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 an issue with the Festive Revolver not drawing correctly
  
• Updated the materials for the Australium Minigun
  
• PASS Time update
  • Fixed disguised Spies not having a shield drawn for them in the HUD
    
  • Fixed players being able to carry the jack while taunting (fixes an exploit with The Eureka Effect)
    
  • Fixed being able to 'inspect' the jack while players are carrying it
    
  • Fixed capturing the jack not incrementing Scout contract points
    
  • Updated pass_warehouse
    • Fixed a hole near the RED goal
      
    • Fixed some props where the jack could get stuck
      
    • Changed some small health kits to medium

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 PASS Time sound bug related to carrying the Jack
  

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:

• Updated LODs for the revolver
  
• PASS Time update
  • Fixed a client crash related to the HUD
    
  • Fixed the Short Circuit being used to remove the Jack from the game
    
  • Fixed players being able to pick-up the Jack while they have weapons deployed that cannot be holstered
    
  • Updated pass_warehouse
    • Fixed players getting into enemy spawn rooms
      
    • Fixed the Jack being thrown into spawn rooms
      
    • Fixed being able to build in the goals

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:

• Added new game mode 'PASS Time' to the TF2 Beta
  • Check out the blog post for more information
• Fixed a crash caused by a client sending malformed network data to the server (thanks to Nathaniel Theis for this report and test case)
  
• Added a new hat 'The Finder's Fee'
  • Will be awarded going forward on a case-by-case basis to those who report major economy-breaking bugs or remote-code-execution bugs, and provide detailed information and steps to reproduce
    
  • Well deserved congratulations to the first recipient, Nathaniel Theis
• Fixed visual bugs caused by picking up weapons with special attributes
  
• Fixed the Mann vs. Machine Medigun shield not being re-created after switching away from the Medigun and back while the charge is draining
  
• Fixed some alignment issues in the HUD meters for the Mann vs. Machine rage knockback and Medigun shield
  
• Fixed left-hand view models not displaying Stat Clocks correctly
  
• Fixed being able to use the tournament_readystate client command when using per-player ready status mode
  
• Fixed seeing a HUD mp_timelimit timer for maps that don't end the round when the map timelimit runs out
  
• Fixed some missing VO sounds for the Demoman when laughing
  
• Fixed being able to use the Restore action on Killstreak Kits
  
• Fixed character loadout menus so they display the particle effects for all equipped Unusual items
  
• The Huo-Long Heater can now accept Posthumous Kills strange parts
  
• Updated the Australium Grenade Launcher to fix the wood material being shiny
  
• Updated the backpack images for the Gun Mettle Campaign Coin
  
• Updated LODs for several weapons and the sentry gun
  
• Updated Mann Co. Store prices for foreign currencies to current USD equivalents
  
• Updated the localization files
  
• Updated Koth_Suijin with the latest changes from the authors
  • Added cover around the point preventing cross-point sight line
    
  • Opened second window in point building
    
  • Tweaked pickup amounts and positions
    
  • Widened space between stairs to point and bridge railing to allow easier movement
    
  • Clipping improvements
    
  • Improved lighting in dark areas
    
  • Fixed an issue where engineers could build on outlying islands
    
  • Fixed an issue where engineers could trap teammates by building teleporters in spaces with restricted movement
    
  • Fixed an issue where the spawn room doors could be held open by an opposing team member
    
  • Optimization improvements
• Maps Workshop Beta
  • Fixed a common crash when loading some compressed maps
    
  • Fixed various issues running workshop maps on listen servers
    • Listen servers no longer unnecessarily fetch a second copy of the map
      
    • Listen servers no longer cause the client to crash upon the second load of the same workshop map
  • Added -ugcpath parameter for dedicated servers to control location of downloaded workshop content
    • Defaults to steamapps/workshop
      
    • Multiple servers sharing the same UGC directory is currently not supported, and will not go well
  • Added server command tf_workshop_map_status to view currently tracked maps and their status
    
  • Enhanced handling of updated maps to ensure the newest available version of the map is always used on level change
    
  • Improved handling of workshop maps in a server's map cycle
    • Workshop maps in the map cycle will be automatically fetched and updated in the background
      
    • Workshop maps in the map cycle will have their names updated to the canonical name once known
  • Map votes now work with workshop maps
    • A known issue is that the full workshop map name is currently shown instead of the friendly name
  • Community request: Updated the FindMap and CanProvideLevel API for server-side mods. These functions now always expose the full workshop names for maps when known, even if not the map is not yet installed

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 the spectator GUI
  
• Fixed sentry guns having unlimited ammo
  
• Fixed sentry gun model being set to level 1 after a sapper is removed
  

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:

• Changed the Pomson 6000 berCharge and cloak drain effect's distance fall-off
  • Old: Drain 15 berCharge at point blank and scale down to 0 at 1024 HU
    
  • New: Drain 10 berCharge from 0 to 512 HU and scale down to 0 at 1536 HU
• Added Arms Race 1 and Arms Race 2 community event medals
  
• Fixed a bug related to using incorrect particle effects
  
• Fixed the Scorch Shot flares pushing teammates
  
• Fixed being able to carry the flag with the Rocket/Sticky Jumpers
  
• Fixed Sentries shooting over the head of Spies using the Box Trot taunt
  
• Fixed tf_bot_join_after_player preventing the bots from joining a team after the player joins team Spectator
  
• Fixed missing secondary attack animations for the Short Circuit
  
• Fixed the Contracts button on the main menu not being disabled when there are no contracts
  
• Fixed an exploit related to coaching and the 'autoteam' command
  
• Fixed Mann vs. Machine maps not resetting properly after a successful vote to change the challenge
  
