February 24, 2009 Patch

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

Source: http://store.steampowered.com/news/2288/

Official update page: The Scout Update

Patch notes

Scout Update was published on February 24, 2009 and marked the fourth update Class Pack.

New features

• Added The Force-A-Nature, The Sandman, and Bonk!
• Added 35 new Scout achievements
• Added crit boosted on/off sound effects
• Added new sounds for upgraded Teleporters
• Added new sound for a fully charged Medic dying
• Add bonus points section to scores
  • Scouts earn a bonus point for killing Medics who are actively healing a target
• Added several new speech concepts, mostly hooked up to new Scout lines
• Added new "Remember last weapon between lives" option to the Multiplayer Advanced dialog
• Spies can now control which weapon the enemy team sees them holding. Hitting the "last disguise" key while disguised updates the disguise to show the Spy's currently held weapon
• Added several new Arena mode announcer speech events.
• Added "First Blood" to Arena mode
• Removed 2x item respawn times in arena
• Changed backstab handling to fix facestabs
• Spies disguised as enemy team can now see player IDs for enemies

New maps

• Added community maps: Egypt (cp_egypt), Watchtower (arena_watchtower), and Junction (cp_junction).
• Updated Fastlane (cp_fastlane) with Arttu's new version

Mapmaker requests

• Added new input for forward speed modifier to FuncTrainTrain
• Added TeleportToPathTrack input to func_tracktrain

Bugfixes

• Fixed a bug where players would sometimes gib from non-gib damage kills
• Fixed stat screen showing an entry for a class called "map."
• Fixed item model panels not using team skins
• Fixed obscure bug where spectators were able to carry the |flag.

Undocumented Changes

• Added new Scout voice lines.
• Added a new taunt, used by the Sandman
• Reduced stab radius to 160 degrees. Removed quickbackstabs and thus reduced the Spy's backstab range. Made backstabs quicker.