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[[File:GUI Main menu.png|thumb|right|500px|The main menu of ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' as of the Über Update.]]
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[[File:GUI Main menu.png|thumb|right|500px|The main menu of ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' after the [[uber_update|Über Update.]]]]
  
 
{{Quotation|'''The Administrator''', eagerly (or impatiently) awaiting the player's upcoming bloodbath.|Time to fight!|sound=Announcer_am_gamestarting05.wav}}
 
{{Quotation|'''The Administrator''', eagerly (or impatiently) awaiting the player's upcoming bloodbath.|Time to fight!|sound=Announcer_am_gamestarting05.wav}}

Revision as of 08:42, 15 August 2011

The main menu of Team Fortress 2 after the Über Update.
Time to fight!
The Administrator, eagerly (or impatiently) awaiting the player's upcoming bloodbath.

The main menu is the opening screen of Team Fortress 2. Upon the initial opening of the game's menu, one of the soundtrack songs will play, but it will not loop or play again until the game is restarted. The menu can also be opened while connected to a server (the default key to open the menu is Esc).

Main menu button appearances and functions

Update history

September 20, 2007 Patch
  • Disabled the loading of background maps

September 21, 2007 Patch

  • Removed background map due to incompatibilities

October 2, 2007 Patch

  • Added "Very High" texture resolution option
  • Fixed non-English language text overlapping in a few places
  • Extra options added to 'Game' tab in "Create Server" menu option

October 9, 2007 Patch

  • Fixed loading screen and intro movie showing up on Windows Vista with full screen AA

January 25, 2008 Patch

  • Added new option to auto-save a scoreboard screenshot at the end of a map to the Multiplayer->Advanced dialog
  • Removed the "Reset Stats" button from the Player Stats screen

April 1, 2008 Patch

  • Fixed a few instances of truncated text in the menus and dialogs for languages other than English

April 29, 2008 Patch (Gold Rush Update)

  • Added Character Info and Loadout to the main menu

December 17, 2009 Patch (WAR! Update)

July 8, 2010 Patch (Engineer Update)

  • Added Engineer main menu music.

July 13, 2010 Patch

  • [Undocumented] Changed the song 'More Gun' to be different from Wilco's 'Someone Else's Song'

October 27, 2010 Patch (Scream Fortress Update)

  • [Undocumented] Added new game start up music "gamestartup_halloween".

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)

  • Added the Mann Co. Store & Catalog
  • Server browser tweaks
    • It will now encourage you to add servers to Favorites or Blacklists after you have a good/bad experience on them.
    • The Server Browser now automatically closes after successfully connecting to a server (opt-out via the Options-Multiplayer->Advanced dialog)
  • [Undocumented] Removed the "class advisor" and class records from the top-right corner of the main menu

April 14, 2011 Patch (Hatless Update)

  • Updated the main menu to include 'resume game', 'call a vote' and 'request coach' selections.
  • Menu background is now transparent when connected to a server.
  • The Mann Co. Store featured item is no longer viewable in the menu unless the player selects the store button specifically.

May 5, 2011 Patch (Replay Update)

  • Added the Replay feature to the menu
  • [Undocumented] Added the Saxxy 2011 Theme

May 6, 2011 Patch

  • Fixed a client crashed caused by using custom main menu resource files

May 9, 2011 Patch

  • Saxxy fanfare music wasn't playing on music channel. Music will only play once per launch now and will not play on a changelevel

May 18, 2011 Patch

  • Added an Advanced Options button to the main menu to allow tweaking of many gameplay options

May 19, 2011 Patch

  • Fixed a rare case where users running Service Pack 3 on Windows 7 64-bit with graphics driver version 12.42 saw a graphical glitch on the main menu Options button

May 31, 2011 Patch

  • Fixed the main menu showing through the shopping cart menu when running at 2500x1600

June 8, 2011 Patch

  • [Undocumented] Removed the Saxxy Awards promotion on the main menu

June 23, 2011 Patch (Über Update)

  • [Undocumented] Overhauled main menu elements

July 18, 2011 Patch

July 29, 2011 Patch

August 2, 2011 Patch

  • Updated the main menu backgrounds to include Granary and Upward
  • [Undocumented] Mistakenly added Gravel Pit as a Granary main menu background

Gallery

Trivia

  • If the player hasn't obtained any promotional codes, the "View Promotional Codes" button won't appear in the main menu.

See also