Normski, 25-Feb-09 » Steam News have annoucned the release of an update for Team Fortress 2 that adds new functionality to the Scout class, as well as introducing new community maps and fixing some pesky bugs.

Details of the update were released last week but here are the details for those who don't know:

New features
• Added The Force-A-Nature, The Sandman, and Bonk!
• Added 35 new Scout achievements
• Added crit boosted on/off sound effects
• Added new sounds for upgraded teleporters
• Added new sound for a fully charged medic dying
• Add bonus points section to scores
• Scouts earn a bonus point for killing Medics who are actively healing a target
• Added several new speech concepts, mostly hooked up to new Scout lines
• Added new "Remember last weapon between lives" option to the Multiplayer Advanced dialog
• Spies can now control which weapon the enemy team sees them holding. Hitting the "last disguise" key while disguised updates the disguise to show the Spy's currently held weapon
• Added several new Arena mode announcer speech events.
• Added "First Blood" to Arena mode
• Removed 2x item respawn times in arena
• Changed backstab handling to fix facestabs
• Spies disguised as enemy team can now see player IDs for enemies

New maps
• Added community maps: cp_egypt, arena_watchtower, and cp_junction
• Updated cp_fastlane with Arttu's new version

Mapmaker requests
• Added new input for forward speed modifier to FuncTrainTrain
• Added TeleportToPathTrack input to func_tracktrain

Bugfixes
• Fixed a bug where players would sometimes gib from non-gib damage kills
• Fixed stat screen showing an entry for a class called "map."
• Fixed item model panels not using team skins
• Fixed obscure bug where spectators were able to carry the flag

The update is scheduled to be automatically applied next time the Steam Client is restarted.

What do you mean you don't own Team Fortress 2, lucky for you to celebrate the release Steam are offering Team Fortress 2 for half-price until this Friday.

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Category:	Gaming News
Posted:	25-Feb-09 9:17:14 pm
Author:	Normski