December 20, 2007 Patch

Source: Team Fortress 2 Update Released

Patch notes

Team Fortress 2

• Sudden death mode is now a server option (a convar) and defaults to OFF
• Sapped buildings now take slightly less damage from the Spy who sapped them
• The Medic's Medi Gun now charges at an increased rate during Setup time, to remove the need for self-damage grinding
• Fixed an rcon/console command that could cause server crashes
• Prevented players from playing the Civilian class
• Prevented players from hiding their name in the scoreboard
• Fixed exploit where the Medi Gun ÜberCharge wouldn't drain if you switched weapons
• Fixed decals not being correctly applied to the world in some cases
• Fixed critical bullet tracers not being visible to players other than the firer
• Fixed first person spectator view of the Spy watch not showing the correct cloak value
• Fixed the teleporter's player shaped particles not drawing
• Fixed the flamethrower stuttering when firing directly into a building
• Fixed a rare crash that can happen when a player being healed leaves the server suddenly
• Fixed Rocket trail effects sometimes existing permanently in world
• Added effects to players when they earn an achievement, visible to other players nearby
• Tweaked achievement HUD fonts and color palette for more readability
• Improved stat gathering for map play times to increase accuracy
• Improved stat gathering around draws to better understand why they're occurring
• Fixed occasional misreporting of Syringe Gun & Fire Axe damage distances to the stats system
• Fixed an occasional crash caused by an achievement not being found during a game announcement

Dustbowl

• Now waits until either team wins fully before changing to another map on server timelimit expiring
• Teams now score a point per captured control point, rather than per sub round
• Prevented Demomen being able to launch grenades into the stage three alleys while standing at the final cap point
• Fixed gaps in stage gates that allowed Snipers to kill defenders during setup
• Fixed several model and brush perch exploits in stage three
• Added stair access to the upper area in stage three after the first cap
• Limited line-of-sight at the first control point in stage 3 to remove a griefable Sniper spot

Source Engine

• Fixed some audio buffer support issues with Vista
• WorldVertexTransition under dxlevel 80 + 81 now correctly uses vertex alpha to blend the two textures
• Improved the console in the graphical UI version of the dedicated server

SourceTV

• Relay proxies can now record demos now with tv_autorecord 1
• Fixed an interpolation code bug during demo playback that was resulting in view jitter
• Added several TF specific game events to SourceTV auto director logic
• Increased the average shot length by 2 seconds

Undocumented changes

• Fixed model exploit in stage one allowing Sentry Gun/Teleporter to be placed behind chain link fence on Dustbowl
• Added the ability for servers to have map-specific .cfg files in the cfg folder