December 20, 2012 Patch

This article is specific to the patch released. For information on the update, see Mecha Update.

Source: Team Fortress 2, Day of Defeat: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch Updates Released

Patch notes

Source Engine Changes (TF2, DoD:S, HL2:DM)

• Updated some Big Picture features
• Additional improvements for client stability

Team Fortress 2

• Australian Christmas has begun!
  • Added three new community weapons
    • The Vaccinator
    • The Loose Cannon
    • The Rescue Ranger
  • Added community-contributed winter event items
  • Added Naughty and Nice winter keys to the Mann Co. Store
• Mann Vs. Machine
  • Added a new tour of duty with unique loot:
    • Operation Mecha Engine, with 3 new advanced skill missions
    • New map mvm_bigrock
    • New Engineer Botkiller items
  • Added new Engineer robot
• Added new Strange Filter items to the Mann Co. Store to support community map makers
• Added new checkout dialogs and taunt-activated effect to raise awareness for Community Map Stamps
• Added +context_action command (defaults to X for controllers). This will use the action slot if your Canteen contains a charge and will taunt otherwise3 ^(sic)
• Added +attack3 command (defaults to middle-mouse button)
• Added Adult Swim items to the Mann Co. Store
• Fixed an exploit that allowed players to be permanently invulnerable
• Fixed the Pyro’s airblast not working correctly when facing downhill
• Made Force-A-Nature pushback more consistent
• Updated pl_barnblitz
  • Fixed various map exploits
• Updated sd_doomsday
  • Fixed various map exploits
• Updated the localization files

Undocumented changes

• New bot_hint_engineer_nest entity.
• Removed Crate series 45 and 47.
• Added Crate series 54 and 55.

Notes

Files changed

See December 20, 2012 Patch diff