October 1, 202x Patch

Source: Team Fortress 2 Update Released

Patch notes

Team Fortress 2

Scream Fortress ??? has arrived!

• Featuring 6 new community maps: Circus, Frost Moon, Spellway, Hades, Undying, and Fier
• Added the Hellish Heirloom Case
  • Contains 25 new community-created cosmetic items that make-up the Hellish Heirloom Collection
  • Has a chance to give one of 5 new community-created Halloween-restricted items as a bonus item
  • Has a chance to give a taunt Unusualifier as a bonus item
• Added 6 new community-contributed Taunts to the Mann Co. Store
  • Taunt: Crushing Defeat
  • Taunt: Merasmium Leviosa!
  • Taunt: Armament Ascension
  • Taunt: The Catwalk
  • Taunt: Peace Out
  • Taunt: Sergeant Smack Talk
• Added 18 new community-created Unusual effects
  • 12 new effects for Unusual hats
  • 6 new effects for Unusual taunts
• 8 new Halloween spell effects
• Added the Scream Fortress ??? War Paint Case
  • Contains 12 new community-created War Paints that make-up the Scream Fortress ??? War Paint Collection
  • Has a chance to give a taunt Unusualifier as a bonus item
• All players who launch the game will receive a Soul Gargoyle if they don't already have one
  • Grants access to Merasmissions and Halloween item transmutations
  • Tracks Merasmissions completed and souls collected
• All Halloween Contracts have been reset, allowing them to be completed again
• Added new Contracts for this year's featured community maps
• Completing a Halloween Contract will give players a classic Halloween item and the chance for a Hellish Heirloom Case or Scream Fortress XIII War Paint Case
• Continue last year's event by collecting the souls of dead players for your Soul Gargoyle by killing enemies, doing map objectives, or collecting the Soul Gargoyles that spawn in the maps
• All cosmetic and taunt Cases will grant Halloween 202x Unusual effects instead of their normal Unusual effects during the event. This does not include Crates.
• Join Halloween matches by using the Special Events category in Casual
• Scream Fortress ??? runs through November 8th, 202x

General

• Updated koth_lakeside_event
  • Reduced time for each round to 4 minutes.
  • Merasmus now waits 30 seconds longer to appear each level.
  • Fixed exploit where Spies can switch to the Sapper when they run out of ammo in the Revolver during truce.
  • Sentries now self destruct when truce has ended.
• Updated koth_slasher
  • Reduced round timer to 4 minutes.
• Updated pl_badwater_event
  • Removed Monoculus.
  • Removed Skeletons.
  • Improved lighting in some areas.
• Updated pl_breadspace
  • Fixed bug where cart model disappears on the player's client.
  • Fixed victory music cutting off during first round.
  • Added more voice lines for The Astronaut.
  • Optimized some parts of the map.
  • Fixed some memory leaks on last point that caused players to crash.
• Updated pl_precipice_event_final
  • Fixed the cart occasionally turning sideways.
  • Optimization.
• Updated pl_hasslecastle
  • Fixed exploit where players can walk on top of the tree the Slope.
  • Optimization.
• Updated pl_ghoulpit
  • Fixed broken area near Checkpoint B.
• Updated pd_pit_of_death_event
  • Optimization.
• Updated pd_monster_bash
  • Added custom announcer.
  • Fixed hitboxes on pendulum blades in the underworld.
• Updated pd_cursed_cove_event
  • Fixed Engineers being able to build in their spawn.
• Updated plr_hacksaw_event
  • Fixed players sometimes being able to get inside of the cart.
  • Gave The Hellishly Hollow Horseman his proper axe back.
• Updated pl_hoodoo
  • Players can no longer build teleporters inside BLU's spawn room in the 3rd stage.
• Updated koth_synthetic_event
  • Added new custom voice lines of Merasmus Gargoyle Notifications.
• Added BLU team textures for The Disguise Kit.
• Added missing kill icon for a headshot from a flaming Huntsman arrow.
• Added missing kill icon for a reflected burning Huntsman arrow.
• Added missing kill icon for when a player is wielding the Half Zatoichi kills another player also holding it.
• Fixed exploit where Flame Thrower particles can travel through spawn gates in some maps.
• Fixed Machina shot sound stacking.
• Fixed Dragon's Fury projectiles colliding with invisible map objects.
• Fixed Dragon's Fury projectiles coming out of the right side when cl_flipviewmodels 1 is enabled.
• Updated Dragon's Fury item description to show clearer stats.
• Fixed Missing particles for the Pumpkin Bombs spell on the Cow Mangler 5000.
• Fixed Votekick menu displaying dummy text sometimes.
• Fixed Unlocked Winter 2016 Cosmetic Case not playing the Winterized sound when being opened.
• Fixed Panic Attack's broken reload animation.
• Fixed the Engineer's hand sometimes being distorted when having the Gunslinger and Short Circuit equipped at the same time.
• Fixed the Sniper Rifle not playing reload sound in 3rd person.
• Fixed War Paint Albedo Tint breaking under certain lighting in maps.
• Fixed Unusual effects disappearing in first-person when disguising.
• Fixed Renamed items not appearing properly on disguised Spies.
• Fixed broken Jiggle bones on Boo Balloon.
• Contract Points on Halloween contracts now behave like Mercenary Park and Pyroland Contracts.
• Updated weapon schema with community fixes from rabscootle.
• Updated kill icons with community fixes by NeoDement.
• Updated Gorge_(Capture_the_Flag) and Thunder_Mountain_(Capture_the_Flag) with community fixes from Louie Turner (bakscratch).
• Updated the class selection screen with community fixes from ficool2.
• Updated/Added some Tournament Medals
• Updated the localization files.

Undocumented changes

• Added Map stamps and Strange filters for Circus, Frost Moon, Spellway, Hades, Undying, and Fier.
• Updated weapon tips screen with community fixes from rabscootle.
• Updated cosmetic lighting with community fixes from ficool2.

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