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Team Fortress 2 Update Released

Product Update - Valve

May 17, 2013

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:

Source Engine Changes

Fixed server CPU spikes caused by compression of string tables and packets.
Added sv_netspike, sv_netspike_sendtime_ms, and sv_netspike_output convars for investigating server performance
net_compresspackets_minsize default value increased to 1024. This convar now also determines the threshold to determine when a "fragment" (logical game network message, before being broken up into network packets) is compressed.
Added vprof_vtrace and vprof_report_oninterval convars, and tweaked vprof_dump_spikes and vprof_dump_oninterval to reduce output

Team Fortress 2

Added the Robotic Boogaloo community update: http://www.teamfortress.com/roboticboogaloo/
Fixed a chat exploit that would cause other clients to timeout from dedicated servers
Updated the Mann Co. Store
- Added RoboCrate Keys
- Added A Random RoboKey Gift
- Added Pile of RoboKey Gifts
- Backpack Expanders on sale at 80% off
Updated the localization files

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