Alright, this update is a biggie. There were several updates made to Team Fortress 2, along with the map Dustbowl. There were also a few changes made to the Source Engine and SourceTV, although they were not as major.
- Team Fortress 2
- Sudden Death mode is now a server option (a convar) and defaults to OFF
- Sapped buildings now take slightly less damage from the Spy who sapped them
- The Medic's Medigun now charges at an increased rate during Setup time, to remove the need for self-damage grinding
- Fixed an rcon/console command that could cause server crashes
- Prevented players from playing the "civilian" class
- Prevented players from hiding their name in the scoreboard
- Fixed exploit where the Medigun UberCharge wouldn't drain if you switched weapons
- Fixed decals not being correctly applied to the world in some cases
- Fixed critical bullet tracers not being visible to players other than the firer
- Fixed first person spectator view of the Spy watch not showing the correct cloak value
- Fixed the teleporter's player shaped particles not drawing
- Fixed the flamethrower stuttering when firing directly into a building
- Fixed a rare crash that can happen when a player being healed leaves the server suddenly
- Fixed rocket trail effects sometimes existing permanently in world
- Added effects to players when they earn an achievement, visible to other players nearby
- Tweaked achievement HUD fonts and color palette for more readability
- Improved stat gathering for map play times to increase accuracy
- Improved stat gathering around draws to better understand why they're occurring
- Fixed occasional misreporting of syringe gun & fireaxe damage distances to the stats system
- Fixed an occasional crash caused by an achievement not being found during a game announcement
Dustbowl
- Now waits until either team wins fully before changing to another map on server timelimit expiring
- Teams now score a point per captured control point, rather than per sub round
- Prevented Demomen being able to launch grenades into the stage three alleys while standing at the final cap point
- Fixed gaps in stage gates that allowed snipers to kill defenders during setup
- Fixed several model and brush perch exploits in stage three
- Added stair access to the upper area in stage three after the first cap
- Limited line-of-sight at the first control point in stage 3 to remove a griefable sniper spot
Source Engine
- Fixed some audio buffer support issues with Vista
- WorldVertexTransition under dxlevel 80 + 81 now correctly uses vertex alpha to blend the two textures
- Improved the console in the graphical UI version of the dedicated server
SourceTV
- Relay proxies can now record demos now with tv_autorecord 1
- Fixed an interpolation code bug during demo playback that was resulting in view jitter
- Added several TF specific game events to SourceTV auto director logic
- Increased the average shot length by 2 seconds
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