TF2 Update: It is a good day to be giant man

[The Political Gamer]

Team Fortress 2 Update Released
APRIL 15, 2010, 12:44 PM - VALVE - PRODUCT UPDATE

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

Team Fortress 2
Added Sam & Max items
Fixed the Demoman's Fro not cloaking properly when being used by a disguised Spy
Reduced the damage bonus the Equalizer receives as the player loses health
The speed boost was not changed
Community Request
Added a flag to info_particle_system to mark particle systems as "weather" effects

Also: http://teamfortress.com/post.php?id=3698&p=

 

[Icarus]

Capitalism rules.

I was gonna get S&M anyways, great games, this just makes it sweeter

Added a flag to info_particle_system to mark particle systems as "weather" effects

You all have Flame to thank for this, he's been hounding Valve to get it done over the last week.

 

[Prestige]

now i cannot join gameday

 

[Icarus]

Eric S said he made updates to the base.fgd

If the option to flag isn't showing up, the property is flag_as_weather 1

 

[Mick-a-nator]

I was gonna get S&M...

you're into S&M? kinky so-and-so...

anyway, that is very very tempting (not just for the items but I love Sam & Max) but unfortunately, I am poor, and have no monies to buy such wonders.

 

[Frush]

way to unbalance this game even more, VALVe!

 

[drp]

way to unbalance this game even more, VALVe!

sarcasm, or ignorance? YOU DECIDE. NEXT ON FOX.

 

[The Political Gamer]

The hat looks cool but the guns look meh.

 

[Firest0rm]

i like the hat, but the guns don't really fit with tf2

 

[lana]

My secret pistol model is now obsolete! Noooooo!

 

[Dr. KillPatient]

Yay an equalizer nerf as well. Any news on what the new weapons do?

 

[PMAvers]

Yay an equalizer nerf as well. Any news on what the new weapons do?

Nothing, they're just reskins.

 

[Penguin]

Next on the agenda: Strongbad mask and Strongbad's KGBs for buying his games.

 

[PMAvers]

A wrestler's mask would look *fantastic* on the Heavy, IMO.

On a related note, word from Valve why the Engineer can't use the pistol. (Hint: It's technical.)

Not until after the Engineer update. Each class has arm models that hold the various weapons and are animated for the various weapon poses. As we've done each update, we've changed the classes to have their arms separate from their weapon models so they can have various replaceable view models. This requires some amount of re-animation work.

We've done that work for every class except the Engineer. His changes will be in the Engy pack. Once the Engineer update is out, he'll be able to use weapon replacements and we'll change the item data on Max's gun to work with him as well.

 

[Penguin]

Yay.

 

[lana]

Blog title is a hint? Engineer gets a mech suit?

 

[strangemodule]

Welp, that's why they invented Equipment Manager, as well as the fine art of compiling.

 

[Prestige]

what is the new equalizer damage. before it was 30-150, no?

 

[Penguin]

113*0.45x, wherein x is your hp.

 

[Freyja]

I've never before played a Sam and Max. Is it worth it?