October 14, 2009 - Team Fortress 2 Update

[JoshuaC]

(cough cough) Updated? eh...please explain.

Bug fixes, optimization, visuals tweaked slightly.

 

[Mexican Apple Thief]

Bug fixes, optimization, visuals tweaked slightly.

Did you fix the physics objects making people stuck?

 

[Shoomonger]

Bug fixes, optimization, visuals tweaked slightly.

For some reason I expected some sort of new place for cover to be added. Just wishful thinking I guess.

 

[JoshuaC]

For some reason I expected some sort of new place for cover to be added. Just wishful thinking I guess.

Nope, just some small fixes that needed to be done.

 

[Penguin]

8 point PL. Someone get on that.

 

[A Boojum Snark]

soo... if anyone has info on these new keys let me know :|

 

[Dr. ROCKZO]

Community Requests is always "What TF2Maps asked for"

Good Update, a lot of these things have been needed..

 

[Washipato]

Added server ConVar "bot_crouch" to make bots crouch

I love valve

And we are going to give more uses to this little convar

 

[drp]

I love valve

And we are going to give more uses to this little convar

brb, going spycrab hunting with my bow and arrow

 

[zpqrei]

Community requests

Added new "func_flag_alert" entity that fires an alert when a player carrying a flag starts touching the entity

Added server ConVar "bot_crouch" to make bots crouch

Added model override for item_teamflag entity

Added ability to turn off particle trail for players carrying the item_teamflag entity

Updated team_train_watcher to support 8 cp/track links (was previously 4)


LOL Dam forum I can't post anymore in this thread.

<3 Eric Smith. My requests about the item_teamflag got though :3

 

[HeaH]

So what are the zombies about Zpqrei?

 

[Wegason]

Fixed a rare crash in particle system

I take it that isn't fixing the particle issue? Seeing as the particle problem isn't rare, it affects everyone.

Valve really need to fix the custom particle problems, its killing a lot of great custom maps.

 

[Barracuda]

Any documentation for the new func_flag_alert? I mean, the change log sounds like: "We got a new entity for you, go find out what it does and how to use it!"

Anyway, good to see that Valve answers our prayers. Still wondering if and when they fix the broken func_rotating.

 

[Fearlezz]

I take it that isn't fixing the particle issue? Seeing as the particle problem isn't rare, it affects everyone.

Valve really need to fix the custom particle problems, its killing a lot of great custom maps.

No, that must be the fix for the crash I sent them about. Particle editor corrupts PCF files and the whole thing crashes if you add a child.

 

[ratclaw]

Added server ConVar "bot_crouch" to make bots crouch

Wait, what, why?

Is valve planning something with the bots?


On another note, for those currently in college, how do you balance tf2 time with classwork? I get almost no time for mapping or testing since the only time there is open bandwidth on the network is on the weekends when everyone goes home.

 

[Nutomic]

Its under community requests, there are people crating custom bots, i think its for that.

Valve also included the A/D CTF hud in an update, did they make such a map? no.

 

[A Boojum Snark]

Any documentation for the new func_flag_alert? I mean, the change log sounds like: "We got a new entity for you, go find out what it does and how to use it!"

You can dump this into the FGD in sdk\bin\orangebox\bin

@SolidClass base(Targetname, TeamNum, EnableDisable, Toggle) = func_flag_alert : "Alerts are triggered when an enemy carrying a flag starts touching the area (or any player for an area with no team)."
[
	playsound(choices) : "Play alert sound" : 1 : "Play the sound when the alert is triggered." =
	[
		0 : "No"
		1 : "Yes"
	]
   
	alert_delay(integer) : "Delay between alerts (in seconds)" : 10 : "The amount of time between alerts being triggered (per team). Will only re-alert if flag changes carrier or leaves and reenters."

	output OnTriggeredByTeam1(void) : "Sent when RED triggers the alert."
	output OnTriggeredByTeam2(void) : "Sent when BLUE triggers the alert."
]

Add it into my FGD if you have it, because you cannot edit the default FGDs as they get overwritten every time you launch the SDK.

I'm still trying to get info on all the other features before I release an update to my pack.

edit: ah ha! I found a way to discover new keys when they add them. update shall be out after I test the features.

 

[zpqrei]

So what are the zombies about Zpqrei?

:3

 

[eerieone]

i´ve switched back to the original fgd for testing reason, but i can´t find any new options on the flag, how do i exchange the model?

i´ve already refreshed the sdk content, still no change

 

[Nutomic]

Maybe you just need to replace the model with by placing a custom one in the models folder, or later include it in the map? Not sure though.