Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Source Engine Changes (CS:S, DoD:S, TF2, HL2:DM)

• Fix a crash bug during changelevel when the Steam client is unable to init
  
• Reduced the frequency of diagnostic messages for out-of-range positions and velocities
  

Team Fortress 2

• Added the Red Orchestra 2 promo items
  
• Fix a crash bug related to the Righteous Bison
  
• Fix a bug where the increased_maxplayers server tag was being set when the 25th internal player slot was added for replay
  
• Fixed a bug that caused team color paints to appear to be coming out of the wrong cans for the store icons
  
• Updated the main menu backgrounds to include Granary and Upward
  

Updates to Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Source Engine Changes (CS:S, DoD:S, TF2, HL2:DM)

• Fixed a bug in SourceTV that would sometimes corrupt demo data
  

Team Fortress 2

• Cow Mangler changes
  
  • Fixed the charged shot sometimes doing more damage than intended.
    
  • Fixed a bug that caused the projectiles to stay in the world after a team change.
    
  • Slowed reload rate by 5%.
    

Updates to Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Source Engine Changes (CS:S, DoD:S, TF2, HL2:DM)

• Updated the localization files
  

Team Fortress 2

• Fixed a Linux dedicated server crash caused by the Replay director
  
  • Crash would happen whether the server was capturing Replays or not
    
• Fixed the Map Stamps Collection bundle missing in the store
  
• Fixed dedicated server ENTITY_CHANGE_NONE console spam
  
• Improved the impact sounds for the Cow Mangler 5000’s projectiles
  
• Optimized many particle effects related to the Cow Mangler 5000 and the Righteous Bison
  
• Reduced the ConVar fov_desired to have a lower bound like the Replay editor
  
• Updated the Cow Mangler 5000 to display the drawbacks in its attribute list
  
• Updated the gamehaptics file
  
  • Added recoil/draw/crit/reload forces for the Cow Mangler 5000 and the Righteous Bison
    
  • Added charge shot force for the Cow Mangler 5000
    
  • Refined the Demoman's Stickybomb Launcher/Pipe Bomb Launcher reload forces
    
  - Updated the localization files
  

Updates to Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Source Engine Changes (CS:S, DoD:S, TF2, HL2:DM)

• Fixed a Linux dedicated server crash in vphysics.so
  

Updates to Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Source Engine Changes (CS:S, DoD:S, TF2, HL2:DM)

• Reduced CPU usage for idle servers
  

Team Fortress 2

• Added the Splendid Screen, Ali Baba's Wee Booties, and the Mantreads to the whitelist for Medieval mode
  
• Added a server console message when a player is sent to the server via the matchmaking system
  
• Fixed the cl_gameserver_list output
  
• Fixed the Quick-Fix showing the fire overlay when running in DX8
  
• Fixed a problem with team paints not being displayed properly when playing
  
• Fixed a display problem with Hatless hats
  
• Fixed a problem that prevented the new Scout items from being used in crafting recipes
  
• Fixed a problem with clients seeing the incorrect vote options after changing servers
  
• Fixed the backpack image for the Schadenfreude not being disabled when using paint
  
• Updated the Planeswalker Goggles to not hide the Scout's hat/headset
  
• Updated the taunt items to be nameable
  
• Updated the localization files
  

Updates to Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Source Engine Changes (CS:S, DoD:S, TF2, HL2:DM)

• Updated the shared interfaces for the TF2 Free To Play update
  
• Updated the shared localization files
  

Team Fortress 2

• TF2 is now Free To Play
  
• Added the Uber Update: http://www.teamfortress.com/uberupdate/
  
• Added PL_Barnblitz, a new Payload map
  
• Added all kinds of new goodies!
  
• The Main menu now has a "Start Playing" option which presents users with various game modes to choose from. Once selected, the game matches the player into the best available server for that mode.
  
• The Crafting interface has been redesigned to accommodate the fact that crafting blueprints are always known to players now.
  
• The Item selection screen in Loadouts has been redesigned to support selection among a larger number of items.
  
• Training improvements:
  
  • New training user interface
    
  • Added "A,W,S,D" movement instruction to Soldier training
    
  • Added ammo instruction to Engineer training
    
  • Clarified many instructional strings
    
• Added new voting sounds
  
• Fixed various Coaching bugs
  
• Fixed various gameplay bugs
  

Updates to Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Source Engine Changes (CS:S, DoD:S, TF2, HL2:DM)

• Fixed a client crash when disconnecting from servers with sv_pure set to 1
  
• Fixed a client crash in the material system
  
• Fixed a client crash caused by using alt-tab while playing
  

Team Fortress 2

• Added the Concheror and the Fishcake to the list of weapons allowed in Medieval mode
  
• Fixed a few server crashes caused by the replay system
  
• Fixed a server crash caused by the vote system
  
• Fixed the notification text being clipped when you receive items
  
• Updated the localization files
  

Updates to Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Source Engine Changes (CS:S, DoD:S, TF2, HL2:DM)

• Fixed another case where the $ignorez material flag could be used as a cheat
  

Team Fortress 2

• Extended the Saxxy contest deadline to 11:59:59 PM GMT, Friday, May 20th, 2011
  
• Fixed the third-person camera options dialog not displaying correctly in the Replay performance editor
  
• Fixed a rare case where users running Service Pack 3 on Windows 7 64-bit with graphics driver version 12.42 saw a graphical glitch on the main menu Options button
  
• Updated the Three-Rune Blade, Hero's Tail, and Sign of the Wolf's School items so they can be crafted and traded
  

Updates to Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Important notes

• If you were previously crashing on startup, please have Steam verify the integrity of your game cache
  
  • Update your game to the most current version
    
  • Right-click on the game and select "Properties"
    
  • Click on the "Local Files" tab
    
  • Click on the "Verify Integrity of Game Cache" button
    
• If you were previously crashing when connecting to a server, please run once with "-autoconfig" to reset your graphics state
  
  • Update your game to the most current version
    
  • Right-click on the game and select "Properties"
    
  • Click on the "General" tab
    
  • Click on the "Set Launch Options..." button
    
  • Add "-autoconfig" to the launch options and click OK
    
  • Restart your game
    
  • After doing this, you should remove -autoconfig from your launch options
    

Source Engine Changes (CS:S, DoD:S, TF2, HL2:DM)

• Fixed several client crashes on game startup, shutdown, and replay interaction
  
• Updated the materials used on models to ignore the $ignorez flag, to make it harder to create wallhacks on sv_pure 0 servers
  

Team Fortress 2

• Added an Advanced Options button to the main menu to allow tweaking of many gameplay options
  
• Fixed server crashes related to replays and new items
  
• Added "per_class_loadout_slots" and "attribute_controlled_attached_particles" sections to the GetSchema WebAPI call
  

Updates to Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Source Engine Changes (CS:S, DoD:S, TF2, HL2:DM)

• Fixed a client crash in the material system
  

Team Fortress 2

• Replay publishing system will try to do a rename for local HTTP mode but will manually copy and delete the file if the rename fails, which can happen if the source and destination are on different volumes.
  
• Fixed threading issues on Linux, which was causing major lag spikes.
  
• Fixed replay data cleanup system, which cleans up stale data at the end of each round. This asynchronous operation can be explicitly invoked by executing a replay_docleanup command on the server.
  
• Removed unused convar, replay_cleanup_time.
  
• Saxxy fanfare music wasn't playing on music channel. Music will only play once per launch now and will not play on a changelevel