TF2 Dedicated Server Updates

[MacK]

LOL - I promise I will try to come play more often... things are a little nuts right now.

[MacK]

The required update for Team Fortress 2 is now live. Please run hldsupdatetool to receive it. The specific changes include:

New features:
- Added The Force-A-Nature, The Sandman, and Bonk!
- Added 35 new Scout achievements.
- Added crit boosted on/off sound effects.
- Added new sounds for upgraded teleporters.
- Added new sound for a fully charged medic dying.
- Add bonus points section to scores.
- Scouts earn a bonus point for killing Medics who are actively healing a target.
- Added several new speech concepts, mostly hooked up to new Scout lines.
- Added new "Remember last weapon between lives" option to the Multiplayer Advanced dialog.
- Spies can now control which weapon the enemy team sees them holding. Hitting the "last disguise" key while disguised updates the disguise to show the Spy's currently held weapon.
- Added several new Arena mode announcer speech events.
- Added "First Blood" to Arena mode.
- Removed 2x item respawn times in arena.
- Changed backstab handling to fix facestabs.
- Spies disguised as enemy team can now see player IDs for enemies.

New maps:
- Added community maps: cp_egypt, arena_watchtower, and cp_junction.
- Updated cp_fastlane with Arttu's new version.

Mapmaker requests:
- Added new input for forward speed modifier to FuncTrainTrain.
- Added TeleportToPathTrack input to func_tracktrain.

Bugfixes:
- Fixed a bug where players would sometimes gib from non-gib damage kills.
- Fixed stat screen showing an entry for a class called "map."
- Fixed item model panels not using team skins.
- Fixed obscure bug where spectators were able to carry the flag.

Jason

[MacK]

A required update for Team Fortress 2 is now available. Please run hldsupdatetool to receive it. The specific changes include:

Gameplay changes:
- Added a duck timer that prevents duck spamming while running around on-ground.
- In-air, players are only allowed to duck once before they touch ground again.
- Fixed several bounding box issues with jumping, falling, and rocket jump air-walking. Bounding box should be much more accurate there now.
- Increased backstab check so that Spies can side-stab again.
- When disguising, Spies now always start showing the primary weapon in their disguise, and can then switch it with the last-disguise key.

TF2 Fixes:
- Fixed flamethrower loophole that resulted in the flame effect being stuck on while the flamethrower wasn't really firing.
- Fixed exploit that allowed players to circumvent the force-fire timeout on the pipebomb launcher.
- Fixed a bug that caused Natasha's slow on hit effect to be inverted from 75% to 25%.
- Restored sawmill_logs.mdl file, fixing some user maps that used it.
- Fixed some localization issues with Scout achievement strings.
- Removed the "Final" phrasing in the map loading screen.

Engine fixes:
- Fixed a server crash on startup under Linux.
- Fixed a buffer overflow issue related to network string tables.
- Gamestats uploading is now done asynchronously. This fixes the client timeout issues on map changes.

CP_Junction:
- Fixed an exploit where engineers could build a teleporter exit in an invalid area.
- Fixed a few bad overlay assignments and other minor issues.

Jason

[MacK]

The required update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. Please run hldsupdatetool to receive it. The specific changes include:

- Players who are stunned by a Scout now take 50% less damage
- Increased the minimum distance to stun a player with the Sandman
- Fixed problem where clients were unable to join a team or maintain a connection to the server
- Fixed Scout taunt kill achievement firing for people who didn't actually qualify
- Fixed client crash in when creating muzzle flash effects
- Fixed client crash when determining which disguise weapon to use for a spy
- Fixed Natascha's chain not being drawn on the view model
- Fixed stun code regression that resulted in a subtle reduction of Natascha's slowdown effect
- Fixed rocket & grenade jumps not propelling players as far as they're supposed to

And again, you no longer and should not be running your server with "-NoQueuedPacketThread".

