Team Fortress 2 - A large update the size of a small update

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Baron von Eevl: Jan 24, 2005; WHITE NOISE
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Make it like what some PLR servers do in overtime and have both carts just creep forward constantly, with touching the cart making it speed up but no way to stop it or have it go backwards. Then have it be first to 5 caps or whatever.

# ? May 31, 2022 19:35

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# ? May 29, 2024 23:03

Baron von Eevl: Jan 24, 2005; WHITE NOISE
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Honestly though I feel like Banana Bay is just the final perfect version of hightower, the way doublecross is to 2fort.

# ? May 31, 2022 19:39

drrockso20: May 6, 2013; Has Not Actually Done Cocaine

Baron von Eevl posted:

Honestly though I feel like Banana Bay is just the final perfect version of hightower, the way doublecross is to 2fort.

Doublecross is one of the best maps in the game that is hampered by the game mode it's attached to, since CTF has incredibly dumb rules in TF2 that makes it all but unplayable outside of 24/7 servers, though I'm not sure it would work in any other Mode without having to alter the map design as well besides maybe Player Destruction or maybe Robot Destruction if Valve were to ever actually do anything with that one

# ? May 31, 2022 21:22

Baron von Eevl: Jan 24, 2005; WHITE NOISE
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I've said it before and I'll say it again, Doublecross is 60% of a great 5cp map. Put the shed from Harvest in the middle of the bridge and put a point there, and then add 1 and 5 somewhere in there behind the bases, bada bing bada boom

# ? Jun 1, 2022 04:38

drrockso20: May 6, 2013; Has Not Actually Done Cocaine

Baron von Eevl posted:

I've said it before and I'll say it again, Doublecross is 60% of a great 5cp map. Put the shed from Harvest in the middle of the bridge and put a point there, and then add 1 and 5 somewhere in there behind the bases, bada bing bada boom

Or could just widen the middle of the bridge a bit and turn it into a KOTH map(probably also delete/wall off the Intelligence Rooms and most of the Courtyards since they wouldn't have a point now)

Also it's funny you mention turning it into a 5CP map, cause apparently it was originally going to be a 5CP map before they went with CTF, which makes sense since in many respects the map design is closer to a 5CP one than it is to the other five CTF maps in the game

# ? Jun 1, 2022 04:57

Annointed: Mar 2, 2013

I still hate how extremely overpriced the weapon bundles are. It's practically robbery when you can get every weapon at once all for less than a dollar.

Annointed fucked around with this message at 11:13 on Jun 1, 2022

# ? Jun 1, 2022 08:32

Gravitas Shortfall: Jul 17, 2007; Utility is seven-eighths Proximity.

all of TF2's monetisation is loving awful

# ? Jun 1, 2022 09:26

drrockso20: May 6, 2013; Has Not Actually Done Cocaine

Both TF2 Classic and Open Fortress have made themselves available to download again, in both cases because after the initial announcements from both regarding Valve asking them to take them down and to potentially negotiate releasing both as official mods late last year, Valve then proceeded to completely ignore any attempts at contacting them from either team since then so both decided they were tired of waiting and have reopened downloads

# ? Jun 1, 2022 10:59

Xander77: Apr 6, 2009; Fuck it then. For another pit sandwich and some 'tater salad, I'll post a few more.

https://twitter.com/LazyandPurple/status/1529897191191420928

# ? Jun 2, 2022 01:14

Otacon: Aug 13, 2002

Holy smokes, TF2 updated more than localization files

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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 an exploit related to clearing the in-game text chat

Fixed an exploit where players could use sv_cheats on secure servers

Fixed an exploit where players could teleport back to their own spawn by changing loadout/class while touching the other team's No Entry gate

Fixed an exploit with the Huntsman in which a player could change loadout to negate the speed debuff when charged

Fixed an exploit with the Ap-Sap where players could spam noises

Fixed an exploit where dispensers could heal through glass on some maps

Fixed an exploit where a Spy could disguise and create an invisible bullet blocking shield at their feet

Fixed laggy animations on Halloween bosses, skeletons, ghosts and other ghoul-like beings

Fixed the Spy using incorrect disguise weapons when disguising as Soldier, Pyro, Heavy or Engineer with no member of the same class on the opposing team

Fixed projectiles sometimes colliding with teammates too early/late

Fixed being able to change names during a matchmaking game

Fixed some HUD images being blurry when using low texture settings

Fixed the Spy's feigned deaths with the Dead Ringer not showing up in the matchmaking quick team status bar

Fixed %killername% and other placeholder names sometimes showing up on the kill cam and stats screen

Re-enabled ability for servers to send disconnect reasons to clients
Added ConVar net_disconnect_reason to use the disconnect reason sent from the client

Removed Headgear option from the Mann Co. Catalog dropdown list

Updated vote system:
Both teams can have a kick vote running at the same time
Can have a global vote running at the same time as a kick vote
Fixed sometimes not being able to vote on maps at the end of the round

Updated the El Fiestibrero to fix a problem with the model

Updated/Added some tournament medals

Updated the localization files

https://www.teamfortress.com/?tab=updates

# ? Jun 22, 2022 15:48

girl dick energy: Sep 30, 2009; You think you have the wherewithal to figure out my puzzle vagina?

