New TF2 Update - Goldrush!

[TheBladeRoden]

April 1, 2008 - Team Fortress 2 Update Released

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

Team Fortress 2

-New "Meet The" video released. French-language "Meet the Engineer" available for download.

-Fixed Linux builds not handling CREATEHAIRBALL cvar correctly

-Added new control point map CP_2Fort

-Games running custom maps have been moved from the main server browser to the custom server browser.

-Fixed client crash when pressing f10 to bring up the Ingame Help screen.

-Updated Achievements screen with several spelling corrections

-Fixed Achievements screen resetting achievement progress for all clients upon updating the Achievements screen.

-Fixed bug where BUILDCUBEMAPS would display the cubemaps after restarting the game less than two times.

-Fixed timer bug that gave BLU players slightly lower respawn time on 2Fort, Granary, Hydro, and Well.

-Updated Class selection screen on CTF_2Fort to default to Sniper instead of Heavy.

-Increased Soldier's magazine capacity from 4 to 12.

-Fixed bug where Scouts would occasionally register as two players by the team_capture_area entity.

-Fixed bug where Demoman's stickybombs would dissappear upon death, instead of exploding as intended.

-Changed Spy disguise so that the player's own name is displayed instead of a name from the opposing team.

-Changed Spy disguise so that all classes are holding a cigarrette.

-Changed Spy disguise so that all voice commands are done in the Spy's voice.

-Added Flamethrower Sentry unlockable to Engineer's build list. This new turret is short-ranged but will fire on both friendlies and enemies that come near it.

-Critical Medigun unlockable released. Please visit the Valve store page.

-Changed Heavy to automatically die when exiting a spawn room without a medic.

-Reverted Pyro back to release version, that's punishment enough!

-Goldrush delayed again

 

[kimangroo]

ROFL, excellent!



You actually had me as far as:

-Fixed bug where Scouts would occasionally register as two players by the team_capture_area entity.

:blushing:

What can I say, I've only had two hours sleep and I don't keep track of the date!

 

[DJive]

-Changed Heavy to automatically die when exiting a spawn room without a medic.

Awww damn, now i need to find a new Favorite Class ='(

 

[xgloryx]

Damn you. I pulled up my server control panels while this page was loading

 

[YM]

april fooled well done!

unfortunatly I saw the title then goldrush delayed again at the bottom

 

[fyre]

Lawl, very nice.

But now I really want a Flamethrower sentry.:sad:

 

[drp]

damn i thought this was true

 

[FernFerret]

Got me good , but I needed a good lol so that's why you got the thanks

 

[ryodoan]

you actually had me until:

Added Flamethrower Sentry unlockable to Engineer's build list. This new turret is short-ranged but will fire on both friendlies and enemies that come near it.

Now I am sad. You arse hole.

 

[JTG]

Well done. I got as far as: New "Meet The" video released and stopped reading to head over to Steam and watch. It wasn't there. Then I realized what day it was.

I tip my hat to you, sir.

 

[Shmitz]

Gosh you people are easy marks. I got as far as "April 1, 2008 - Team Fortress 2 Update Released" before I realized it was fake.

 

[timberghost_paintball]

Since I am thoroughly in the spirit of the day (and completely paranoid) I immediately suspected it to be a joke but it is a clever idea nonetheless.

 

[TheBladeRoden]

oh crap there was something I forgot to put in!

Oh well, maybe not everyone has read it yet and there's still time.

 

[Fragimus_Max]

Not to derail the thread or anything, but TF2F got their hands on a real video of actual Goldrush gameplay, and I think I saw a gameplay modification as mentioned above.

See if you can spot which one: www.youtube.com/ watch?v=UbLxwb2bqfg

And, btw, I loved "Critical Medigun unlockable released. Please visit the Valve store page." But don't laugh too hard... Valve is fighting EA, MS, and Sony about this exact issue - they want to charge for updates and Valve won't allow that. In theory, that *would* be like console gamers having to pay for the unlocks. Valve would rather there zero console updates than to "nickel and dime" (quote from Robin Walker's interview) their customers.

 

[YM]

Not to derail the thread or anything, but TF2F got their hands on a real video of actual Goldrush gameplay, and I think I saw a gameplay modification as mentioned above.

See if you can spot which one: www.youtube.com/ watch?v=UbLxwb2bqfg

WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?!? april fools day is over! you have to be virtually sitting on the international date line to get away with that because you cant try a fool after midday! Don't you know anything

the April 1 tradition requires jokes to be played before midday: if somebody pulls an April Fools' Trick after midday, then the person pulling the trick is actually considered the fool. The following rhyme may be chanted:

April Fool's has come and gone.
Who's the fool that carried on?

 

[Sean of the Dead]

It was believable until the second one, CREATHAIRBALL :|
What I do on April 1st is to not believe any "news" i see or hear

 

[Fragimus_Max]

WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?!? april fools day is over! you have to be virtually sitting on the international date line to get away with that because you cant try a fool after midday! Don't you know anything

I'm familiar with that foolishness, and I REBUKE IT.

The April Fools deadline is a weak attempt at pussying out just as the iron is getting hot - I compare it to asking the coach for a bathroom pass at the beginning of gym class - a safety net for those who cannot take 24 hours of constant, paranoia-fueled terror.

To me, it's serious business - I was rigging every desk and office in our building until 2am last night (a total of about fifteen), and I'm getting ready to go see what excitement my handiwork has created at my best friend's apartment - where, during lunch, I entered his apartment with four employees and flipped all of his furniture upside down. His computer monitor was literally sitting on the bottom of his desk - and a shirt that was hanging on the back of his chair is now hanging from the wheels. Bed, entertainment unit, etc. lol He gets home tonight at around 8pm. It will be epic.

As long as I'm alive, you will not be allowed to rest a second during April 1st. So, sorry, but my personal tradition grants me the ability to transcend such written rules - as does the power of my decade-old, trademark April Fools t-shirt that simply reads, "WATCH YOUR ASS".

 

[drp]

damn i got rickyroll'd

 

[Fragimus_Max]

damn i got rickyroll'd

You forgot to add, "...again."

I don't know anyone who's been rickroll'd less than three times. lol

 

[Vander]

Damn! I was opening up my server control panel for a quick reboot and map change.

*shakes fist angrily*

Well done sir.