2009 September 15 - About the TF2 Update

[FadedOasis]

TF2 was updated today. Update log with one very important part highlighted below.

Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:
Engine
__* If the installation is an HLTV relay we allow clients to connect as HLTV clients even if tv_enable is set to false. A recent exploit fix made it such that we ignore the flag indicating that the client is an HLTV client if tv_enable is false, but it is possible that relays won't have this ConVar set

Additions / Changes
__* Backpack improvement
____o Added support for 100 slots in the backpack
____o Backpack can now be sorted by type
____o Multi-selection in the backpack is now done by holding down the Ctrl key
__* Alt-fire on the Sandvich now drops sandviches
____o A single sandvich can be dropped at a time. Dropping the sandvich removes it from the Heavy
____o A Heavy can regain his sandvich by collecting a healthkit while already being at full health
____o Eating a sandvich using the taunt method now heals a Heavy to full health
____o Dropped sandviches heal 50% of the collector's health
__* Medic regen changes
____o Base regen amount increased from 1/sec to 3/sec
____o Regen amount increase since time of last damage decreased from 3x to 2x
____ o End result of above: Old healing scaled from 1/sec to 3/sec based on time since being damaged (maxed out at 10 seconds). New healing scales from 3/sec to 6/sec
__* Blutsauger
____o Replaced "No critical hits" negative attribute with "-2 health drained per second on wearer"
____o Health drain stacks on top of the above Medic regen changes, lowering the base regen by 2h/sec
__* Added "mp_windifference" server ConVar (default to 0)
____o When set to X, matches will be considered won if a team gets X points ahead of the other team
__* Added a "Remember the active weapon between lives" option to the Multiplayer->Advanced options dialog
__* Added "Disable weather effects" option to the Multiplayer->Advanced options dialog
__* Added "Show non-standard items on spectated player" option to the Multiplayer->Advanced options dialog
____o If set (default), it'll show non-standard items being carried by the player you're spectating
__* Tournament mode changes
____o New item whitelist allowing tournaments to control what items can be used by players
____o Added "item_whitelist_example.txt"
____o Added "item_show_whitelistable_definitions" command to get a list of whitelistable items
__* Added Tournament mode Spectator HUD
____o Added "Use advanced spectator HUD in tournament mode" option to the Multiplayer->Advanced options dialog
____o Shows all the members of your team (or both if you're a spectator) at the top of the screen, along with class/health/respawn time/charge level
____o Spectator indices are now shown on the team members, and hitting the corresponding weapon selection key (slot1-slot12 commands) will spectate them
__* Changed idle player check to include spectators & players who haven't chosen a team

Bug Fixes
__* Fixed explosive radius detection using an axially aligned box instead of a sphere
____o Compensated by increasing the radius of grenades, pipes, and rockets to 50% of what they lost at the corners of the OBB
____o Grenades/Pipes radius change: 132->159
____o Rocket radius change: 121->146
____o End result of above: Explosives have had their radius reduced at some angles, and increased at others. Radius is now consistent, angles are now irrelevant
__* Fixed Sniper using the reference pose if he has the Huntsman deployed when his team loses
__* Fixed Spies speaking their response rules lines after killing a player as the class they were disguised as
__* Fixed Medics getting MedicCallerPanels in their HUD for cloaked enemy Spies disguised as their team
__* Fixed the Huntsman not firing crit arrows when the Sniper is being CritBoosted
__* Fixed being able to fire the Huntsman under water if you jump into the water with the arrow charged
__* Added check to prevent clients using the "firstperson" command to get out of thirdperson view while they're phasing, taunting or control stunned
__* Fixed Halo glow effect not being hidden for cloak/disguised enemy Spies
__* Fixed wearables not destroying their attached particles when they're removed
__* Fixed several player & viewmodel simulation issues that occurred when the game was paused
__* Fixed a DX8-based exploit that allowed modified particle effects to work under sv_pure 2

Community Requests
__* Added the entindex() of the object being built to the "player_builtobject" game event
__* Added flag to allow CTF map authors to turn off the Overtime mode when timers expire
__* Added IgnitePlayer input to TFPlayer

I'm not entirely certain, but I think it means you can be autokicked from spectate now. I'm still figuring out how to handle this.

[FadedOasis]

Server update is as follows:

Players will now be kicked to spectate after two minutes of idling.

Players will now be kicked from the server after five minutes of inactivity, even if they joined spectate.

Server rules are still "Don't ever idle on a team" and "Don't spectate on a full server."

New server rule: Complaining about waiting for a player slot to open will make admins yell at you for not having a reserve slot. Continued complaints will make me slap you, rhench freezebomb you, .: sora noclip himself and backstab you, and any admin yell at you. If, after this, you *still* continue complaining, you will be kicked to make room for someone else trying to join, and you will have to wait until a player slot opens up before rejoining.

Edited by rhench and .: sora for accuracy.