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Team Fortress 2 Official PC Thread. SO. WORTH. IT.

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MNC

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Cheeto said:
It's up. Join whenever, I'll be on a little later.
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Javaman

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You're the man Cheeto!

Edit: Update is a gogogo.

[-]May 21, 2009 - Team Fortress 2 Update Released

Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Maps


Added new map, Pipeline. Pipeline is the first map in a new game mode named payload race, which uses two carts in each map instead of only one like traditional payload maps

Added new arena map Sawmill

Added new arena map Nucleus

Added new community payload map Hoodoo


Sniper Changes

Added new sniper rifle replacement, The Huntsman. Instead of a sniper rifle, you have a bow that allows you to move around faster while firing, and fire more quickly than the sniper rifle. Works better at medium range than the standard rifle

Added new SMG replacement, Jarate. If thrown on an enemy they will take more damage for short period of time. Also extinguishes flames on yourself or allies

Added new SMG replacement, The Razorback. Will protect you against a single spy backstab, and stun the spy for a short period of time. Comes with a 15% move speed penalty for the wearer

Standard sniper rifle now shoots through friendly players

Added 54 new Sniper voice lines

Added 35 new Sniper achievements


Spy

Added new revolver replacement, The Ambassador. First shot is very accurate and will cause a critical hit if it hits an enemy's head. Accuracy is poor for a period after that

Added new watch replacement, the Dead Ringer. When armed, you will appear in all ways to die to the first damage you take from an enemy. You'll be cloaked for 8 second after taking this damage. Upon de-cloaking you'll make a loud, distinct sound
Added new watch replacement, the Cloak and Dagger. Your cloak meter is only depleted when you move, so you can stay invisible indefinitely if you're standing still

Spy name tags now show up properly when disguised as their own team

Fixed a bug that would cause spectators to see disguise weapons incorrectly

Fixed a bug where enemy spies disguised as friendly spies would have cigarettes that didn't burn

Fixed a bug where overhealing disguised spies would show the wrong overhealing amount to the medic

Made it more obvious on first person view model when your motion cloak is out of juice and you are partially visible

Also made it more obvious on first person view model when you're bumped while cloaked

Improved the way your disguise weapon is determined to make it clearer and fix a couple of rare issues

Spies disguised as enemy spies now get a random mask to help complete the disguise, and their target id will be set appropriately

Spies disguised as medics now have an Ubercharge: line in their disguise target info

Spies outward facing "disguise health" now matches their disguise target when they first apply the disguise

Spies can now pick up health kits for their "disguise health", even when uninjured

Disguise UI doesn't show up in minimum UI mode (hud_minmode)

Spies that disguise as a player using an unlockable now show that unlockable in hand

Spies can now use enemy teleporters

Added 70 new Spy voice lines

Added 34 new Spy achievements


Scoreboard changes

Dominations no longer get wiped when teams switch sides

Dead players draw slightly darker in scoreboard

Converted class labels to class icons

All players now display the total number of people they are dominating


General

Fixed a bug that would cause the scout's ball to regenerate at inappropriate times

Demomen can now detonate their stickies while taunting

Flamethrower's air burst now extinguishes fire on friendly targets

Grenades and rockets deflected by a pyro under the effects of Kritzkrieg will now be criticals

The Heavy and Sniper now have new custom death animations

Fixed payload HUD not updating properly if you join in the middle of a match and the cart isn't moving

Engineer's dispensers now give 20%, 30%, or 40% of player's max_ammo (for each ammo type) on each use, based on the level of the dispenser

Added -sillygibs commandline parameter which will allow the non-violent gibs to be enabled

Added a new taunt for the Kritzkrieg, which also heals for 10 points

Improved the deathcam camera handling used when a player plays a custom death animation
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1-D_FTW

Member
I'm getting invalid water on Cheetos. I don't think it's gonna work.

EDIT: Character loadouts say no items found. So I assume that means the achievements have been abandoned.
 
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Hitokage

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MNC said:
Weapons are not obtained through achievements. You find them, like loot.
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Find once, spawn with forever?


Also...
Spies disguised as enemy spies now get a random mask to help complete the disguise, and their target id will be set appropriately
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That fixes disguise as spy.
Spies disguised as medics now have an Ubercharge: line in their disguise target info
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Fixes disguise as medic.
Spies can now use enemy teleporters
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Ok, wtf...
Engineer's dispensers now give 20%, 30%, or 40% of player's max_ammo (for each ammo type) on each use, based on the level of the dispenser
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BOO :(
 
I

Iadien

Guarantee I'm going to screw up this post? Yeah.
"Standard sniper rifle now shoots through friendly players"
"Flamethrower's air burst now extinguishes fire on friendly targets"

woo.
 
S

Sibylus

Banned
I was going to switch to the Backburner for once, but now I don't want to :lol

Also, can we get somebody to update the Opening Post with the major servers Gaf frequents? Searching the thread isn't a very good solution.
 
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Hazaro

relies on auto-aim
PillowKnight said:
I was handicapped! Although, I don't think I could beat you even if I weren't...maybe if I still played as often as I used to.
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You swayed the tide on granary. I don't see you on very often anymore.
 
undrtakr900

undrtakr900

Member
Well this sucks, I had to work today(er...yesterday) its the first time I missed a character update =(, well I'm reinstalling TF2 now. But geez reading the responses on the forums about the new unlock system is crazy it can't be that bad right?:lol
 
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Proven

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Oh jeez, I just found out that the whole reason why I couldn't connect to the GAF server was because I kept typing in the ip address wrong. Oh well, I'll favorite it now.
 
