TF2 Update: April 1, 2014
Posted on: April 1st, 2014 by Obey(This update is real, and not an April Fool’s joke.)
Added April 3, 2013:
- If you haven’t seen the first post on the Official TF2 blog in four months, do so. It will link to a third comic in the Gray-takes-over-Mann-Co. storyline, and gives teasers for moonbases, new gameplay, and community-inspired taunts that just look awesome. (And if you can’t find the obvious Anchorman movie reference, you obviously don’t remember the movie.
- Updated blogpost: A TF2Newbs Guide to MvM Item Hunting
The Most Important Things to Know:
- [Fixed 4/3/13] Added holiday mode 9 for April Fools Day, which sometimes substitutes Schadenfraude taunts for ordinary taunys, and class responses are changed to laughing (akin to Pyrovision).
- Standard crates will now drop much less often. Salvaged Crates #60 can no longer drop, as well as crates #75, #76, and #77.
- Crates #82 and #83 have been added.
- Crate #82 contents:
- Rocket Launcher Killstreak Kit
- Scattergun Killstreak Kit
- Sniper Rifle Killstreak Kit
- Shotgun Killstreak Kit
- Ubersaw Killstreak Kit
- Gloves of Running Urgently Killstreak Kit
- Spy-cicle Killstreak Kit
- Axtinguisher Killstreak Kit
- 1% chance for an Unusual
- Crate #83 contents:
- Note that it grants Strangifiers and not the Strange Weapons themselves!
- Pretty Boy’s Pocket Pistol Strangifier
- Phlog Strangifier
- Strange Cosmetic Part: Kills
- A Strange cosmetic ittem tracks points scored, not kills. This part adds a kill counter.
- Strange Part: Full Health Kills (your full health, not your victims)
- Private Eye Strangifier
- 1% chance for an Unusual
- Crate #82 contents:
- Changes to Chemistry Sets:
- Chemistry Sets now have a “Series” number attached. Older Series #1 and Series #2 are now named as such.
- Current Series #3 (and presumably future Chemistry Sets) now have expiration dates.
- Since Chemistry Sets drop alongside standard crates, I assume that Chemistry Sets will also drop much less often now.
- The Wrangler can now take Strange Parts–but will only track increments while the Sentry is actively Wrangled.
- Exploits granting a Demoman increased turn rate (due to increased frame rate) while Shield-charging have been fixed.
- Added the Little Bear (a cosmetic Giant Heavy Robot) to the Mann Co. Store, purchasable for US$7.49.
- Three A Toys sells a toy figure Giant Heavy Robot; purchasing it can award you a Genuine-quality Little Bear.
- Occasionally, players that taunt will randomly do the Schadenfraude taunt, even without having the Schadenfraude equipped or possessed.
Full Patch Notes: April 1, 2014
- Improved the Backpack UI
- Added page buttons for all pages
- Removed prev/next buttons
- Updated the drag/drop behavior to interact with the page buttons
- Strange quality items can now be placed on the Steam Community Market
- Added a “Show Untradable Items” checkbox to the recipe UI
- Added the smoke effect to The Soldier’s Stogie
- Added the InfoShow 2014 community event medal
- Added Crate #82 and Crate #83 to the drop list
- Crate drop rates have been significantly lowered
- Removed Crate #60, Crate #75, Crate #76 and Crate #77 from the drop list
- Virtual Reality mode
- The game will now start in VR mode if it is launched from Steam while Steam is running in VR mode
- Updated the
equip_regionfor the Humanitarian’s Hachimaki, The Special Eyes, The Blazing Bull, Master’s Yellow Belt, The Lucky Shot, and The Deadliest Duckling - Updated The Gunboats so they can be used in Medieval mode
- Updated the Wrangler so Strange parts can be applied to it
- Strange parts only increment if a Wrangler-controlled Sentry does the scoring
- Updated Chemistry Sets
- Started dropping Series 3 Chemistry Sets with an expiration date
- Retroactively added Series tags to older Chemistry Sets
- Fixed a client crash related to killstreak effects
- Fixed seeing the incorrect cosmetic items on players when the server has been running for a long time
- Fixed hats not dropping into the world when players are killed
- Fixed the Jarate effect not being displayed on some cosmetic items
- Fixed framerate affecting player turn rate while using the Demoman‘s shield charge
- Fixed flashlight shadows projected on players for Linux and Mac clients
- Fixed seeing the fire texture on Runner’s Warm-Up and the Tiny Timber in DirectX 8
- Fixed The Doe-Boy using incorrect team materials
- Fixed some Strange parts not being counted properly when attached to wearable weapons like the Mantreads and Demoman’s shields
- Fixed Spies speaking their payload cart forward/backward
response_ruleslines while disguised - Fixed Mann vs. Machine Giant Heavies not playing the correct override sounds for their Miniguns
- Fixed the Huntsman charge bar being misaligned
Undocumented changes
- Added the Little Bear to the Mann Co. Store.
- The Fortified Compound is now craftable.
- [Fixed 4/3/13] Added holiday mode 9 for April Fools Day. The MOTD header is changed to “Welcome and April Fools!”, the classes’ responses are changed into laughing (akin to Pyrovision), and the Schadenfreude taunt is occasionally performed in place of an ordinary taunt.
- Added the Fortified Compound, Dread Hiding Hood, Criminal Cloak, Gilded Guard and Baronial Badge to the Mann Co. Store.
- The Fortified Compound, Dread Hiding Hood, Criminal Cloak, Gilded Guard and Baronial Badge are now tradable and giftable.
- Added Killstreak Kits for the Fortified Compound.
- Fixed an audio bug caused by reflecting rockets
- Updated the
equip_regionfor the Hero’s Hachimaki, Soldier’s Stash, Gaelic Garb, Sangu Sleeves, Whiskey Bib, Trash Toter, and the Soldered Sensei. - Fixed crit boosted glow effect not showing on the Rescue Ranger, Loose Cannon, Apoco-Fists, Unarmed Combat, Wrap Assassin, Buff Banner, Bazaar Bargain.
Added April 4, 2014
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