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• Fixed a client crash bug caused by overflow of the audio cache
• Fixed a bug that allowed server browser network activity to continue after choosing a server

• Added new promo items
• Unlocked the "What's in the Sandvich Box?"
• Unlocked the "What's in the Companion Square Box?"
• Fixed a server crash related to Demoman bot AI
• Updated the Tin Pot to use the correct skin for each style
• Fixed seeing the fire texture on Gold Botkiller items in DirectX 8
• Updated the localization files
• Updated Mann vs. Machine
  • Matchmaking search criteria supports selecting multiple missions
  • Mann Up servers will retry notification of mission victory to game coordinator, to ensure loot is eventually granted in the case of service disruption
  • Matchmaking will prevent late joining into the a server near the end of the last wave
  • Added a new currency UI element to indicate money that is active in the world
  • Added the tour number to the information on the scoreboard
  • Fixed the Medigun overheal duration attribute causing the overheal effect to decay faster, rather than slower
  • Added the ability to buy projectile penetration for the Crusader's Crossbow
  • Fixed a false positive for the achievement "Clockwork Carnage"
  • Added a new command "bot_hurt"
    • Parameters -name [bot name], -team [red/blue/all], -damage [amount]
  • Fixed the Demoman shields not saving their upgrades upon round reset
• Updated koth_king
  • Reflections fixed for the floors and some glass windows
  • Modified model file for the sign 6 through 9 to avoid Red signs on Blu side of the map
  • Modified light pole to merge bulb and pole into a single model for perf
  • Fixed location where mini-sentries can shoot through a bush without being seen
  • Clipping pass
  • Added glass on footbridge roof and lights nearby
  • Prop reduction for perf
  • Some props changed to non-solid for player mobility
  • Adjusted health and ammo in various spots
• Community requests:
  • Add a new server ConVar "tf_avoidteammates_pushaway" to control whether or not teammates push each other away when occupying the same space
  • Add a new server ConVar "tf_arena_override_team_size" to allow server owners to set the maximum team size in arena mode

Valve are looking for community prop makers to furnish the shooter’s October update. From the Team Fortress 2 blog:

Scariness doesn’t just happen, people. It’s serious business. That’s why we’re giving you until October 1st to fill the Steam Workshop with horrifying Halloween-themed cosmetic items. If you’re not an item-making sort of person, you can still keep busy. Why not visit the workshop and rate other people’s Halloween-themed items? Rating terrifying items will also help you build up your resistance to being scared before we unleash this year’s Scream Fortress update.

Thanks to everyone who sent this link in.

• Division Seeding: September 8 - 10
• Schedule Week: September 10 - 15
• Main Season: September 16 - November 3 (7 weeks)
• Playoffs: November 11 - 30

• Performance improvements

• Added the Fall 2012 crate key to the Mann Co. store
• Fixed The Escape Plan not using the same taunt as The Equalizer
• Community mapping request:
  • Added Parentname to the attributes for func_flagdetectionzone

• Added new promo items
• Added replay_name ConVar to set the name of the replay bot
• Added a notification to Steam Trading when a user's backpack is full
• Fixed tv_name ConVar not working
• Fixed non-robot Snipers playing some of the robot Sniper lines
• Fixed the looping tank sound not playing if it was spawned far from the player
• Fixed Monoculus health bar not showing when Monoculus spawns
• Fixed tank destruction effects playing at the map origin
• Fixed bots not displaying in the server browser properly
• Updated the localization files
• Updated Koth_King
  • Added some geometry to hide floating staircases outside of playspace
  • Performance improvements from prop reduction, additional surfaces tagged as nodraw, and reduced overlay counts
  • Fixed some building faces where extra faces were being generated behind windows/etc due to spaces in geometry
• Updated Mvm_Decoy
• Updated Mvm_Coaltown
  • Blocked bots from being blasted into the tank tunnel
  • Blocked giants from getting stuck under the stairs in the final pit
• Updated Mvm_Mannworks
  • Blocked bots from being blasted into the tank tunnel
  • Added nobuild to stairs on center building where Engineers could build out of reach of Sentry Busters
• MvM changes
  • Fixed a client money display issue when purchasing or selling bottle charges after changing classes
  • Fixed an issue in the Server Browser where replay bots would add to the player count
  • Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause the bomb to get positioned incorrectly when dropped
  • Added safeguards to prevent bots from getting stuck in certain cases
  • Fixed sniper rifle reload upgrade not reducing the time delay from hip shot to scoping
  • Fixed Steel Gauntlet robots failing to destroy minisentries on slopes
  • Fixed the party leader’s mission completions showing in the game lobby instead of your own
• Community-submitted schema changes:
  • Backpack sounds updated for Rogue's Col Roule, Cozy Camper, Scrap Pack, Professor's Pineapple, Scottish Handshake, Monoculus!, Manniversary Paper Hat, Party Hat, Googly Gazer, Liquor Locker, and Something Special For Someone Special
  • Weapon sound changes:
    • The Pain Train now uses Equalizer sounds
    • The Conscientious Objector now uses Kurkri sounds
    • The Amputator now uses Bonesaw sounds
    • The Solemn Vow now sounds like a wrench
    • The Market Gardener now uses Shovel sounds
    • The Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker now uses the Horsemann's Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker sounds
  • Weapon crafting changes:
    • The Teufort Tooth Kickers and Professor's Peculiarity are now craftable
    • The Cozy Camper, Sun-on-a-Stick, and Sharpened Volcano Fragment are now craftable with tokens
  • Weapon cosmetic changes:
    • Added new styles to the Big Country, Professor's Peculiarity, and Copper's Hard Top
    • The Third Degree now vaporizes enemies on kill like the Phlogistinator and the Manmelter
    • Loosened equip region restrictions for the Whiskered Gentleman, Sight For Sore Eyes, Googly Gazer, and Nine-Pipe Problem
    • The Birdcage, HOUWAR, and Scrap Pack can now get kill assists in Pyroland
    • Updated attribute text to be more clear on the Loch-N-Load, Force-A-Nature, Soda Popper, and Family Business
      • Weapon functionality is unchanged