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Oreoleo

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Firestorm said:
It's hard to coordinate on weekdays. I think Saturday might work best if we start a bit earlier (say 5PM?)
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I don't really like the sound of that (Time-wise I mean. Saturday would be fine). It seems like later at night always works out better. Especially now that it's summer.
 
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Proven

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Orellio said:
I don't really like the sound of that (Time-wise I mean. Saturday would be fine). It seems like later at night always works out better. Especially now that it's summer.
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You have to worry about Euro GAF, where prime time for us is midnight and later for them.
 
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Ramenman

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Proven said:
You have to worry about Euro GAF, where prime time for us is midnight and later for them.
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It's not like all of TF2-gaf can play on one server anyway, so just let the gathering last 12 hours and every region of the world can play it one after the other.
 
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firex

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damn, this is annoying. I like the update overall for the mechanics it changed with the game, but what's frustrating for me is every server I connect to now, things go smoothly and then some kind of problem happens. Either 1) I get booted off due to some VAC connection lost thing or 2) the server "isn't connected to Steam" so I can't change my loadout. Which is annoying since I want to use the flare gun as pyro and obviously want to try any new sniper/spy unlocks I might get. Although since the servers aren't connected to Steam, they're probably not dropping any new weapons I don't already have.
 
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speedpop

Has problems recognising girls
The only way to fix those connection to Steam problems is to try another server. There are a few servers in my favourites list where it doesn't work, and others where everything is fine.
 
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firex

Member
I keep hopping between servers and it never seems to work. oh well.

I think I'm going to finally try arena mode. since right now, playing the game normally is a bit stupid since every team has tons of either spy/sniper, or both, arena will be fun since maps like dustbowl turn into deathmatch anyway.
 
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Proven

Member
What's probably happening is that the servers that are working correctly are the ones that are filling up, because they are working correctly and people can try their unlocks.

I had the same problem as you though. For the first hour or two last night I could only find borked servers and had to make do, despite wanting to counter with the Flare gun so badly. Once I did get to use it, though, I went on a Flare spree and was hitting everything from Snipers to Scouts (Pipeline's stage B tunnel is such a good funnel).
 
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Oreoleo

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Proven said:
You have to worry about Euro GAF, where prime time for us is midnight and later for them.
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That's a problem without a solution. Even if Euro-GAF wants to play with USA-GAF, lag will always be at least a little bit of a problem on top of the time issue. I'd love for everyone to be able to play together, but it's just not realistically attainable.
 
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firex

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I finally did find some good servers. I guess I just needed to wait until the afternoon for people to wake up and update their servers.

I did try out arena mode, though, and it's way better than it was when I tried it during the heavy pack (I think?) when it was first introduced.
 
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1-D_FTW

Member
Orellio said:
That's a problem without a solution. Even if Euro-GAF wants to play with USA-GAF, lag will always be at least a little bit of a problem on top of the time issue. I'd love for everyone to be able to play together, but it's just not realistically attainable.
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Assuming Cheeto is gonna keep the server running, why is this even an issue? East coasters who don't wanna start at 11 PM can jump on whenever they want. You don't wanna play that early, wait. Just like those who don't wanna wait, can play. Everyone is happy.
 
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SyNapSe

Member
the pyro blast putting out the flames is a great idea in theory. Haven't played yet :)
It helps with the Pyro as team player but not single dominator role. A Med/pyro rush in a cramped area can destroy but if a enemy pyro decides to sacrifice himself/all his ammo if he doesn't die he can save a bunch of people in some situations.

I'm gonna jump in here in a bit and feel out the new updates, I'm sure spy/snipers ahoy. I just joined the Neogaf group, didn't realize it was there before.
 
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Median

Member
So I'm trying to connect to the Cheeto's server but I keep getting this error:

Server is enforcing consistency for the following file: particles/water_dx80.pcf

Any ideas?

EDIT: Whelp, sounds like it's either a problem with my install or the servers haven't updated yet. I'll try again later.
 
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Soule

Member
Median said:
So I'm trying to connect to the Cheeto's server but I keep getting this error:

Server is enforcing consistency for the following file: particles/water_dx80.pcf

Any ideas?

EDIT: Whelp, sounds like it's either a problem with my install or the servers haven't updated yet. I'll try again later.
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I think if you restart steam it'll download an update for that
 
H

Hazaro

relies on auto-aim
Played for 30 minutes, got Jarate which I surprisingly like so far. Great on payloads at least.
Played another 30 got another flaregun. Rest of some what 3-4 hours I got nothing.

HooDoo is my new favorite map, great stuff.
Once more people learn the map it'll be really nice. (Despite what the score is we had lost like 8/10 of the past games :lol )

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firex

Member
I really like Hoodoo and Pipeline, and I even like the Sawmill arena map.

I'm starting to learn to play spy a lot better. I still make bad mistakes every once in awhile, but as I'm learning, I'm getting better at surviving and killing.
 
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speedpop

Has problems recognising girls
With the new compression blast ability I'm finding myself as a Pyro sticking to my team much more than I would in the past. It's a bit of a thankless job to be blowing my team out of fire but at least it keeps the average Medics from running towards health at the first sign of trouble.

Love Hoodoo. Offensive Engineer on that is a lot of fun due to the amount of blind spots. Have only tried Pipeline once but I enjoyed it.
 
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SyNapSe

Member
this may sound dumb, but how do you find the new drops/unlockables? Are they literally laying on the ground or does it just pop up saying "You found X"?

I haven't seen anything yet
 
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