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Team Fortress 2 |OT4| Official Halo Thread of Polearms and High Fashion
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TheRedSnifit
Member
I've been wondering, how's the new Sodapopper stack up to the Force-a-Nature and Scattergun. I know it does a bit less damage than the FaN, but I'm wondering if the faster reload and not having your opponent get blasted away (and thereby increasing the second shot's damage) makes up for it.
The Artful Dodger
Member
Donhonk was uploading some new hats and stuff today, so I'm sure we'll see a post from him soon.
ZekeThePlumber
Member
Fuck yeah, localization files!
The Artful Dodger
Member
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released:
Edit: Also it wasn't in the patch notes, but apparently the Gunslinger got a buff and it only costs 70 metal to build a dispenser. Not sure if that's a glitch or intended since it's not in the patch notes.
A bunch of interesting things were found in the update today.
First off is that taunts are getting slots, you are going to be able to equip up to 8 taunts at a time. Makes sense with taunts coming to the workshop.
Next up is bread. Valve has been teasing bread for a long time (since the secret Lecture Valley page last April Fools Day) and they added bread models to the game that will act as weapons (though exactly how they are going to work is hard to say). These bread models they added:
Apparently the bread now occasionally spawns when using a teleporter.
There are also references to a bread monster in the code (possibly related to these bread weapons).
A long time ago the list of dialog Valve was planning for the 15 minute TF2 video they are working on got leaked in an update to SFM, and it included references to bread and a breadmonster, so we may be getting a long video from Valve with this update.
Other new things/code found in the update:
Moonbase
CTF(?) Mode with a power supply flag (models/props_moonbase/powersupply_flag.mdl )
Force fields
Unknown stuff
Kill combos
m_iMiniBombCounter
rd_team_score_bar
rd_team_score_intel
m_DeltaRedRobotScoreColor
m_DeltaBlueRobotScoreColor
resource/UI/notifications/notify_rd_robot_attacked_red.res
resource/UI/notifications/notify_rd_robot_attacked_blue.res
Rd = new gamemode?
New possible weapons
Tranquilizer (m_flSpyTranqBuffDuration)
Breadmonster Jarate
Throwing knife
Conc grenade
Teleport grenade
models/weapons/c_models/c_balloon_default.mdl
TF_WEAPON_SNIPERRIFLE_CLASSIC
Soldier land
Air strike
Mortar
Parachute
New attributes
mod_air_control attribute
a weapon that increases clip size on kill
mult_dmg_with_reduced_health
mult_postfiredelay_with_reduced_health
kill_combo_fire_rate_boost
mod_flamethrower_spinup_time
Mini rockets?
not even talking about bread stuff
edit: more in
#ItemSel_UTILITY Utility items
m_bCritOnHardHit (Special death type)
You can use parachute with sourcemod
next_disguise, prev_disguise
TF_WEAPON_SNIPERRIFLE_CLASSIC
mod_flamethrower_spinup_time
back_headshot
air_jump_on_attack
mult_sniper_charge_per_sec
mult_sniper_charge_per_sec_with_enemy_under_crossh air
sniper_beep_with_enemy_under_crosshair
sniper_crit_no_scope
sniper_penetrate_players_when_charged
Also someone found this line of code in the new update:
_GLOBAL__sub_I_tf_logic_robot_destruction_cpp
Apparently the new game mode RD is called Robot Destruction. Maybe a reverse MVM? Maybe something new entirely?
Looks like we're about to get a fairly major update.
A bunch of interesting things were found in the update today.
First off is that taunts are getting slots, you are going to be able to equip up to 8 taunts at a time. Makes sense with taunts coming to the workshop.
Next up is bread. Valve has been teasing bread for a long time (since the secret Lecture Valley page last April Fools Day) and they added bread models to the game that will act as weapons (though exactly how they are going to work is hard to say). These bread models they added:
Apparently the bread now occasionally spawns when using a teleporter.
There are also references to a bread monster in the code (possibly related to these bread weapons).
