Team Fortress 2 patched

Valve has released a sizable update for Team Fortress 2. The latest patch, now available on Steam, includes a number of fixes, gameplay changes and some minor enhancements. Check out the lengthy patch notes after the jump.

Valve has released a sizable update for Team Fortress 2. The latest patch, now available on Steam, includes a number of fixes, gameplay changes and some minor enhancements.

Patch notes:

Team Fortress 2

• Added new community map cp_freight
• Added missing physics models for several items
• Added jiggle bones to the Sam & Max items, and The Buff Banner
• Added Crit-a-Cola

Dedicated Server

• Linux optimizations.
• Fixed Linux servers not relisting correctly after a master server restart
• Fixed a case where servers could have “ghost” players consuming player slots

Engine

• Marked the “snd_show” convar as a cheat

Gameplay Changes

• Pyro changes
  
  • Flamethrower direct damage reduced 20%.
  • Burn duration reduced (10 -> 6 seconds).
  • Airblast re-fire delay reduced by 25%.
  • Airblast ammo usage reduced by 20%.
  • All reflected rockets/grenades/arrows now mini-crit.
  • Airblasting enemies into environmental deaths now awards the death credit to the Pyro.
• Heavy changes
  
  • Minigun spin-up/down time reduced by 25%
  • Minigun firing movement speed increased to just under half-normal (from 80 to 110).
  • Throwing a sandvich to a teammate now earns a full bonus point (was half a point).
• Bonk! changes
  
  • Post-use movement penalty removed.
  • Now has a re-use cooldown time, like The Sandman.
• The Chargin’ Target changes
  
  • Direct charge hit now does 50 damage + 10 per head (up to 5 heads).
  • Capped the turn rate from +left and +right while charging.
• The Huntsman changes
  
  • Removed restriction that arrows need to be aimed before they can be lit by a Pyro.
  • Bow can now be lowered without losing the lit arrow.
  • Changed bow so you can start charging it while you’re jumping, but you can’t fire until you’re on the ground.
  • Fixed bug where flame effect would get stuck on if you change weapons with a lit arrow.
• Backpack changes
  
  • Moved Crafting button out to the root class/backpack selection panel.
  • Dragging and dropping items in your backpack now makes appropriate sounds.
• Bot changes
  
  • Bots don’t retreat to gather health as readily if they are in combat.
  • Bots no longer retreat when moving to block a point capture.
  • Bots should now equip an appropriate combat weapon and fight while moving to collect health.
  • Bots who are roaming the map and hunting now chase down their victims, following them around corners.
  • Bots That fire projectiles (ie: rockets/grenades/etc) don’t hold down their fire button for a minimum time. This was causing Soldier bots to fire rockets into nearby walls as they strafed, killing themselves.
  • Soldiers bots now switch to their shotgun after firing all four rockets when engaging an enemy.
  • Added a few more bot names from community suggestions.
  • Fixed a behavior loop with Engineer metal gathering.
• The Sandman change
  
  • Added a slight speed reduction to stunned players.
• Community requests
  
  • Added ConVars log_verbose_enable and log_verbose_interval to report player positions in the server log at regular intervals
    
    • log_verbose_enable default: 0
    • log_verbose_interval default: 3 secs
  • “Last-weapon” initialization on respawn now sets itself to be the melee weapon if you don’t have a selectable secondary weapon (like The Razorback).

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an case where The Gunboats didn’t apply their damage reduction properly.
• The amount count in the HUD now flashes red when you’re low on ammo.
• Extinguishing a burning teammate now earns a full bonus point (was half a point).
• Fixed a permanent overheal exploit involving dispensers.
• Fixed a bug in spectator mode where the user aborted out of freezecam, setup a spec mode (like IN_EYE), and would then have the setting stomped after the freezecam timer expired.
• Fixed bug with disguised spy sometimes seeing his own name in the disguise status HUD.
• Fixed a client crash that could result from players with arrows embedded in them.
• Fixed items that can be worn by any class having the wrong model when worn by a disguised Spy.
• Added missing map prefixes to server browser game types.
• Killing yourself with your own sentry no longer increments the sentry’s kill counter.
• Fixed dropped hats sometimes having the wrong team color.
• Fixed crit-boosted players not getting critical hits if their weapon has custom no-crit behavior.
• Fixed the achievement dialog taking a long time to pop up, and completed achievements now sort to the bottom of the list.
• Fixed Spies disguised as Medics hearing the autocaller sound.

Via [Steam]