TF2 Update

[The Political Gamer]

February 3, 2010 - 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 major changes include:

Engine


Enabled Steam Cloud support for key bindings and custom spraypaint images

Added Options->Multiplayer->Advanced option to toggle off/on: default is on


Team Fortress 2

Added new Highlander mode

9 players allowed per team

Restricts each team to 1 of each class

Use mp_highlander (0/1) to toggle off/on: default is 0

Added "bots" to the server's sv_tags convar if the server is running bots

Fixed a weapon name localization issue

Fixed the "tf_teamtalk" server convar not controlling text chat between living/dead teammates

Updated the map CTF_DoubleCross

Fixed the map not ending correctly when using mp_timelimit

Changed to prevent Engineers from building on top of the shack in each base

Updated the map Arena_WatchTower

Fixed a case where players could open and get stuck on the starting gates before the round start

Improved clipping to prevent people from getting out of the map

Optimized the map for better performance

 

[lana]

Highlander mode needs more electricity when you kill the enemy medic.

 

[TMP]

Please don't break demos please don't break demos please don't break demos.

 

[Penguin]

We need to get us some Highlander servers asap.

 

[Caliostro]

Oh look, Highlander is now official. Now I can officially ignore it.

 

[Rasputin]

I've always been interested in getting into a highlander match.

 

[Spammish]

I haven't tried it but from what I've heard, it's not very popular. Only one way to find out.

 

[Engineer]

Just tried the Highlander. Teams are perfectly balanced, game was fast paced. Only thing that i didn't like was that most of the time only available class was medic

 

[Nutomic]

We need to get us some Highlander servers asap.

24 slots are more than enough for 18 players

 

[lana]

But then 6 players can't play.

 

[Pocket]

Total time to catch and fix the obvious bug in Double Cross: 48 days, plus internal playtesting, and frankly I am amazed the timer never ran out in playtesting because it runs out in maybe 90% of the matches I've played.

Let's hope none of my server buddies are tired of it yet; I want to see how it plays with the new nobuild area. I really want to give Valve a chance at making CTF not suck.

 

[Dr. Spud]

I always thought Double Cross was a great map, even with the timer bug.

 

[absurdistof]

^ Agreed. Even though I would prefer a larger base so that there could be in-base battles without spawn camping.

 

[General_Norris]

So where you can't build now? In the little shack you could use to drop fast to the sewers?

 

[lana]

You can't build on the roof of the bases any more.

 

[General_Norris]

^Ah I see. Was that really problematic though? You would need to get to the Sniper deck and then build from there.

It doesn't seem so feasible, but probably I'm missing something.