• Fixed Stat Clock models not cloaking with the Spy
  
• Fixed a case where buildings would not go active if they were sapped while being built
  
• Fixed a display bug that made it look like players had received multiple copies of the same item
  
• Fixed a regression with the tournament spectator GUI that broke custom HUDs
  
• Fixed showing "cannot be listed on the Steam Community Market for one week" on listings in the Steam Community Market when that is no longer the case
  
• Fixed a rare client crash when turning in Contracts
  
• Updated the Spy Contract objective for destroying buildings to work with the Ap-Sap, the Red-Tape Recorder, and the Snack Attack
  
• Updated Mann Co. Store prices for foreign currencies to current USD equivalents
  
• Updated the localization files
  
• Maps Workshop Beta
  • Improved handling of recently changed workshop maps
    
  • Fixed a case where servers would fail to load maps that had been updated since the last server restart
    
  • Fixed a case were clients would not check for new versions when connecting to a workshop server
    
  • Improved server console output when waiting on map downloads during level change
    
  • Fixed a case where subscribing to maps while the game was running could result in failure to load the map
    
  • Fixed a case where joining a server running a workshop map would first wait for all subscribed maps to finish downloading before attempting to download the map at hand

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 an issue with Unusual Revolvers where the unusual effect would sometimes not disappear when the Spy would feign death, disguise, cloak, etc.
  
• Fixed font rendering issues for Mac clients
  
• Fixed a case where map textures would fail to load properly in compressed maps (thanks to Egan and Geit for the report and test case)
  
• Fixed a case where Campaign Coins weren't displaying the correct stats based on the number of submitted contracts
  • Everyone affected by this bug has received the maximum contract points (including bonus points) for the missing contracts
• Security/crash fixes (thanks to Nathaniel Theis for these reports)
  • Fixed a crash caused by sending malformed network data to clients and servers
    
  • Fixed an exploit that could be used to bypass sv_cheats
• Fixed the Spy-cicle causing a fire-immune bubble to be displayed when the Spy is cloaked
  
• Fixed skinned weapons not rendering properly for customers on older shader model 2.0 hardware
  
• Fixed speed particles on the Spy not disappearing when cloaking
  
• Added ETF2L 6v6 Season 21 tournament medals
  
• Added numerical health value to the enemy health display in the freezecam
  
• Reloading a weapon can no longer be triggered with '+reload' while the weapon is firing
  
• Updated several materials to fix issues caused by mat_picmip
  
• Updated the localization files
  
• Updated maps
  • Fixed an exploit related to the final control point and dropped weapons on Badwater, Barnblitz, Borneo, and Goldrush
    
  • Fixed incorrect cube maps on Powerhouse
    
  • Updated maps have been compressed to save space
• Updated Hammer tools
  • Fixed bspzip requiring a -game parameter while simultaneously not allowing it
    
  • Fixed bspzip -addfiles improperly handling newlines in some cases
    
  • Fixed bspzip ignoring excess arguments with no warning
    
  • Fixed bspzip help text for -extractfiles not indicating that a target directory is required

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:

• Revolver and Pistol Killstreak Kits now properly work on decorated weapons
  
• Rescue Ranger bolts now properly heal friendly mini-sentries
  
• Vaccinator ber bubbles once again work on Reanimators in Mann vs Machine, but now instantly fills them by 90%
  
• Fixed cosmetic items with an ambient particle effect (i.e. Soldier's Stogie, Nine-Pipe Problem) erroneously reporting that they had the Genteel Smoke unusual effect
  
• Fixed Stickybombs not properly having distance fall off for the first 5 seconds of their life time
  
• Fixed an issue with The Sandvich where consuming it at full health would consume it forever
  
• Fixed The Dalokoh's Bar giving medium health kits when thrown. Now properly gives small health kits when thrown
  
• Fixed suicides counting for the "Get a kill on Powerhouse" Contract objective
  
• Fixed a issue with The Box Trot taunt when window focus changed
  
• Fixed a case where speed-line particles were visible for enemy players when a Spy triggered the Dead Ringer
  
• Fixed The Scorch Shot not applying its small knockback on non-burning enemies
  
• Fixed The Scorch Shot knockback from affecting Quick-Fix ber
  
• Fixed The Wrangler not properly disabling Sentries for 3 seconds on Engineer death
  
• Fixed a case where textures and models would fail to load on maps with embedded resources
  
• Fixed an exploit related to instantly completing a payload map while taunting and picking up dropped weapons
  

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:

• Scorchshot - Added a -35% self damage force penalty (Reduced blast jumping)
  
• Vaccinator - bercharge penalty no longer applies during setup time
  
• Fixed a case where weapons could still be dropped in Mann vs. Machine
  
• Fixed missing descriptions for the Powerhouse Contract
  
• Fixed self blast jumping for non-Soldier classes. (i.e. Demo, Pyro and any other means of force from self damage. Soldier jumping was fixed in a previous patch)
  
• Fixed weapon pickups resetting the Ullapool Caber
  
• Fixed some weapons not displaying their attachments when dropped (Festives, Kritzkrieg, etc.)
  
• Fixed missing freeze period, not resetting of player scores and not resetting map time when using mp_tournament
  
• Fixed only showing friends' avatars when tf_hud_target_id_show_avatars is set to show everyone
  
• Fixed Shotgun and SMG Killstreak kits not working on Decorated weapons
  
• Fixed an OS X crash related to Contracts
  

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 an exploit related to taunting and then dying on the final control point of payload maps
  
• Fixed a bug that was creating Specialized Killstreak Kits that could be applied to any item
  
• Fixed items that are removed from the Steam Community Market having the trade restriction removed
  
• Temporarily reverted Valve official quickplay and matchmaking servers not being listed in the server browser while we look into this further