Team Fortress 2 Update: Cosmetic Fixes, Map Improvements, and Zipline Tweaks

Valve just shipped an update for Team Fortress 2, bringing a series of fixes for various in-game items and significant adjustments to several maps. Players will receive the update automatically upon restarting the game.

Cosmetic and Taunt Updates

Several cosmetic items and a taunt have received attention in this patch:

• Updated the Beachcomber's Brim to fix an incorrect material.
• Updated Taunt: The Circuit Breaker to fix incorrect team color on prop and orphaned particles.
• Updated the Inglorious Patriot:
  • Adjusted the normal map and refined the colors.
  • Improved the weighting on the bottom pockets.
  • Updated the backpack icon.

Map Adjustments

Two popular maps, pl_redwood and koth_camp_saxton, have received notable changes aimed at improving gameplay and performance.

pl_redwood

• Fixed various lighting issues.
• Zipline dismount jump speed now ramps up from 1.1x base class speed to 1.8x.
• Decreased delay before a player can dismount a zipline by jumping from 0.6s to 0.25s.
• Decreased delay before a player can dismount a zipline by crouching from 0.3s to 0.1s.
• Fixed players who dismount a zipline in mid-air not receiving mini-crits from the Direct Hit and Reserve Shooter.
• Fixed the B.A.S.E. Jumper's parachute deploying while using a zipline.

koth_camp_saxton

• Vastly improved optimization. Further investigation is ongoing.
• Tweaked log-and-netting walls along the central shore for clearer definition.
• Fixed several instances of minor prop clipping.
• Fixed players getting stuck on the wood-carved Saxtons.
• Improved clipping throughout.