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Team Fortress 2 Update Released

Product Update - Valve

Jul 17, 2014

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:

Fixed a client crash related to particle effects
Fixed the quickplay menu not remembering the Advanced Options settings after using the Play Beta Maps option
Fixed the Festive Sapper not having a skin for the Blu team
Added a new startup music track from Expiration Date
Added a Headset style for the Greased Lightning
Updated the Conga taunt to play sounds on the client instead of the server
Updated several materials to fix issues caused by mat_picmip
Updated the localization files
Updated beta map pl_cactuscanyon
- Redesign of the first half of stage 2. Blu team now pushes up the first hill
- Removed the death pit in the first barn building of stage 1
- Ammo increased in stage 2
- Fixed Red building in the spawn room of stage 2
Updated beta map rd_asteroid
- Mode changes
  - Power Cores and Reactor Cores now add their point value to a team's score over time
  - Reduced the rate at which points can be stolen from 15 per second to 10 per second
  - Robots now heal 5 health per second to nearby friendly players
  - The HUD has been reworked
    - Inverted the layout to better represent the layout of the level
    - Added progress bars to represent each team's score
    - Potential point gains from stolen reactor cores are now visually represented on the score progress bars
    - Thief icon now moves across the score board relative to the thief's position in the level
    - Updated thief icon to represent both the color of the power core stolen and the color of the thief's team
  - Added new strings to the win panel that explain why the team won
  - Replaced the current "points being stolen" sound with a new sound
  - Added better collision hulls to robot models
  - Reworked robot skins to reduce similarity to the Ubercharged skin
  - Sentry guns no longer target Ubercharged robots
- Map changes
  - Layout has been adjusted with the overall goal of improving visibility of teammates
  - Removed spawn teleporter
  - Reduced map size by removing the front lobby and cave sections
  - Added terrain paths on the sides of the mid bridge
  - Increased width of the mid bridge
  - Removed doors that locked when A and B robots were active
  - Robots have been rearranged:
    - A robots now roam the bridge above the water
    - B robots now roam around the floor in front of the vault
    - C robots now roam around the upper deck
  - Added more line of sight blockers to the water room to provide better cover during combat engagements
  - Reduced travel time for the water flanking route under the interior bridge
  - Added a drop down to enter the water room from the front door staging area
  - Increased size of the glass room near C robots to provide flanking cover to use against sentries that are placed at the corner of the upper deck
  - Increased width of vault corridors
  - Reworked vent route that leads to the vault, no longer need to crouch jump on exit
  - Moved left spawn exit forward to reduce effectiveness of spawn camping
  - Added a resupply cabinet to the right side spawn exit
  - Re-positioned health and ammo pickup locations
  - Added ramp collision to stairs
  - Changed setup time from 60 seconds to 40 seconds
  - Changed power reactor max return time from 90 seconds to 60 seconds
  - Fixed gap in the death pit that allowed players to survive

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