A good first step, but it's entirely possible this could be all they do.

# ? Jun 22, 2022 15:56

Oxygenpoisoning: Feb 21, 2006

girl dick energy posted:

A good first step, but it's entirely possible this could be all they do.

�Man, TF2ers are mad at us. What should we do?�

�Roll out some of fixes mastercoms sent us back in 2018. No one will know the difference.�

# ? Jun 22, 2022 17:46

Roth: Jul 9, 2016

A friend was telling me that they had no bots last night but that feels way too soon to call

I don't enjoy randon crits though, so I'll prob stick to Uncletopia

# ? Jun 22, 2022 20:03

Ariong: Jun 25, 2012; Get bashed, platonist!

Roth posted:

A friend was telling me that they had no bots last night but that feels way too soon to call

I don't enjoy randon crits though, so I'll prob stick to Uncletopia

IIRC any major update will tank the number of bots for a bit as their software has to be updated to match the new version.

# ? Jun 22, 2022 20:46

drrockso20: May 6, 2013; Has Not Actually Done Cocaine

The changes to being able to rename yourself during games as well as the ones to voting should make a decent dent in their overall effectiveness though

# ? Jun 22, 2022 21:03

Jabor: Jul 16, 2010; #1 Loser at SpaceChem

Isn't this like the third time they tried to do that name fix?

Maybe it actually works this time.

# ? Jun 22, 2022 23:42

Jabor: Jul 16, 2010; #1 Loser at SpaceChem

Also I'm guessing the change to voting means you can't check whether the other team is actually voting to kick their bot.

# ? Jun 22, 2022 23:44

girl dick energy: Sep 30, 2009; You think you have the wherewithal to figure out my puzzle vagina?

Purely anecdotal, but it seems to be working so far. I'm back to getting my rear end kicked by real people.

# ? Jun 29, 2022 21:58

Warpy: May 24, 2003; "KABOOOOM!"

Casual seems pretty OK again. Just the rare random groups of rage (human) cheaters roaming around.

Saw a demoknight using crit on demand while aimbotting with an axe. Nobody really understood that he was cheating even after I tried to explain it.. I don't understand why crit on demand exploit/cheat is still not patched after all these years of it being a known issue.

# ? Jul 6, 2022 07:07

Annointed: Mar 2, 2013

Lazy I guess. What are players going to do about it tank Valve's stock's and sales?

# ? Jul 6, 2022 07:50

Otacon: Aug 13, 2002

This weekend I played for the first time in months, and hopped into casual hightower. First two rounds went great. Then 6-8 "players" joined at the exact same time, spammed chat messages about how we could not vote them out because there were so many of them, and linking a Discord channel to join so we could pay real money to get them to leave. They were all instant-headshot snipers.

Good luck Valve team working on this, you've got your work cut out for you.

# ? Jul 6, 2022 12:57

cerious: Aug 18, 2010

I haven't touched quickplay in months. I just play on uncletopia servers nowadays exclusively. It's nice not having to deal with bots or cheaters. I don't mind the random crits and bullet spread being turned off either.

# ? Jul 6, 2022 15:39

drrockso20: May 6, 2013; Has Not Actually Done Cocaine

Otacon posted:

This weekend I played for the first time in months, and hopped into casual hightower. First two rounds went great. Then 6-8 "players" joined at the exact same time, spammed chat messages about how we could not vote them out because there were so many of them, and linking a Discord channel to join so we could pay real money to get them to leave. They were all instant-headshot snipers.

Good luck Valve team working on this, you've got your work cut out for you.

Yeah they still exist but it's definitely an improvement

# ? Jul 6, 2022 19:59

Countblanc: Apr 20, 2005; _{Help a hero out!}

does anyone have that vid of the comp game where someone says "lets loving own these turds" in in-game voice chat

in exchange i offer the classic vid (cw n-word)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH_P4YqGYzc

# ? Jul 8, 2022 00:05