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Team Fortress 2/Day of Defeat: Source Update Released

August 21, 2009, 1:39 pm - Valve - Product Update

Updates to Team Fortress 2 and Day of Defeat: Source have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Orange Box Engine

• Fixed an exploit that allowed files to be uploaded to the server at arbitrary locations in the file system
  
• Fixed a server crash caused by a client packet claiming to be an HLTV client when HLTV is disabled on the server
  
• Fixed a server crash caused by spoofing a client disconnect message
  
• Fixed a server crash caused by sending malformed reliable subchannel data
  
• Fixed a server crash related to unbounded settings on some convars
  

• Bullet spread algorithm changed to fire a bullet right down the crosshair under these circumstances:
  
  • The first bullet of a spread weapon (except for rapid fire spread weapons like the minigun)
    
  • The first bullet of a non-spread weapon if it's been >1.25 seconds since firing
    
• Added a "Disable HTML MOTDs" option to the multiplayer->advanced dialog
  
  • Added "motdfile_text" convar to servers, which allows them to specify a text file that’s shown instead of the HTML MOTD to clients who've turned on this option
    
• Fixed radius damage not tracing out of enemies when the explosion occurs within them
  
  • Fixes rockets & grenades doing no splash damage when fired point blank into enemies
    
• Added missing snowpuff particles for DX8 players (honest)
  
• Restored LOD for the Demoman player model
  
• Fixed being able to alt-fire with the fists while stunned as a Heavy
  
• Fixed CTF_Sawmill not ending the map when mp_timelimit hits during the middle of a round
  
• Fixed the "The Big Hurt" achievement not being awarded for players who already have the required count
  
• Fixed sv_pure not reloading the map's custom particle file
  
  • Custom particle effects contained within maps must now be placed in the \particles directory
    
• Fixed another case where items weren't being validated properly in class loadout slots
  

• Removed centerprint texts for TF_FLAGTYPE_INVADE CTF game mode
  
• Changed TF_FLAGTYPE_INVADE CTF game mode capture reward from 10 kills to 1 capture
  
• Added OnCapTeam1 and OnCapTeam2 outputs to the item_teamflag and func_capturezone entities
  
• Fixed HUD "carried" image for the TF_FLAGTYPE_ATTACK_DEFEND and TF_FLAGTYPE_INVADE CTF game modes using the wrong team color
  
• Fixed dropped flag for the TF_FLAGTYPE_INVADE CTF game mode using the wrong skin
  

Team Fortress 2/Day of Defeat: Source Update Released

August 17, 2009, 3:56 pm - Valve - Product Update

Updates to Team Fortress 2 and Day of Defeat: Source have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Day of Defeat: Source

• Fixed an engine crash
  

• Updated PL_Hoodoo. Changes from community mapmaker Tim Johnson:
  
  • "Added a balcony at 2-1 that I've rotated and cleaned up so it's a much better point, it attracts less sentry spam but is still holdable. 2-2 has a bit more breathing room and the one way route between BLU/RED spawn in stage 3 has gone and in its place some stairs up to the second level accessible from BLU's side."
    
• Added "tf_ctf_bonus_time" ConVar to set the CritBoost bonus time for capturing the intelligence (0 to disable it)
  
• Added "tf_arena_first_blood" ConVar to toggle the first blood feature in Arena mode (0 to disable it)
  
• Added missing snowpuff particles for DX8 players
  
• Fixed rocket jumping
  
• Fixed sticky bomb attachment to props. They will now only ignore the saws in sawmill
  
• Fixed Scouts going into reference pose in double jumps
  
• Fixed the Ubersaw not displaying team colors
  
• Fixed Spies disguised as RED Scouts not cloaking properly
  
• Removed two more text messages for TF_FLAGTYPE_ATTACK_DEFEND CTF game mode
  

Day of Defeat: Source Update Released

May 1, 2009, 3:00 pm - Valve - Product Update

Updates to Day of Defeat: Source have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Day of Defeat: Source

• Minor update to address several exploits that allowed users to fire guns without any recoil
  

Team Fortress 2 and Day of Defeat: Source Update Released

March 23, 2009, 3:17 pm - Valve - Product Update

Updates to Team Fortress 2 and Day of Defeat: Source have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Team Fortress 2 and Day of Defeat: Source

• Fixed screenshots being black when Multicore Rendering is enabled.
  
• Fixed sprays not showing up on some surfaces.
  
• Fixed decal crash during changelevel.
  
• Fixed crash caused by setting the decal limit too high on some machines.
  
• Fixed crash caused by decals in the world render loop.
  
• Fixed crash caused by convars changing while rendering is queued.
  

