Updates to Team Fortress 2, 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 (TF2, DoD:S, HL2:DM)

• Fixed dedicated servers not being able to set sv_region
  

Team Fortress 2

• Fixed Replay/SourceTV clients getting kicked when quickplay servers hibernate
  

version 1.014
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1) Added hint to make divisions if you have lots of units and have not created any yet.
2) Changed the way unit icons are created so they make more sense for long-barrelled guns.
3) Added new option to allow the game to auto-manage and update divisions for each type of unit.
4) Fixed bug where if you didn't restart the game, you kept unlocking the same unit.
5) Added support for colorblind mode.

Change Log 1.602:
- Fixed Hang when exiting to main menu from Chapter 4 on the Mac

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

• Fixed Unicode characters getting stripped from player names
  

r22508c
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Critical fixes:
+ Fixed a Comparative Analysis UI crash.
+ Addressed a weapon bank related crash.


Other fixes:
+ Fixed recent mission screen UI issues.
+ Fixed loophole that was allowing station construction to exceeed the
number of each type of station allowed.
+ Engrammed admirals with the Inquisitor trait no longer gain extra traits.

r22508b

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Critical fixes:
+ Fixed reported crash bugs in combat.
+ Abandoning a colony in the Colony Established dialog no longer causes a crash.


Other fixes:
+ AI no longer executes diplomatic actions without sufficient diplomatic points.
+ AI now builds various station types again.
+ AI no longer redesigns platforms continually.
+ Battle riders can now be targeted specifically.
+ Security slider no longer jumps to a notched position when the
research slider is moved in the star map.
+ It is no longer possible to retrofit stations with pending modules.
+ Mining stations can now be built on asteroids.
+ Fixed absorber ship section effect.
+ Asteroid monitors now have Polaris missiles.
+ Ship targets in combat are no longer lost when turrets are lost or a
section is destroyed.
+ Fixed a corner case that could result in ships rolling continually in combat.
+ Meson projector now aims at the intended target and applies damage correctly.
+ Ships turned over to a different player in combat now are now
correctly removed from hotkey groups.
+ Fixed torpedo retargeting.


Other changes and additions:
+ Added Leech Driver.
+ Added population manager.
+ Added comparative analysis screen.
+ Changes to the All Stop command mean that a ship issued All Stop
will return to Normal Stance. If a ship is answering All Stop and
another stance is selected, it will start moving again.


Known issues:
- Existing sync errors in multiplayer turn updates are still being addressed.

Source Filmmaker version 0.9.5.10 has been released. This update will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

• added models and materials from Team Fortress 2’s pyro update
• fixed a crash in koth_badlands
• removed arena logic from arena maps to allow players to spawn in those maps
• fixed ambient occlusion on some partially transparent models
• fixed some cases where the escape key would sometimes unload the map
• fixed movie export to work with sequences that don’t start at time 0
• fixed a hang in the startup wizard dialog

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

• Added sv_namechange_cooldown_seconds, to throttle clients from changing their name too rapidly. (Defaults to 20 seconds)
  
• Added sv_netspike_on_reliable_snapshot_overflow to selectively enable the automatic dumping of netspike file if a client drops due to "reliable snapshot overflow" (defaults to 0, which disables the debugging)
  
• Added check to prevent player names from containing color codes
  
• setinfo console command will now reject attempts to set / change convars with any unusual characters
  

Team Fortress 2

• Fix a bug that caused gameservers to not properly receive client inventory updates. (Frequent cause of the "The server you are playing on has lost connection to the item server" error message.)
  
• Fixed not being able to equip all-class items properly
  
• Fixed the DX8 water effect
  
• Fixed the Beggar's Bazooka misfiring with 100% crits after firing a crit rocket
  
• Fixed the Strange Sandman not accepting the Posthumous Kills strange part
  

Patch Notes 1.2.1:
* Fixed performance issues.
* Now Ai takes side of disconnected player.
* Medium sized maps are now bigger.
* Removed confusing movement path visualization while attacking enemy unit with spell.
* Chat window improved
* Problem with text input partially fixed

A new patch was released today with a number of fixes, user interface improvements, and a new game option that lets you competitive players turn the first person legs off. There are also a LOT more dedicated servers up to make plenty room after yesterday's sale. Hit up the forums for more details. Enjoy!

HIGHLIGHTS
- Added Naga Siren!
- Added new stats dropdown feature when spectating!
- Enabled Naga Siren in Captain's Mode

GAMEPLAY
- Added Naga Siren!
- Enabled Naga Siren in Captain's Mode.
- Beastmaster: Fixed the path that Wild Axes take. It should now work the way it was originally intended.
- Disruptor: Fixed Glimpse affecting Warlock's Golem and Spirit Bear.
- Rubick: Fixed Warlock's Shadow Word refreshing its debuff version when stolen and cast as a buff.
- Rubick: Fixed Dazzle's Weave refreshing its debuff version when stolen and cast as a buff.
- Rubick: Fixed restealing an ability (stealing another ability in-between) not restting its cooldown.
- Silencer: Fixed Curse of the Silent affecting Warlock's Golem and Spirit Bear.
- Storm Spirit: Fixed Static Remnant blocking creep camps.
- Templar Assassin: Fixed Refraction being dispellable.
- Undying: Fixed a case where early game zombies could sometimes get stuck with an earlier or invalid level of Deathlust into the late game.
- Undying: Fixed Zombies being controllable when their target goes invisible.
- Wisp: Fixed Spirits detonating on non-hero units like Spirit Bear.
- Fixed Diffusal Blade stopping Force Staff movement.
- Fixed Templar Assassin's Refraction and Pipe causing Blink Dagger to not get disabled.
- Fixed illusion item locations not matching the source hero.


SPECTATOR:
- The Director will now acknowledge all Ultimate usages not just the ones that damage, so you can no longer pretend that Echo Slam in the jungle by yourself didn't happen.
- Tweaks to Directed camera framing and movement.


UI
- Added chat spam throttling.
- Players that have not purchased a Tournament Pass will no longer be able to watch that Tournament's replays.
- Sellback times no longer expire when moving items to the courier.
- Commendations are now only allowed from within games.
- Commendation totals are not incremented until the game is finished.
- Commendation totals are not incremented if the game was less than 10 minutes long.
- Fixed item stocks not restoring correctly when multiple items are sold back within the sellback time.
- Added a message when a player destroys the Aegis.
- Added confirmation dialog before starting a Tournament game with one or more teams not specified.
- Added client-side console variables allowing spectators to locally disable certain announcer lines. Especially useful for broadcasters. The cvars are:
- cl_dota_speech_spec_towerattack, cl_dota_speech_spec_towerfalls, cl_dota_speech_spec_barracksattack, cl_dota_speech_spec_barracksfalls, cl_dota_speech_spec_ancientattack, cl_dota_speech_spec_enemybasefalls, cl_dota_speech_spec_idles .
- Set any of them to '0' to prevent that line from playing. (Broadcasters will almost always want to set cl_dota_speech_spec_idles 0 ).
- Multiple players who have the same announcer equipped in the same game should now hear the same line being spoken.


BOTS
- Enabled AFK and leaver penalties for co-op bot matches.
- Re-enabled rewards for co-op bot matches.- Added new stats dropdown feature when spectating!