March 9, 2011 Patch (Beta)

Source: TF2 Beta forums (Web Archive)

Patch notes

An Important Note

Generally the beta is the place where we do design testing, so the game itself is fairly stable. But today we’re releasing a large update specifically for the purpose of stability testing. In particular, we’re testing out our new Replay system, which has been in the works for over a year. As a result, a large amount of code has changed. We wanted to ship it to the beta first, where we can get the bugs ironed out, before we move it out to the main TF2 branch. So please jump in and take a look – we’d love to hear feedback on the UI as well as any bugs you run into.

Also, we'll be wiping all items in the beta at some point in the near future. We will re-grant the achievement items, and any items we're actively tuning afterward.

Gameplay

• Bots:
  • Bots now work on Payload maps
    • Added payload to Offline practice
• Spy bots!

Medic:

• The Quick-Fix:
  • Megaheal (the uber) effect now also applies to the medic

Pyro:

• The Detonator:
  • Detonation particle effect increased to better match the radius

Soldier:

• Reduced rage generation rate with Battalion’s Backup by 50%

Spy:

• Fixed a bug that prevented domination lines from being played with the Eternal Reward

Maps

• Added koth_badlands

General

• Added Replay system that allows you to edit and publish movies of your play experiences (full Mac support in the next few days)
• Added in-game Coaching system
• Added in-game Voting system
• Added training for the Demoman, Spy and Engineer
• Temporarily enabled crafting and trading
• Synced with changes from the official releases

Undocumented changes

• Added set style button to backpack menu
• Added show duplicate items option to loadout menu