Jason

[MacK]

A required update for Team Fortress 2 is now available. Please run hldsupdatetool to receive it. The specific changes include:

General
- Added an option to the advanced multiplayer menu to select left or right handed view models
- Fixed a bug where a spectator's wearable items could be seen floating around the player they were spectating
- Fixed a bug where a fake Spy hand would appear on the screen of other players
- Custom death animations now only play 25% of the time
- Fixed teleporters not being build-able in some places where they should be (such as within the pit at the end of Badwater Basin)
- Fixed rare client crash on connection and level change
- Removed refract from water ripples caused by bullet impacts for performance reasons
- Added log entries for player extinguished events using the medigun, jarate, flamethrower and dispenser
- Started tracking localization settings to help make decisions regarding localization in the future
- Fixed the blank progress bar in the upper-left of the screen when the client scheme is reloaded

Mapmaker requests
- Added spawn flag to func_respawnroomvisualizer that allows it be non-solid to players
- Added SetSolid input to func_respawnroomvisualizer to change solidity to players dynamically
- Added OnWonByTeam1 and OnWonByTeam2 outputs to the TFGamerulesProxy

Sniper
- Fixed a bad detection case in the "Friendship is Golden" achievement
- Changed the description of the "Triple Prey" achievement so it better describes how to get it
- Critical arrows now have a trail and correctly deal enhanced damage
- The Huntsman now defaults to be right handed
- Friendly arrows will no longer trigger the near miss sound on you
- Fixed several sources of floating arrows

Spy
- Fixed disguised Spies occasionally looking like they have invulnerability, instead of the correct fake Spy mask
- Disguised spies will no longer lose their disguise weapon when they interact with a weapon locker
- Fixed a bug where the spy's watch would randomly change models during play
- Fixed uncloaked spies flickering in and out of the cloak effect when taking damage
- The Cloak and Dagger now always regenerates at its intended rate. Previously it only regenerated at the correct rate when the spy was cloaked
- Increased the Cloak and Dagger regeneration rate slightly
- Capped the rate of energy loss from moving faster than run speed (falling / air toss) while cloaked with the Cloak and Dagger
- The Dead Ringer's cloak consume rate has been slightly reduced, giving about an extra second of cloak time on a full meter
- Emerging from the Dead Ringer's cloak now drains up to 40% of the cloak meter instead of 100%. This drain only happens if the meter is at least 60% full
- The Dead Ringer's cloak meter can now be regenerated from ammo sources
- The Ambassador now only crits when fully accurate and no longer penetrates enemies
- The Spy can no longer change weapons from the knife while shocked by the Razorback
- Force-A-Nature & Flamethrower air blast knockback effects no longer work on disguised spies
- Fixed disguised Spies showing the wrong teleporter effects when using an enemy teleporter

Jason

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[Majik]

Don't know if it's realted, but I have been unable to join our server for the past 2 days and I'm getting this :
Server is enforcing consistency for this file: particles\water_dx80.pcf

[pesetas]

I'll try to get on the server tonight to see if that effects me as well. Might be due to the latest update. Have you restarted Steam since the last update?

[Majik]

Yes, Ive restarted several times. But Ive honestly not had time to research the problem.

[MacK]

Delete your cache files and restart. Should fix it. If not, deleting all content and reinstalling TF2 will fix it. I had this problem a while back and did some research and learned that deleting the cache would fix it. Dumb me clicked on delete all content, so I had to completely reinstall, which also fixed it.

[Majik]

Mack, what do you mean cache files? PC cache or Steam cache? All I can find on Steam is "selete local content" and that says it will completely delete the game.......

[pesetas]

It was a server error with the last update! I've fixed it. Don't delete anything!

[Majik]

I tried and I can join now, thanks Pes!

