[TF2] Scout Update!

[Traxata]

So we've known it was coming for a while,

Here's the update page!

http://www.teamfortress.com/scoutupdate

Awesome.


[edit]Just to lay claim to what I think's coming...

so 1x new arena map, 1x new official Payload map, 1x CTF map?[/edit]

 

[PsiSoldier]

Ah, the Sandman looks cool. So you need a 'headshot' with the baseball for them to be stunned, or am I misinterpreting it.

 

[Ronin Storm]

Yes, I believe you need to head-shot for a stun. The longer range the shot, the longer the stun. It even works though Ubercharge.

 

[PsiSoldier]

Hawt...

 

[Wol]

What is being 'stunned' like anyway?

I like the way theyre releasing the community maps. Theres some really good maps out there that have been made. I think it was pl_hoodoo or something that i noticed go from dev texture stage to a proper textured stage....

hm

might go play some tf2 *-)

 

[PsiSoldier]

What is being 'stunned' like anyway?

Hold still chucklehead. *reaches for bat*

I hope it has the same sort of effect that spinning up the minigun has on the heavy, and doesn't make them a completely defensless sitting duck.

 

[oobermybeer]

ja, i think it will drive me crazy, no double jump, but the ebility to freeze heavies on the cart... mmm

 

[elDiablo]

Energy drink and achievements.

 

[oobermybeer]

so make bullets miss but followed by sluggishness... mmm

 

[PsiSoldier]

so make bullets miss but followed by sluggishness... mmm

Like that powerup in UT99 IIRC... mmm

 

[oobermybeer]

jsut like my router, should just be called dropped packets, annny way, ... it not seem a little fishy to you, the pics arnt brill, it seems very thrown together, the model is allover the place, the map seems unbalanced, the items are a bit... poo.... that scouts a.... mmm

 

[BiG D]

For interest's sake, the changelog:

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
          o 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

 

[oobermybeer]

sweet danke, was a bit peeved nothing happend, as well as no meet the

 

[PsiSoldier]

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

This makes it a whole lot easier for spies now.

 

[Traxata]

- Fixed obscure bug where spectators were able to carry the flag

Haha, I like it!

 

[Wol]

"Spies can now control which weapon the enemy team sees them holding" - that explains why i was seeing spies with odd weapons..... Would help if i properly read the update log!

And loving the spectator / flag one

 

[PsiSoldier]

Now if only you could get the spy to carry unlockable weapons as well, perhaps only if you have unlocked them for the class, then it would be awesome

 

[BiG D]

This makes it a whole lot easier for spies now.

They've been slowly buffing spies in the last couple patches. That's ok I think, the spy population is (was?) pretty low.

Note they claim to be preventing facestabs again, so this patch might not mean any net change to spies at all.

 

[PsiSoldier]

From what I have seen, face stabs are still doable, but much harder to pull off. There's only a very tiny area you can hit in order for it to work now.

 

[thatbloke]

Just logged on to steam and there was an update for TF2 yesterday, interestingly in the patch notes:

Fixed a server crash on startup under Linux

Might fix the server issues we're having?