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:
Scream Fortress VI has arrived!

• Help Merasmus with his carnival!
• Comic and additional information available on the website (http://www.teamfortress.com/screamfortress6)
• Scream Fortress VI runs until November 12, 2014
• Added new Halloween map Carnival of Carnage
  • Merasmus will spread misfortune with server wide curses
  • Added a Strongmann Test-Your-Strength machine which is in no way an eldritch portal to Bumper Car Madness!
• Added bumper car minigames. Win by completely ghostifying the other team or by completing the objective
• Alt-fire to speed boost your bumper car
• Cast spells while driving
• The collision force a bumper car receives increases as the car takes damage
• Force is displayed in the bumper car HUD as a percentage
• Ghosts can come back to life by touching a friendly bumper car
• 50 new Halloween-themed community cosmetics6 new achievements

During Scream Fortress VI

• A Halloween Gift Cauldron is granted to all players who play during the event
• Added Halloween crates to the Mann Co. Store. These crates do not require a key to open
• All Unusual hats and taunts that are unboxed during the event will receive Halloween-themed Unusual effects
  Previous Scream Fortress content is available in the Mann Co. Store

General

• Reduced the number of Fireball spells granted to 2
• Updated the tf_spells_enabled ConVar
  • Removed the Teleport spell from the general spell list when spells are enabled outside of Helltower
  • Added rare spells to the general spell list, except Skeletons and Monoculus
• Turning a player into a ghost now grants the attacker a kill credit
• Players can now fly around as a ghost by holding the jump key
• TargetID system
  • Now creates a floating health indicator over the target
  • Reduced size of nameplate
  • Added tf_hud_target_id_alpha ConVar to control the transparency
• Fixed player voice transmissions not transmitting the last second of recording
• Fixed a dedicated server crash when the autoexec.cfg contains a bind command
  • Fixed Unicode font performance and rendering issues for Mac clients
  • Fixed an exploit that allowed players to remove the ghost condition

Hammer

• 
  Added a field to the Tools->Options->3DView tab that multiplies the length of the rendered light_spot cone preview

Source: TF2.com

 

[henke37]

Wait, they actually update hammer?

 

[Fantaboi]

Dear god

 

[Crash]

Dear god

I don't get it. Why?

 

[nightwatch]

For doublecross and other night time maps I guess, when you want to make sure your high-up light spots are providing sufficient coverage when the light hits the ground below.

 

[Pocket]

I still don't get it. Is it only for the lighting preview that nobody ever uses?

 

[Fantaboi]

when you click a light_spot, the cone that appears in front