A long time ago the list of dialog Valve was planning for the 15 minute TF2 video they are working on got leaked in an update to SFM, and it included references to bread and a breadmonster, so we may be getting a long video from Valve with this update.
Other new things/code found in the update:
Moonbase
CTF(?) Mode with a power supply flag (models/props_moonbase/powersupply_flag.mdl )
Force fields
Unknown stuff
Kill combos
m_iMiniBombCounter
rd_team_score_bar
rd_team_score_intel
m_DeltaRedRobotScoreColor
m_DeltaBlueRobotScoreColor
resource/UI/notifications/notify_rd_robot_attacked_red.res
resource/UI/notifications/notify_rd_robot_attacked_blue.res
Rd = new gamemode?
New possible weapons
Tranquilizer (m_flSpyTranqBuffDuration)
Breadmonster Jarate
Throwing knife
Conc grenade
Teleport grenade
models/weapons/c_models/c_balloon_default.mdl
TF_WEAPON_SNIPERRIFLE_CLASSIC
Soldier land
Air strike
Mortar
Parachute
New attributes
mod_air_control attribute
a weapon that increases clip size on kill
mult_dmg_with_reduced_health
mult_postfiredelay_with_reduced_health
kill_combo_fire_rate_boost
mod_flamethrower_spinup_time
Mini rockets?
not even talking about bread stuff
edit: more in
#ItemSel_UTILITY Utility items
m_bCritOnHardHit (Special death type)
You can use parachute with sourcemod
next_disguise, prev_disguise
TF_WEAPON_SNIPERRIFLE_CLASSIC
mod_flamethrower_spinup_time
back_headshot
air_jump_on_attack
mult_sniper_charge_per_sec
mult_sniper_charge_per_sec_with_enemy_under_crossh air
sniper_beep_with_enemy_under_crosshair
sniper_crit_no_scope
sniper_penetrate_players_when_charged
Also someone found this line of code in the new update:
_GLOBAL__sub_I_tf_logic_robot_destruction_cpp
Apparently the new game mode RD is called Robot Destruction. Maybe a reverse MVM? Maybe something new entirely?
Looks like we're about to get a fairly major update.
If I was still playing this would be one of my favorite updates ever.
Gentleman Jack
Member
It's like they wait for Delfy to release a video before realizing oh hey maybe other engineer buildings have bad bugs in them.
But then again they never fixed getting diamondback crits from a scout using Bonk.
Wolf Akela
Member
I highly favor offensive Engie over defensive Engie, but mini Dispensers sound pointless unless it worked differently. Like, if you can throw it to build it, or if it quickly dispenses but also quickly runs out. Lv1 dispensers are already very slow.
little miss gogo
Member
I for one am very excited to finally see the bread.
SteveWinwood
Member
Regret Upon Approval
Member
"Flamethrower spin-up"
This interests me.
Also, bread weapons? I bet each class gets one as a melee weapon. Hm...
Spy gets baguette, Pyro gets the burnt toast, Sniper gets the bread ration.
There are 9 in that picture, a perfect match!
This interests me.
Also, bread weapons? I bet each class gets one as a melee weapon. Hm...
Spy gets baguette, Pyro gets the burnt toast, Sniper gets the bread ration.
There are 9 in that picture, a perfect match!
Wolf Akela
Member
Bread ration is totally for soldier.
Regret Upon Approval
Member
Rations seem like a Soldier thing, but Sniper is the one that actually camps out in hideouts and whatnot for long time periods.
I think a mini dispenser the engie wears on his back that slowly heals and supplies ammo to teammates and replaces his secondary weapon and/or maybe the normal dispenser could be interesting. Maybe have it work at about the rate of a level 1 dispenser (probably more slowly on the engineer himself).
Apparently the bread weapons may be thrown weapons, though it's hard to say exactly what they do at this point. I do agree it will probably be one per class, though I bet the solider gets the bread ration.
