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The first step of any map-making process at Valve starts with figuring out what the TF2 community would most like to play. The idea for "Gorge", for instance, came from a brainstorming session to see if we could develop an alternative to the standard Attack/Defense map. The competitive community typically avoids Attack/Defense maps for several reasons, one of which is their potentially long time limits. We thought that was an interesting variable to dig into - could we develop a shorter-form Attack/Defense map? The community overall had also been asking us to make more five-point CP maps, so we thought there was an opportunity to try out a short Attack/Defense map that could then be turned into a five-point CP map via mirroring down the road.
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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 The Surgeon's Side Satchel
- Added new promotional items
- Updated The Stickybomb Jumper
- Players with this weapon equipped cannot carry the intelligence
- Updated The Rocket Jumper
- Attributes now match The Stickybomb Jumper
- Players with this weapon equipped cannot carry the intelligence
- Updated the model and material
- Updated The Enforcer
- +20% damage bonus while undisguised
- -20% firing speed
- No random criticals
- Updated The Last Breath to fix some clipping issues
- Updated the localization files
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Voting on the most recent map contest at TF2Maps.net is now on! Your help is needed to determine the top three of the 27 entries. With all sorts of interesting dynamic elements available in these maps you should download them and give them a play and vote for your favorite. All the details, and a trailer, are available on the contest website.
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Six players, six pans, and various food items. Mix. You've got the recipe for competition in this new Ready Steady Pan tournament. There are some ground rules in addition to pans but you probably stopped reading at "pan" and started organizing your teams.
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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)- Fatal engine errors are now written to the server log file
- Added sv_lowedict_threshold and sv_lowedict_action which allow the engine to take action before running out of free edicts
- Possible values for sv_lowedict_action are: 0 - no action, 1 - warn to log file, 2 - attempt to restart the game, if applicable, 3 - restart the map, 4 - go to the next map in the map cycle
- Added The Sneaky Spats of Sneaking
- Added new promotional items
- Added koth_badlands to eligible quickplay maps
- Added changelevel_next server command which changes to the next map in the map cycle
- Added mp_restartgame_immediate ConVar which has the same effect as mp_restartgame without a delay
- Fixed The Manmelter using the wrong muzzle flash effect
- Fixed The Frying Pan not being positioned correctly for some classes
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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 older replays/demos not correctly displaying certain particle systems
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http://www.teamfortress.com/images/posts/smncXtf2.jpg Steam Trading welcomes its latest partner: Super Monday Night Combat. Two new SMNC hats are available in Team Fortress 2, and two TF2 outfits are available in Super Monday Night Combat.
The guys at Uber produced a video to explain exactly what this means.
The world just became a nicer place.
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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 The Fruit Shoot
- Fixed a rendering error affecting sticky bomb particle effects
- Updated the main menu message notification system
- Updated the Frying Pan so it can also be equipped by the Scout, Sniper, Medic, Heavy, and Pyro
- Updated pl_thundermountain
- Fixed a build-in-spawn exploit in the Blue spawn room for stage 2
- Community request
- SetForcedTauntCam player input now accepts a value of 2 to allow the taunt camera to remain even while the player is dead
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Wireplay's Highlander's new 9v9 league is nearing the signup deadline. Weapons are currently undecided, however, most unlocks will be available and all players are encouraged to vote on maps to be played. Signups close Friday, May 4 and the festivities kick off proper on May 14.
