TF2 update for 10/26/17 (10/27/17 UTC, SF IX)

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Patch Notes

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Valve- Scream Fortress IX has arrived!
- Play your favorite classic Scream Fortress maps!
- Free Halloween contracts and rewards added to the ConTracker!
- Event runs through November 8, 2017
- Updated Brimstone
- Players now crit and healthboost when exiting the Hell area instead of just ubercharge
- Increased slightly RED team respawn time on the last area
- Fixed the coffin music playing into the next round from previous one
- Fixed Monoculus sometimes getting stuck to certain locations
- Fixed players sometimes getting stuck to other players in Hell area
- Adjusted preferred nav-path for Merasmus to prevent him going into RED final base
- Fixed The Thermal Thruster not doing 3x damage when landing on enemies
- The Thermal Thruster no longer fully stuns mini-bosses in Mann vs. Machine mode
- Fixed an LOD bug with The Holiday Punch
- Updated model/materials for The War Eagle

Rumor has it:

- Also included are localization file updates, made possible in part by contributions from Translators Like You - Thank You

- Size is ~50 MB

Via [url=https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds]HLDS[/url]:

[quote=Valve]- Scream Fortress IX has arrived!
- Play your favorite classic Scream Fortress maps!
- Free Halloween contracts and rewards added to the ConTracker!
- Event runs through November 8, 2017
- Updated Brimstone
- Players now crit and healthboost when exiting the Hell area instead of just ubercharge
- Increased slightly RED team respawn time on the last area
- Fixed the coffin music playing into the next round from previous one
- Fixed Monoculus sometimes getting stuck to certain locations
- Fixed players sometimes getting stuck to other players in Hell area
- Adjusted preferred nav-path for Merasmus to prevent him going into RED final base
- Fixed The Thermal Thruster not doing 3x damage when landing on enemies
- The Thermal Thruster no longer fully stuns mini-bosses in Mann vs. Machine mode
- Fixed an LOD bug with The Holiday Punch
- Updated model/materials for The War Eagle[/quote]

Rumor has it:

- Also included are [url=https://github.com/SteamDatabase/GameTracking-TF2/commit/0b5a56edb463bfe6b66258c5c83cbc150cbbaf27]localization file updates[/url], made possible in part by contributions from [url=http://translation.steampowered.com/]Translators Like You[/url] - Thank You

- Size is ~50 MB

#2

Getawhale

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Reddit will bitch but I am okay with this

#3

springrolls

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Oh shit I was not expecting this.

#4

robin

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unexpected

#5

RoL

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HALLOWEEN UPDATE EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#6

All_Over_RS

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this is pretty nice, i did not expect it at all. kinda gives me the impression that updates will keep coming but im not making that mistake again

#7

aiera

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big if true

#8

vecc

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screaming

#9

TriRIK

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Did we get 2 major updates in ONE WEEK??!!!

#10

Seinfeld

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rofl

#11

yahoo

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updates every day bro

#12

Rhy

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two weeks of seal mask god bless

#13

MRfunnyalien

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still not fixing air control in a movement based game

#14

MRfunnyalien

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also now everybody makes the mantreads falling sound, brilliant

#15

Sentinel

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Halloween spells? Please?

#16

park

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my game crashes whenever i join a server now anyone else?

#17

loserline49

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hoping they fix flamethrower issues soon

#18

manskirt

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51 contracts!

#19

cookie

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parkmy game crashes whenever i join a server now anyone else?

it's your hud. idk how to fix it but after i deleted my hud it started working.

[quote=park]my game crashes whenever i join a server now anyone else?[/quote]
it's your hud. idk how to fix it but after i deleted my hud it started working.

#20

trevorp

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parkmy game crashes whenever i join a server now anyone else?

same here, exits right to desktop no matter what I do
came here to see if anyone else was having this problem

[quote=park]my game crashes whenever i join a server now anyone else?[/quote]
same here, exits right to desktop no matter what I do
came here to see if anyone else was having this problem

#21

park

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trevorpparkmy game crashes whenever i join a server now anyone else?same here, exits right to desktop no matter what I do
came here to see if anyone else was having this problem

switching to budhud fixed it

[quote=trevorp][quote=park]my game crashes whenever i join a server now anyone else?[/quote]
same here, exits right to desktop no matter what I do
came here to see if anyone else was having this problem[/quote]
switching to budhud fixed it

#22

Brimstone

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- Updated Brimstone

new and improved

[quote]- Updated Brimstone[/quote]

new and improved

#23

redd

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cookieparkmy game crashes whenever i join a server now anyone else?it's your hud. idk how to fix it but after i deleted my hud it started working.

fixed mine by removing mainmenuoverride.red and gamemenu.res
not sure which one is causing the problem but it's a quick fix for now.

[quote=cookie][quote=park]my game crashes whenever i join a server now anyone else?[/quote]
it's your hud. idk how to fix it but after i deleted my hud it started working.[/quote]
fixed mine by removing mainmenuoverride.red and gamemenu.res
not sure which one is causing the problem but it's a quick fix for now.

#24

mathemaphysicist

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ok so apparently demo and solly have mantreads equipped by default and you can deal fall damage even if you dont have it equipped

#25

mousiope

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mathemaphysicistok so apparently demo and solly have mantreads equipped by default and you can deal fall damage even if you dont have it equipped

go to a surf server... omg what a joke, god damm it valve ...

[quote=mathemaphysicist]ok so apparently demo and solly have mantreads equipped by default and you can deal fall damage even if you dont have it equipped[/quote]

go to a surf server... omg what a joke, god damm it valve ...

#26

All_Over_RS

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mathemaphysicistok so apparently demo and solly have mantreads equipped by default and you can deal fall damage even if you dont have it equipped

but why

[quote=mathemaphysicist]ok so apparently demo and solly have mantreads equipped by default and you can deal fall damage even if you dont have it equipped[/quote]

but why

#27

Reero

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mathemaphysicistok so apparently demo and solly have mantreads equipped by default and you can deal fall damage even if you dont have it equipped

this explains the WWII divebomb noises when im jumping as demo
just when the bugs/BS was winding down with the pyro update...

[quote=mathemaphysicist]ok so apparently demo and solly have mantreads equipped by default and you can deal fall damage even if you dont have it equipped[/quote]
this explains the WWII divebomb noises when im jumping as demo
just when the bugs/BS was winding down with the pyro update...

#28

mousiope

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surfing has it on all classes so im assuming it has something to do with the speed of the classes

#29

spaceyyyy

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mousiopesurfing has it on all classes so im assuming it has something to do with the speed of the classes

its not the surf plugin, if heavy falls from high enough up he can squash people

[quote=mousiope]surfing has it on all classes so im assuming it has something to do with the speed of the classes[/quote]
its not the surf plugin, if heavy falls from high enough up he can squash people

#30

MRfunnyalien

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LMAO you can goomba stomp people as every class now how do they even do it