October 27, 2010 Patch

The Scream Fortress Update was released on October 27th 2010 and marked the second annual Halloween Holiday event, it is also the second ever Holiday event.

Source: 27 Oct 2010 – Team Fortress 2 Update Released

Patch notes

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

• Removed the rate limit for the "status" command when entered into the server console
• Fixed an exploit that allowed people to send fake server messages to clients
• Significantly improved engine vertex compression (large reduction in per-model memory usage)

Team Fortress 2

• Added TF2Maps.net Art-pass contest winners:
  • Mountain Lab
  • Mann Manor
• Halloween 2010 Event
  • Mann Manor is haunted by the Horseless Headless Horsemann.
  • Random gift drop in Mann Manor.
  • 4 new Halloween achievements.
  • Added new Halloween hats. (Halloween Masks, Saxton Hale Mask, Ghastlier Gibus, Voodoo Juju, Spine-Chilling Skull, Horrific Headsplitter, Horseless Headless Horsemann's Head, Cadaver's Cranium)
  • Added a new Halloween weapon.
• Added Gift Wrapping of gifts to the store.
• Added Custom Description tag to the store.
• Added the community created "Swamp Theme" assets, so all maps can use it:
  • See http://swamp.tf2maps.net/ for full details.
• Updated cp_coldfront with the latest changes from the community creator (Icarus):
  • Improved visibility on last CP.
  • Moved second CP slightly closer to the attacker's side.
  • Added cover for players queuing up the health pack on the second CP.
  • Improved clipping on the zig-zag ramp to middle CP.
  • Teams that capture the middle CP are now awarded with faster spawn times.
• Added a health penalty to the Rocket Jumper.
• Added the Sticky Jumper for Demomen to practice jumping.
• Fixed the Sandvich charge meter.
• Fixed glows not drawing correctly when using antialiasing on some computers.
• Improved the checks that trigger mp_scrambleteams_auto.
• Added console commands to initiate trades directly (cl_trade/cl_trade_steamid) to help people running trading servers

Undocumented changes

• Fixed Napper's Respite painted pattern.
• Modified Troublemaker's Tossle Cap's painted pattern.
• Released series #3, #4 and #5 crates.
• Reintegrated the menu background rotation.
• Gentle Manne's Service Medal is now tradeable.
• Added the Frenchman's Beret, Heavy Duty Rag, Hotrod, Hustler's Hallmark, Killer's Kabuto, Magistrate's Mullet, Physician's Procedure Mask, and Triboniophorus Tyrannus to the store.
• Added new game start up music "gamestartup_halloween".