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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 a problem that allowed malicious clients to disable the "ping" and "status" commands for other connected clients
- Added The Toss-Proof Towel
- Fixed a bug that caused many avatar images to not show up in the scoreboard
- Fixed the Sharpened Volcano Fragment not igniting players
- Fixed damage to buildings applying on-hit effects such as the Übersaw charge
- Fixed Sticky Jumper stickybombs changing team when air-blasted
- Fixed large floating point values getting truncated in WebAPI responses
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- Community request
- Added SetForcedTauntCam player input for map makers to place the player into third-person
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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 server crash caused by the Loch-n-Load
- Fixed the Spy-cicle's fireproof attribute not working
- Fixed the Quick-Fix's 'immunity to movement-impairing effects' attribute not being honored by the Pyro's airblast
- Fixed the Quick-Fix not maintaining overhealed health
- Fixed health drain happening faster for players with health above the normal overheal amount for their class
- Fixed unusual particle effects not displaying correctly for the Pyro's Head Warmer
- Updated the Black Rose so it can be traded
- Updated the Ghastly Gibus
- Added LODs for all classes
- Fixed the position on the Sniper
- Updated the vote system
- Vote caller history is now tracked by SteamID to prevent vote cooldown exploits
- Fixed players being able to disconnect before a successful kickvote to avoid being banned
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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 server crash exploit related to audio buffer overruns
- Fixed server crash caused by using changelevel2
- Updated console logging system to minimize opening and closing of files, greatly improving performance under certain conditions
- Additional improvements for client/server stability
- Added the Texas Half-Pants and the Bolt Action Blitzer
- Updated the Teufort Tooth Kicker so it can also be equipped by the Engineer
- Updated the Scrap Pack so it can now be crafted, gift-wrapped, and traded
- Updated the Short Circuit
- Fixed projectiles not being cleared if they were blocked by buildings or other projectiles
- Fixed not incrementing the "How the Pests Was Gunned" achievement for destroyed stickies
- Fixed being able to place buildings in nobuild zones
- Fixed Red team Pyros being able to grief teammates by attacking them with the flamethrower and then switching to team Spectator during the attack
- Added the ability to remove Strange parts via the Restore button in the backpack
- Added the ability to reset scores on Strange items via the Restore button in the backpack
- Crates now display their series number in the backpack view
- Added new "tf_hud_no_crosshair_on_scope_zoom" to the Advanced Options menu
- Fixed using the "inspect" command to Spy-check teammates
- Fixed the Bazaar Bargain increasing its head count while shooting at ÜberCharged enemies
- Fixed defense buffs reducing crush and telefrag damage
- Fixed a bug that would cause Medics to reduce the health of heal targets if the target had earned more health than their normally allowed max overheal
- The Cozy Camper’s description now correctly reflects the actual speed reduction while scoped and is now applied correctly when using the Huntsman (speed for the other rifles remains unchanged)
- Add the object entindex to the object_deflected game event
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Just in case you weren't sure that there are some really talented players in Team Fortress 2, Epsilon Team put together a great frag
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Despite my continued efforts to better you by yelling at you through a microphone to do better, it is often difficult -- and thus disheartening -- to figure out if any of you damp piles of mulch are actually improving.
I found the answer, in all places, in one of the insipid gun-themed women's magazines Miss Pauling leaves lying around, where I stumbled on an article about self-improvement. It was a revelation: Instead of screaming at you to improve, I could scream at you while you improved yourselves.
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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 daily periodic reward hats for duel wins, map stamp purchases, and gifts given
- Updated YouTube replay publishing functionality to automatically include a link to the uploader's Steam Community profile
- Did not update the localization files that did not need updating
- Updated cp_gullywash_final1
- Removed ladders that looked like they could be climbed
- Note missed from last week's update:
- Updated the in-game tips with community submitted versions
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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 The Waxy Wayfinder
- Added a new promotional item
- Added Strange Parts that can be used to upgrade existing Strange-quality weapons
- Updated The Cozy Camper to allow it to be used in Medieval Mode
- Double-clicking on a tool in the backpack view will now use that tool
- Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause weapons dropped after death to render with incorrect skins
- Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause The Manmelter to display incorrect kill icons
- Fixed a bug that would cause certain in-game notification sounds to play even if "cl_notifications_show_ingame" was false
- Fixed a bug that would cause chat-text strange weapon rank up notifications to sometimes display player names as "unknown"
- Increased Steam Workshop item description to 8000 characters
- Updated arena_ravine
- Minor visual and performance improvements
- Updated cp_well
- Performance improvements
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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 IP bans not applying to RCON access
- Added The Cozy Camper
- Added a new TF2 sub-forum: Competitive Team Play and League discussion
- Fixed Solider buffs and rage meters not always being reset
- Updated The Black Rose so it can be gift wrapped
- Updated The Phlogistinator:
- Fixed a bug where Mmmph-crit flames could cause Mmmph to build fast enough to allow it to be infinitely chained
- Direct damage reduced by 10%. Afterburn damage is unchanged
- Crit buff time lowered from 12 seconds to 10 seconds
- Updated arena_nucleus
- Fixed z-fighting bug on lower platform
- Community Requests
- Added player_carryobject and player_dropobject game events
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You like Team Fortress, we like Team Fortress, let's play some Team Fortress together! Developers from things such as Minecraft, Skyrim, and Team Fortress, unite with community personalities in a mix up match up battle for charity supporting Child's Play. There's a number of free slots available to be won. If you're interested in joining the match, stop by the TF2 Mixup site and donate! All the specifics are available on the Mixup Match 4 site.
