Team Fortress 2 Update Released

[tf2.com]

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:

• HTML MOTDs will no longer be shown when connecting via quickplay
• Increased speed and damage of the lightning ball spell
• Fixed some items and spell attributes showing incorrect expiration times
• Fixed being able to instantly respawn by changing teams while a ghost
• Fixed taunts with a special purpose being overridden by the Halloween taunt
• Fixed a bug that allowed Merasmus bomb-heads to be passable between enemies
• Fixed the Open Loadout button on the item pickup menu not working properly
• Fixed being able to get into the enemy spawn with the teleport spell in Helltower
• Fixed the crouch+click problems for Mac players
• Fixed a problem with VR mode on Linux when the VR display overlaps the main display
• Removed the prompt to opt-in to quickplay beta
• Updated the equip region for Ivan The Inedible to match the other Spooky Companion items
• Updated the materials for The Hyperbaric Bowler, The Snaggletoothed Stetson, Carrion Companion, and Lieutenant Bites the Dust
• Updated the localization files
• Community requests:
  • Added HalloweenSetUsingSpells input to the tf_logic_holiday entity for custom Halloween maps to enable spells
  • Added userid to the player_turned_to_ghost game event

Source: TF2.com

 

[Fantaboi]

-Added HalloweenSetUsingSpells input to the tf_logic_holiday entity for custom Halloween maps to enable spells
-Added userid to the player_turned_to_ghost game event

 

[Penguin]

so wait does that mean i have to enable halloween mode to get spells to work when the event ends?

 

[Crash]

That could be the case. I hope I'm not stuck with halloween pickups too, though.

 

[DonutVikingChap]

That could be the case. I hope I'm not stuck with halloween pickups too, though.

I really hope it's not, if it is we'll have to pester valve even more to let us use them without halloween mode

 

[s0da72]

[*]Added userid to the player_turned_to_ghost game event

So how do you capture this event in the map?

 

[A Boojum Snark]

That could be the case. I hope I'm not stuck with halloween pickups too, though.

Items have a model override field, though I'm not sure if halloween mode would override the override...

So how do you capture this event in the map?

You don't. That's something for plugins/code.

 

[Penguin]

halloween pickup model replacements override the mapside overrides, yeah

 

[A Boojum Snark]

Then clearly the only option is to make the pickup model invisible, put a prop_dynamic in it's place, and make use of OnPlayerTouch to fake it.

 

[Penguin]

nah, you can just set tf_logic_holiday to "None" and send it the input to get the spell hud.

 

[Pocket]

• HTML MOTDs will no longer be shown when connecting via quickplay

Ha ha take that Pinion.