Halloween special 2011 can now be enjoyed on tf.muppfarmen.se!

• Halloween 2011 Event
  • Viaduct has been haunted and is now… Eyeaduct!
  • One full multi-piece costume set has been added for each class
  • Random gifts containing costume pieces drop in Eyeaduct on registered servers
  • 2 new Halloween 2011 achievements
  • Any unusual hats uncrated during the event will be Halloween-themed
  • New Halloween-themed items are available in the Mann Co. store, but only for a limited time!
• Updated effects for The Cow Mangler 5000
• Updated in-game abuse reporting tool to include option for reporting abusive game servers
• Added mapcycle_halloween containing all Halloween event maps
• Fixed team colors and styles not updating properly in store previews
• Fixed bug in reputation trend status display for registered servers
• Fixed a problem that could cause repeated stutters after joining a server
• Fixed the Spine-Chilling Skull not appearing when equipped by soldiers
• New Halloween-themed community-created items submitted to the Workshop are now available in the Mann Co. store!

The Team Fortress 2 server will be running the Valve Halloween maps for a few days.

Team Fortress 2

• Fixed a case where CritBoost effects were being removed from players being healed.
• Fixed a problem with Arena mode first blood CritBoost not removing itself at the correct time.
• Fixed a bug where Demomen kept their leftover charge amount when self-aborting charges (you’ll still keep leftovers when stopped by enemy airblasts)
• Fixed the problem that was causing Strange Demoman shields to not accumulate kills.
• Fixed a bug where the Reserve Shooter would minicrit against swimming targets.
• Tomislav spin-up reduction has been reduced from 75% to %40 (so it now spins-up slower)
• Made the Jumper’s Jeepcap and Pocket Medic craft-able.
• Updated the bot navigation files for several maps.
• Added an entry for “Call Vote” to the Options->Keyboard Settings, so you can bind a key to it.
• Updated the gamehaptics file:
  • Added/Refined recoil/draw/crit/reload forces for all of the new weapons in the Uber Update.
  • Refined all Rocket Launcher Forces recoil forces to feel more true to recoil animation.
  • Tuned Brass Beast recoil to have less of an impact on your aiming reticle.

Source Engine Changes (CS:S, DoD:S, TF2, HL2:DM)

• Fixed a client crash when disconnecting from servers with sv_pure set to 1
• Fixed a client crash in the material system
• Fixed a client crash caused by using alt-tab while playing

Team Fortress 2

• Added the Concheror and the Fishcake to the list of weapons allowed in Medieval mode
• Fixed a few server crashes caused by the replay system
• Fixed a server crash caused by the vote system
• Fixed the notification text being clipped when you receive items
• Updated the localization files

Team Fortress 2

• Added a “Show in Backpack Order” setting to the loadout slot select screen
  • This flag also affects the Quickswitch dialog
• Updated the Furious Fukaamigasa, the Hero’s Hachimaki and the Connoisseur’s Cap to be craftable
• Updated the localization files
• Replay
  • Added a new command line parameter “-replay” that will increase maxplayers by 1 at startup and automatically execute replay.cfg for the server
  • Fixed another bug that caused Mac replay renders to be blurry
  • Fixed a bug where Replay FTP offloading was not using “replay_fileserver_offload_port”
  • Improved detection of Replay server config problems
  • Replay is automatically disabled on servers if the Replay publish test fails
  • Saved Replay movies that were exported as TGA’s/WAV will report more descriptive errors if YouTube(TM) upload or “Export” is attempted

Unfortunately the messed up max_playercount this time, so RCON will show 25 players on our 24 player servers. Also increased_playercount is set in the sv_tags. Will they get it right next time?

Valve have published some interesting info in this article.

Source Engine Changes (CS:S, DoD:S, TF2, HL2:DM)

• Fixed a client crash in the material system

Team Fortress 2

• Replay publishing system will try to do a rename for local HTTP mode but will manually copy and delete the file if the rename fails, which can happen if the source and destination are on different volumes.
• Fixed threading issues on Linux, which was causing major lag spikes.
• Fixed replay data cleanup system, which cleans up stale data at the end of each round. This asynchronous operation can be explicitly invoked by executing a replay_docleanup command on the server.
• Removed unused convar, replay_cleanup_time.
• Saxxy fanfare music wasn’t playing on music channel. Music will only play once per launch now and will not play on a changelevel

The steam update page has this to say:

Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Source Engine Changes (CS:S, DoD:S, TF2, HL2:DM)

• Fixed an OpenGL crash for Mac players
• Fixed several crashes related to Alt-Tab in fullscreen mode on Windows
• Fixed client crash caused by invalid mesh
• Updated shared interfaces to support the new Replay feature in TF2

Counter-Strike: Source

• Updated the localization files

Team Fortress 2

• Added the Replay feature: http://www.teamfortress.com/replayupdate
  • Known issue with Mac replay rendering being blurry will be fixed in the next update
• Launched the First Annual Saxxy Awards: http://www.teamfortress.com/saxxyawards
• Added 8 new Replay achievements
• Added 10 new hats
• Added The Director’s Vision, an item that provides you with a new taunt
• Fixed a problem with certain equippable items rendering incorrectly on the loadout screen
• Fixed a problem causing the Mann Co. store previews to render incorrectly
• Crafted items will now remember/display who crafted them
• Added a reward for the early crafters of new items
• Added a new style to the Aperture Labs Hard Hat
• Added a new style to the Blighted Beak
• Fixed bugs with the refurbish items interface so that some properties will no longer be un-removable under certain circumstances
• Fixed the briefcase not being drawn on players when it’s being carried in CTF maps
• Fixed the Gloves of Running Urgently not using the correct skin in the character loadout screen
• Fixed the Kritzkrieg not drawing the correct model in the character loadout screen
• Fixed the Horseless Headless Horsemann displaying the burning material in DirectX8
• Fixed the Aperture Labs Hard Hat displaying the burning material in DirectX8
• Fixed removing the burning/jarated conditions on players who are being critboosted by a Medic using the Kritzkrieg
• Added Mad Milk to the conditions that are cleared when players are made invulnerable by a Medic with an ÜberCharge
• For web developers: added tool and capability information to the IEconItems_440/GetSchema Web API

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