2010 October 27 - TF2 Halloween Update

[FadedOasis]

A required update for Team Fortress 2 is now available. The specific changes include:

Engine (CS:S, DoD:S, TF2, HL2:DM)
- Removed the rate limit for the "status" command when entered into the server console.
- Fixed an exploit that allowed people to send fake server messages to clients.
- Significantly improved engine vertex compression (large reduction in per-model memory usage).

Team Fortress 2
- Added TF2Maps.net Art-pass contest winners:
__- Mountain Lab
__- Mann Manor
- Halloween 2010 Event
__- Mann Manor is haunted by the Horseless Headless Horsemann.
__- Random gift drop in Mann Manor.
__- 4 new Halloween achievements.
__- Added new Halloween hats.
__- Added a new Halloween weapon.
- Added Gift Wrapping of gifts to the store.
- Added Custom Description tag to the store.
- Added the community created "Swamp Theme" assets, so all maps can use it:
__- See swamp.tf2maps.net/ for full details.
- Updated cp_coldfront with the latest changes from the community creator (Icarus):
__- Improved visibility on last CP.
__- Moved second CP slightly closer to the attacker's side.
__- Added cover for players queuing up the health pack on the second CP.
__- Improved clipping on the zig-zag ramp to middle CP.
__- Teams that capture the middle CP are now awarded with faster spawn times.
- Added a health penalty to the Rocket Jumper.
- Added the Sticky Jumper for Demomen to practice jumping.
- Fixed the Sandvich charge meter.
- Fixed glows not drawing correctly when using antialiasing on some computers.
- Improved the checks that trigger mp_scrambleteams_auto.
- Added console commands to initiate trades directly (cl_trade/cl_trade_steamid) to help people running trading servers.

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Server is being updated now.

[Doctor Wheeze]

Here is the scary update page, do not click this link if you have a heart condition!!!: www.teamfortress.com/screamfortress/

[yousteppedonmycake]

Please, Faded, this map must be played forever until I get a change to play forever.

[FadedOasis]

Manor_Event is set to run at four rounds instead of the normal two.

Shit, I can't figure out where the maximum max extends is. Never mind. If you want to play 6 rounds in a row, just keep extending the map.