December 21, 2011 Patch

Source: Team Fortress 2 Update Released

Patch notes

Patch 1

Team Fortress 2

• Added community-created winter items to the drop lists, the craft tables, and the store
• Added the Spirit of Giving
• Gifts from Secret Saxtons and Piles o' Gifts now have a chance to grant a gift in addition to whatever item they would have granted normally
• Fixed hearing the deny sound while rotating a sentry during placement
• Manmelter balance tweaks:
  • Added particle effect on muzzle that appears when ready to fire
  • Increased projectile speed while maintaining the same travel arc
  • Increased extinguish range
• Added festive lights to all ropes and cables
• Fixed a problem that would sometimes allow the detonator projectiles to crit on burning targets
• Updated the localization files
• Updated the gamehaptics file:
  • Added draw/melee swing/melee hit/crit forces for the The Sharp Dresser and the Spy-cicle
  • Added draw/recoil/reload/crit forces for the Pomson 6000
  • Added draw/recoil/crit forces for the Manmelter
  • Added draw/recoil force for the Wrap Assassin
  • Added melee hit/world hit force for the Third Degree
  • Added crit forces for the Holiday Punch
  • Fixed missing forces for Demoman swords
  • Refined recoil force for the Sandman

Undocumented changes

• The Spirit of Giving and Secret Saxton have been distributed to all premium players.
• The textures and backpack icons of Dr. Grordbort's Copper Crest and Dr. Grordbort's Silver Crest were updated.

Patch 2

No patch notes.

Undocumented changes

• Fixed an issue with cosmetic load-outs not appearing in third person.

Files changed

Note: The changelog below is generated from a diff of two revisions of the game. This data may be incomplete or inconsistent.

Revision changes

Patch 1

Modified: team fortress 2 content.gcf/tf/resource/tf_dutch.txt

Modified: team fortress 2 content.gcf/tf/resource/tf_english.txt

Modified: team fortress 2 content.gcf/tf/resource/tf_finnish.txt

Modified: team fortress 2 content.gcf/tf/resource/tf_french.txt

Modified: team fortress 2 content.gcf/tf/resource/tf_german.txt

Modified: team fortress 2 content.gcf/tf/resource/tf_hungarian.txt

Modified: team fortress 2 content.gcf/tf/resource/tf_japanese.txt

Modified: team fortress 2 content.gcf/tf/resource/tf_norwegian.txt

Modified: team fortress 2 content.gcf/tf/resource/tf_polish.txt

Modified: team fortress 2 content.gcf/tf/resource/tf_romanian.txt

Modified: team fortress 2 content.gcf/tf/resource/tf_turkish.txt

Modified: team fortress 2 content.gcf/tf/scripts/gamehaptics.txt

Modified: team fortress 2 content.gcf/tf/scripts/items/items_game.txt

Modified: team fortress 2 content.gcf/tf/steam.inf

Added: team fortress 2 materials.gcf/tf/materials/backpack/player/items/all_class/xms_allclass_giftbadge.vmt

Added: team fortress 2 materials.gcf/tf/materials/backpack/player/items/all_class/xms_allclass_giftbadge_large.vmt

Added: team fortress 2 materials.gcf/tf/materials/models/player/items/all_class/anim/beating_heart.vmt

Modified: team fortress 2 materials.gcf/tf/materials/models/player/items/all_class/drg_badge_silver.vmt

Added: team fortress 2 materials.gcf/tf/materials/models/player/items/all_class/xms_allclass_giftbadge.vmt

Added: team fortress 2 materials.gcf/tf/materials/models/player/items/all_class/xms_allclass_giftbadge_screen.vmt

Modified: team fortress 2 client content.gcf/tf/bin/client.dll

Modified: team fortress 2 client content.gcf/tf/bin/client.dylib

Modified: team fortress 2 content.gcf/tf/bin/server.dll

Modified: team fortress 2 content.gcf/tf/bin/server.dylib

Modified: team fortress 2 content.gcf/tf/bin/server.so

Modified: team fortress 2 materials.gcf/tf/materials/backpack/player/items/all_class/drg_badge.vtf

Modified: team fortress 2 materials.gcf/tf/materials/backpack/player/items/all_class/drg_badge_copper.vtf

Modified: team fortress 2 materials.gcf/tf/materials/backpack/player/items/all_class/drg_badge_copper_large.vtf

Modified: team fortress 2 materials.gcf/tf/materials/backpack/player/items/all_class/drg_badge_large.vtf

Modified: team fortress 2 materials.gcf/tf/materials/backpack/player/items/all_class/drg_badge_silver.vtf

Modified: team fortress 2 materials.gcf/tf/materials/backpack/player/items/all_class/drg_badge_silver_large.vtf

Added: team fortress 2 materials.gcf/tf/materials/backpack/player/items/all_class/xms_allclass_giftbadge.vtf

Added: team fortress 2 materials.gcf/tf/materials/backpack/player/items/all_class/xms_allclass_giftbadge_large.vtf

Modified: team fortress 2 materials.gcf/tf/materials/models/player/items/all_class/anim/bubbles_green_anim.vtf

Modified: team fortress 2 materials.gcf/tf/materials/models/player/items/all_class/drg_badge.vtf

Modified: team fortress 2 materials.gcf/tf/materials/models/player/items/all_class/drg_badge_copper.vtf

Modified: team fortress 2 materials.gcf/tf/materials/models/player/items/all_class/drg_badge_silver.vtf

Added: team fortress 2 materials.gcf/tf/materials/models/player/items/all_class/xms_allclass_giftbadge.vtf

Added: team fortress 2 materials.gcf/tf/materials/models/player/items/all_class/xms_allclass_giftbadge_screen.vtf

Added: team fortress 2 materials.gcf/tf/materials/models/weapons/c_items/c_pomson_phongwarp.vtf

Added: team fortress 2 materials.gcf/tf/models/player/items/all_class/xms_allclass_giftbadge.dx80.vtx

Added: team fortress 2 materials.gcf/tf/models/player/items/all_class/xms_allclass_giftbadge.dx90.vtx

Added: team fortress 2 materials.gcf/tf/models/player/items/all_class/xms_allclass_giftbadge.mdl

Added: team fortress 2 materials.gcf/tf/models/player/items/all_class/xms_allclass_giftbadge.sw.vtx

Added: team fortress 2 materials.gcf/tf/models/player/items/all_class/xms_allclass_giftbadge.vvd

Patch 2

Modified: team fortress 2 client content.gcf/tf/bin/client.dll

Modified: team fortress 2 client content.gcf/tf/bin/client.dylib

Modified: team fortress 2 content.gcf/tf/bin/server.dll

Modified: team fortress 2 content.gcf/tf/bin/server.dylib

Modified: team fortress 2 content.gcf/tf/bin/server.so