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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 The Nine-Pipe Problem
- Added hud_fastswitch to the Advanced Options dialog
- Fixed a commentary string that referenced the Soldier instead of the Heavy
- Fixed a client crash that could occur when a server used SetCustomModel to change the player model
- Fixed a crash that could occur while trying to get The Argyle Sap achievement
- General improvements to client stability
- Updated the Spirit of Giving so it can have a custom name applied to it
- Updated the map arena_well
- Updated the skybox
- Made some miscellaneous material improvements
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Starting today, March 2, ESEA is offering up full coverage of the ESEA Season 10 LAN Finals live from Dallas, Texas, where the remainder of the season's $80,000 prize pool will be awarded! Coverage includes Counter-Strike 1.6, Counter-Strike Source, and of course, Team Fortress 2.
The broadcast schedule can be found on ESEA.net. Streams are available on ESEA.net, ESEA News, and Twitch.tv Hub. The ESEA Orange channel is dedicated to Team Fortress 2 and will feature commentator eXtine.
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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 The Teufort Tooth Kicker
- Fixed being able to call server votes for training maps
- Fixed a case where capturing a point in overtime would end the round before time could be added
- Fixed not hearing the third-person weapon sounds for The Gloves of Running Urgently, The Overdose, and The Wrap Assassin
- Fixed unusual particles appearing in the wrong place for the Desert Marauder
- Improved bot behaviors
- Updated cp_mountainlab
- Fixed several clipping issues
- Updated the gamehaptics file:
- Added draw/swing/stab forces to the Black Rose
- Added missing forces for Three Rune Blade
- Added more detail to butterfly knife draw forces
- Modified Overdose recoil force to more accurately reflect new sound effect
- Refined Huntsman & Minigun recoil forces
- Refined Jarate throw force
- Refined Syringe Gun crit recoil forces
- Arquivos de localização atualizados
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Season one of Highlander was a huge success with over 300 teams signing up for the league. How better to follow up? Season two! Sign-ups are open for this next season of Highlander at ETF2L. Better get your team together as signups close March 11 and the season starts Sunday, March 18.
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It's been pointed out to us that there's a regularly updated comic series running on Deviant Art by "spacerocketbunny" called "Be Efficient Be Polite." We're booking the rest of the afternoon off so we can catch up and read it all.
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What is ET: Legacy?
Project home: https://sourceforge.net/p/etlegacy/
ET: Legacy is a version of Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory (based on its open-sourced code). The main goal of this project is to fix bugs, remove old dependencies and make it playable on all major OSes while still remaining compatible with the ET 2.60b version and as many mods as possible.
What's the difference between ET:L and, for example, OpenWolf, ET:Xreal or raedwulf-et? As mentioned above, ET:L tries to maintain compatibility with ET 2.60b and its mods (tested so far: NoQuarter 1.2.9 and ETPub). Unlike me, people working on those projects know what they are doing, they are professionals. I'm not. They want to create a new better ET, I just want to make the old ET better.
This project started a few days ago by forking raedwulf-et at revision 24ca3ade888b.
Warning !!!
This is an alpha quality software. It contains many bugs - some known, some not yet found. Do not replace your W:ET binaries with the ones you download from here. Instead unpack the directory to some other location and copy pak0.pk3, pak1.pk3, pak2.pk3, mp_bin.pk3, etkey (if you want to keep XP) and maps from your W:ET installation there.
Version history
2.70 (alpha 2)
ALT+TAB minimizes the game
sound now works correctly on Windows and SDL is linked dynamically
fixed key binding on international keyboards
disabled OpenAL
2.70 (alpha)
switched from etmaster.idsoftware.com to etmaster.net
compatibility with NoQuarter 1.2.9
ported etkey generation from ioquake
updated CURL lib to the latest version available
resolved about a 1000 compiler warnings (still a few hundreds left)
removed some useless and deprecated code (a lot more to go)
all the fixes and improvements made by raedwulf (move from deprecated platform specific code to SDL, sound fix on linux, etc.)
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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:
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