[MacK]

A required update for Team Fortress 2 is now available. Please run hldsupdatetool to receive it. The specific changes include:

ENGINE
* If the installation is an HLTV relay we allow clients to connect as HLTV clients even if tv_enable is set to false. A recent exploit fix made it such that we ignore the flag indicating that the client is an HLTV client if tv_enable is false, but it is possible that relays won't have this ConVar set

TEAM FORTRESS 2
Additions / Changes
* Backpack improvement
- Added support for 100 slots in the backpack
- Backpack can now be sorted by type
- Multi-selection in the backpack is now done by holding down the Ctrl key
* Alt-fire on the Sandvich now drops sandviches:
- A single sandvich can be dropped at a time. Dropping the sandvich removes it from the Heavy
- A Heavy can regain his sandvich by collecting a healthkit while already being at full health
- Eating a sandvich using the taunt method now heals a Heavy to full health
- Dropped sandviches heal 50% of the collector's health
* Medic regen changes:
- Base regen amount increased from 1/sec to 3/sec
- Regen amount increase since time of last damage decreased from 3x to 2x
- End result of above: Old healing scaled from 1/sec to 3/sec based on time since being damaged (maxed out at 10 seconds). New healing scales from 3/sec to 6/sec
* Blutsauger:
- Replaced "No critical hits" negative attribute with "-2 health drained per second on wearer"
- Health drain stacks on top of the above Medic regen changes, lowering the base regen by 2h/sec
* Added "mp_windifference" server ConVar (default to 0)
- When set to X, matches will be considered won if a team gets X points ahead of the other team
* Added a "Remember the active weapon between lives" option to the Multiplayer->Advanced options dialog
* Added "Disable weather effects" option to the Multiplayer->Advanced options dialog
* Added "Show non-standard items on spectated player" option to the Multiplayer->Advanced options dialog
- If set (default), it'll show non-standard items being carried by the player you're spectating
* Tournament mode changes
- New item whitelist allowing tournaments to control what items can be used by players
- Added "item_whitelist_example.txt"
- Added "item_show_whitelistable_definitions" command to get a list of whitelistable items
- Added Tournament mode Spectator HUD
- Added "Use advanced spectator HUD in tournament mode" option to the Multiplayer->Advanced options dialog
- Shows all the members of your team (or both if you're a spectator) at the top of the screen, along with class/health/respawn time/charge level
- Spectator indices are now shown on the team members, and hitting the corresponding weapon selection key (slot1-slot12 commands) will spectate them
* Changed idle player check to include spectators & players who haven't chosen a team

Bug Fixes
* Fixed explosive radius detection using an axially aligned box instead of a sphere
- Compensated by increasing the radius of grenades, pipes, and rockets to 50% of what they lost at the corners of the OBB
- Grenades/Pipes radius change: 132->159
- Rocket radius change: 121->146
- End result of above: Explosives have had their radius reduced at some angles, and increased at others. Radius is now consistent, angles are now irrelevant
* Fixed Sniper using the reference pose if he has the Huntsman deployed when his team loses
* Fixed Spies speaking their response rules lines after killing a player as the class they were disguised as
* Fixed Medics getting MedicCallerPanels in their HUD for cloaked enemy Spies disguised as their team
* Fixed the Huntsman not firing crit arrows when the Sniper is being CritBoosted
* Fixed being able to fire the Huntsman under water if you jump into the water with the arrow charged
* Added check to prevent clients using the "firstperson" command to get out of thirdperson view while they're phasing, taunting or control stunned
* Fixed Halo glow effect not being hidden for cloak/disguised enemy Spies
* Fixed wearables not destroying their attached particles when they're removed
* Fixed several player & viewmodel simulation issues that occurred when the game was paused
* Fixed a DX8-based exploit that allowed modified particle effects to work under sv_pure 2

Community Requests
* Added the entindex() of the object being built to the "player_builtobject" game event
* Added flag to allow CTF map authors to turn off the Overtime mode when timers expire
* Added IgnitePlayer input to TFPlayer

Jason