Orange Box Engine Update Released

February 17, 2009, 3:16 pm - Valve - Product Update

Updates to the Orange Box Engine have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Orange Box Engine

• Updated the engine to report SteamIDs using the Steam_0 format instead of Steam_1
  
• Fixed problems in Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Portal, and Source mods running the current Orange Box engine
  
• Reverted the change that capped rate at 30000
  

Team Fortress 2 and Day of Defeat: Source Update Released

February 16, 2009, 4:17 pm - Valve - Product Update

Updates to Team Fortress 2 and Day of Defeat: Source have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Team Fortress 2

• Sticky bombs now get a reduced close range damage ramp up (like Rocket Launcher & Syringe Gun)
  
  • Ultimately reduces damage done by sticky bombs to enemies <512 units from the Demoman
    
• Moved the unlockable system over to the new item backend:
  
  • Added a warning dialog to the loadout screen telling clients when the server they're on could not get their loadout
    
• Made "tf_damage_disablespread" a replicated convar, so clients can see the value of it on the server they're connected to
  
• Renamed "mp_stalemate_at_timelimit" to "mp_match_end_at_timelimit", to better explain its function now that stalemate is optional
  
• Fixed muzzle flashes & shell ejections still playing when viewmodels are hidden
  
• Server tags can now be used to include or exclude servers from the list
  

• Protected several more commands from client exploitation
  

Team Fortress 2/Day of Defeat: Source Update Released

January 28, 2009, 4:50 pm - Valve - Product Update

Updates to Team Fortress 2 and Day of Defeat: Source have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Team Fortress 2

• Added percentage to UberCharge HUD panel for the Medic
  
• Added upgrade progress and levels to Engineer HUD panel for all buildings
  
• Added mp_tournament_allow_non_admin_restart server ConVar to allow server admin to toggle whether non-admin players can issue the mp_tournament_restart ConCommand on the server. Default is 1 (current behavior)
  
• Added flag to the gamerules entity so map authors can override the HUD type being used. Allows map authors to force CTF or CP HUD to be used if they mix CTF/CP entities in the map
  
• Added check in CTF HUD to make sure it doesn't point at disabled capture zones when the player is carrying the flag. Allows map authors to have more than one capture zone for each team in the map
  
• Changed AutoTeam to give new players to the attackers on attack/defend maps if the teams are even
  
• Fixed Pyro model not animating in the class menu
  
• Fixed players getting stuck in the "prepare to respawn..." countdown loop
  
• Fixed Natascha not getting the proper 75% of damage and slightly increased the strength of Natascha's slowdown
  
• Fixed teleporter entrance/exit effects being drawn when they don't have a matching teleporter entrance/exit
  
• Fixed announcer saying "the cart is nearing the checkpoint" after the round has already been won
  
• Fixed cloaked spies having a particle-beam effect while standing next to a dispenser that's healing them
  
• Fixed server crash when trying to load a map that contains control points with duplicate index values
  
• Fixed several materials warnings in the console
  
• Fixed "Cart.Explode" sound script entry using an unknown sound channel
  
• Marked the cl_bobcycle and cl_bobup ConVars as cheats
  

• Fixed clients using reloadresponsesystems, sv_soundemitter_flush, sv_soundemitter_filecheck, sv_findsoundname, and sv_soundscape_printdebuginfo to lag/crash servers
  

• Fixed client "timeout on mapchange" problem
  
• Fixed setinfo exploit
  
• Marked the r_aspectratio ConVar as a cheat
  

• Renamed "Quick List" to "Map List"
  
• Removed minimum ping filter from Map List
  

Day of Defeat: Source Update Released

January 13, 2009, 6:48 pm - Valve - Product Update

Updates to Day of Defeat: Source have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Day of Defeat: Source

• Fixed Linux servers not allowing clients to connect
  

Team Fortress 2/Day of Defeat: Source Update Released

January 12, 2009, 6:08 pm - Valve - Product Update

Updates to Team Fortress 2 and Day of Defeat: Source have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Additions

• Added a Quick List view to the serverbrowser
  

Day of Defeat: Source Palermo Update Available Now

July 2, 2008, 5:35 pm - Valve - Product Update

Leveraging the recently released set of free services available in Steamworks, the Palermo Update adds 51 achievements to Day of Defeat: Source, player avatar displays in the scoreboard and win panel, and detailed player statistics that are integrated with the Steam Community features (www.steamcommunity.com).

In addition, this update adds support for popular features introduced in Valve's Team Fortress 2 (TF2), the PC title named multiplayer game of the year by Gamespy.com and PC Gamer. These include "nemesis/revenge" freeze cam and new effects driven by the particle system introduced to the Source engine for TF2.

Finally, this update also introduces a new map, Palermo, which is a remix of the most popular community map, dod_salerno, originally created by Magnar "insta" Jennsen.

For more information, visit the Day of Defeat: Source Palermo site.