

• Fixed a performance & stability issue with AMD processors
  
• Improved the stability of the game server -> item backend connection
  
• Fixed a rare server crash related to dispensers
  
• Added min/max values to viewmodel_fov convar to match the settings in the slider
  
• Reduced the number of moons in ctf_doublecross, sadly
  
• Demo playback now ignores sv_pure settings, allowing demos to easily contain custom content
  
• Fixed a crash related to sv_pure and the wireframe_dx6 shader
  
• Players can no longer shoot while stunned
  
• Fixed a bug that caused movement speed reductions to not work on stunned playersSoldier Rage bar no longer resets when touching a resupply cabinet
  

 

Achievement fixes

 

• Fixed the "Second Eye" Demoman achievement
  
• Fixed a bug in the "Play Doctor" Medic achievement
  
• Changed the requirements for the "Medals of Honor" Soldier achievement
  
• Updated description for the "Blind Fire" Demoman achievement to better explain the requirementsFixed an issue that affected several achievements requiring the use of the Equalizer
  

 

Community requests

 

• Added "skip_next_map" server ConCommand to skip the next map in the map cycle
  
• Added "Play a hit sound whenever you injure an enemy" option to the Multiplayer->Advanced options menu
  
• Added server "tf_use_fixed_weaponspreads" convar. When set, shotgun & scattergun pellet spreads will use a non-random distributionAdded a "show_htmlpage" command to allow server operators to display custom web pages to clients
  

 

Changes to the TF Bots

 

• In KOTH mode, Bots are now
  
  • More likely to roam around and hunt enemies if there is lots of time left
    
  • Become more likely to push for the point as time runs down, or their teammates start to capture it
    

  [*]Medic bots now

  • Opportunistically "overheal" nearby friends when they can
    
  • Prioritize healing of injured nearby friends more
    
  • Don't focus on Heavies quite so exclusively
    
  • Don't spam their Medigun continuously at round start
    
  • Won't choose cover far below their heal target so much (koth_nucleus)
    
  • Fight back with their syringe-gun appropriately
    

  [*]Various improvements to combat behaviors

  [*]General bot improvements

  • They no longer stand still on the point when capturing or defending it
    
  • They choose more varied routes now
    
  • They choose better defensive spots around captured points
    
  • They fall back to another weapon when they entirely run out of ammo
    
  • They adjust their FOV when using zoomed in sniper scope
    
  • They treat in-range Sentries as the most dangerous threat
    
  • They fire their weapons is more realistic bursts
    
  • Engineers use their shotgun properly
    

  [*]Added a "virtual mousepad" concept to rework how bots track enemy players

  • They now periodically estimate the position and velocity of the enemy they are tracking, instead of "locking on"
    
  • After rotating beyond a maximum angle, they will pause for a fraction of a second to re-center their "virtual mouse"
    
  • Allows for over/undershoot "slop" in aiming. Looks more natural, and allows skilled players to dodge
    
  • Addresses the "180 spin around and fire", "Heavy bot is OP", "Sniper is OP", and "I can't fight a Heavy bot as a Scout" issues
    

  [*]Tuned Sniper spot finding algorithm to generate more diverse locations, partially addressing the "Predictable Sniper camping spots" issue

  [*]Soldier bots are more careful to not fire rockets that will explode on nearby geometry and kill them

  [*]Fixed a bug where bots tried to heal from a Dispenser being carried by an Engineer

  [*]Tuned scoreboard logic to guard against malicious server operators spoofing bot pings to hide the "BOT" tagAdded more bot names as suggested by the TF community

 

 

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