Tf2 Update Along with Source Engine

[CSN NewsBot]

A big ol' update was released tonight for Team Fortress 2, SourceTV, and the Source engine. The list of changes are numerous and you can find them all below.

Source Engine


• Fixed a bug in networking that would cause long stalls (up to 10 seconds) when a split packet would not be reassembled properly, which forced a full update to all clients
  
  
• General optimization to tracelines
  
  
• Fix for broken .dem file playback
  
  
• Added backward compatibility code to allow demos recorded with protocol 12 to continue to be playable under protocol version 13
  
  
• When showing "WARNING: Connection Problem", now indicate the number of seconds remaining before an auto-disconnect will occur
  
  
• Fixed a bug that would cause NULLNAME to be shown as the player's name in the scoreboard for a short time

[break="a metric ton of map changes for tf2; sourcetv changes"]

Team Fortress 2


• Fixed exploit where spectators could spawn into the world without actually joining a team
  
  
  
  Hydro map changes
  
  
• Fixed an exploit that would allow players to jump out of the map
  
  
  
  Granary map changes
  
  
• Cover changes to the first capture points of both teams. Reduces some of the sight lines for defenders, and should make the area easier to capture
  
  
• Teams that are holding more points will receive a greater spawn time bonus (spawn timer reduced for the winning team). This should help attacking teams build momentum
  
  
• Minor visual tweaks to the BLU side between capture points 2 and 3
  
  
• Clipped off a super high (demo pipe jump) perch in the middle area
  
  
• Increased base round timer to 10 minutes
  
  
• Added windows overlooking the final cap from the capture point 2 building (via new room next to conveyor route)
  
  
• Minor changes to lighting in the middle area
  
  
• Moved the middle spawn points farther forward (saves 6-7 seconds off a Heavy's run from this spawn to enemy capture point 2)
  
  
• Reduced spawn advantage/penalty to a total of -/+ 6 seconds when on the final cap (from 10 seconds)
  
  
• Fixed material alignment and model interpenetration issues in home spawn rocket rooms
  
  
  
  SourceTV
  
  
• Increased default bandwidth rate from 5 to 8 KB/sec for spectator clients
  
  
• Increased SourceTV demo buffer size for table class descriptions from 64 to 96KB. Team Fortress 2 was running over this
  
  
• Performance improvement for copying unreliable data buffers to SourceTV clients
  
  
• Updated the list of events in TF2 tagged for the director to play

[meowmeow]

I'm likin these massive TF2 updates, and this is like what.. the 4th random update this week? Kudos to you Valve, kudos to you.

[kerosine99]

I like that they're not just fixing bugs no one has heard of, but are actually making significant changes to how a map flows and plays.