Should I bring butter, or cheese?
Gentleman Jack
Member
I thought the marbled rye was sniper since it looks like an archery target.
Ration is clearly soldier
Pretzel is Medic
Pumpernickel makes me think of Heavy
Cornbread is Engineer
White bread is Scout
Burnt toast is Pyro
Crumpet/English muffin is Demo
Baguette is Spy
Major Gripex
Member
I don't think we knead to make bread puns. They tend to get crusty. There's been enough loafing about on TF2 as it is.
ZekeThePlumber
Member
Spaceboy, all your jokes are stale.
Now now, half-baked retorts are the yeast of this bread's problems.
Rickenslacker
Banned
I hope this bread stuff doesn't end up being MvM related or I'll go awrye.
Taco_Human
Member
What's the deal with bread all of a sudden?
The creators of the Lil' Guardian Pyro posted an AMA today. One interesting bit of information:
Looks like we may be getting another community created update for TF2 besides End of the Line in the future which is cool.
Also another interesting piece of information:
Looks like we may be getting another community created update for TF2 besides End of the Line in the future which is cool.
Also another interesting piece of information:
There were 6 of them so that means the TF2 team is at least 26 people, more then I would of though at this point (I though it was more around 10-12 people).There is a pretty large TF2 team, we filled a 32 player server with the team to playtest an unreleased map.
The most obvious conclusion is they're migrating TF2 to Source 2.0
Yeah I think TF2 moving to Source 2 seems pretty likely. I doubt Valve is going to stop doing TF2 updates anytime soon, since if they did it would probably cause the economy to crash, and people to be less likely to participate in the economy of any of their other games so they don't want that to happen.
Moving TF2 to source 2 would probably make things easier for the TF2 team moving forward from a development standpoint, and honestly probably cause TF2 to run better on most people's computers since the current Source engine it runs on is more CPU bound and Source 2 will probably be more GPU bound like most game engines.
ashecitism
Member
Moving to Source 2 would make a lot of sense. But would it be feasible? There's lots of content. Wouldn't it break all the cosmetics?
Wolf Akela
Member
I hope they also port SFM and fix some bugs. There's some annoying bug with it that causes animations to spazz out when using the graph editor.
Was this image ever deconfirmed? If not, it does point to TF2 getting ported to Source 2 along with L4D2, Dota, and CS:GO.
It'd be pretty cool if the TF comics and these impending updates were leading up to a relaunch of the game on Source 2 as TF2.5 or something. I'd love to get back into it, but the community's died down substantially.
It'd be pretty cool if the TF comics and these impending updates were leading up to a relaunch of the game on Source 2 as TF2.5 or something. I'd love to get back into it, but the community's died down substantially.
ashecitism
Member
No, it was by the same source who posted the L4D2 Source 2 slides.
Also it could just mean Valve are experimenting with older games on Source 1 to see Source 2's capabilities, limits and aren't porting them totally over it.
Would be cool though. CS:GO especially needs some refresh imo. TF2 and Dota 2 still look fine, though they can have performance issues.
Good point. Porting games to new engines does seem to be Valve's thing, though, given how many games got GoldSrc -> Source ports. I guess it's a good way to get acquainted with a new engine.
ashecitism
Member
Those games weren't as big though. They didn't have all these services, cosmetics tied to them. Again, I'm not sure how a migration to the next engine would affect them. The last thing Valve'd want is to break the games and fragment the community.
New blogpost to an update page, a ticking clock, we're getting something in 23 hours.
SWEET! TF2 is back baby!
EmptyCanO'wupass
Member
I really hope this is something big. I miss getting hype for TF2 events, and sitting at my computer for hours just waiting for that big update to drop.
Cloudius12
Member
Cloudius12
Member
Tried Dota 2 again, can't do much when it is constant 160 ping. lol Hawaii. lol Valve for not having servers in California.
little miss gogo
Member
i want my new maps, valve
Wolf Akela
Member
How about some tc_hydro love valve?