• Added new promo items
  
• Added replay_name ConVar to set the name of the replay bot
  
• Added a notification to Steam Trading when a user's backpack is full
  
• Fixed tv_name ConVar not working
  
• Fixed non-robot Snipers playing some of the robot Sniper lines
  
• Fixed the looping tank sound not playing if it was spawned far from the player
  
• Fixed Monoculus health bar not showing when Monoculus spawns
  
• Fixed tank destruction effects playing at the map origin
  
• Fixed bots not displaying in the server browser properly
  
• Updated the localization files
  
• Updated Koth_King
  • Added some geometry to hide floating staircases outside of playspace
    
  • Performance improvements from prop reduction, additional surfaces tagged as nodraw, and reduced overlay counts
    
  • Fixed some building faces where extra faces were being generated behind windows/etc due to spaces in geometry
• Updated Mvm_Decoy
  
• Updated Mvm_Coaltown
  • Blocked bots from being blasted into the tank tunnel
    
  • Blocked giants from getting stuck under the stairs in the final pit
• Updated Mvm_Mannworks
  • Blocked bots from being blasted into the tank tunnel
    
  • Added nobuild to stairs on center building where Engineers could build out of reach of Sentry Busters
• MvM changes
  • Fixed a client money display issue when purchasing or selling bottle charges after changing classes
    
  • Fixed an issue in the Server Browser where replay bots would add to the player count
    
  • Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause the bomb to get positioned incorrectly when dropped
    
  • Added safeguards to prevent bots from getting stuck in certain cases
    
  • Fixed sniper rifle reload upgrade not reducing the time delay from hip shot to scoping
    
  • Fixed Steel Gauntlet robots failing to destroy minisentries on slopes
    
  • Fixed the party leaders mission completions showing in the game lobby instead of your own
• Community-submitted schema changes:
  • Backpack sounds updated for Rogue's Col Roule, Cozy Camper, Scrap Pack, Professor's Pineapple, Scottish Handshake, Monoculus!, Manniversary Paper Hat, Party Hat, Googly Gazer, Liquor Locker, and Something Special For Someone Special
    
  • Weapon sound changes:
    • The Pain Train now uses Equalizer sounds
      
    • The Conscientious Objector now uses Kurkri sounds
      
    • The Amputator now uses Bonesaw sounds
      
    • The Solemn Vow now sounds like a wrench
      
    • The Market Gardener now uses Shovel sounds
      
    • The Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker now uses the Horsemann's Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker sounds
  • Weapon crafting changes:
    • The Teufort Tooth Kickers and Professor's Peculiarity are now craftable
      
    • The Cozy Camper, Sun-on-a-Stick, and Sharpened Volcano Fragment are now craftable with tokens
  • Weapon cosmetic changes:
    • Added new styles to the Big Country, Professor's Peculiarity, and Copper's Hard Top
      
    • The Third Degree now vaporizes enemies on kill like the Phlogistinator and the Manmelter
      
    • Loosened equip region restrictions for the Whiskered Gentleman, Sight For Sore Eyes, Googly Gazer, and Nine-Pipe Problem
      
    • The Birdcage, HOUWAR, and Scrap Pack can now get kill assists in Pyroland
      
    • Updated attribute text to be more clear on the Loch-N-Load, Force-A-Nature, Soda Popper, and Family Business
      • Weapon functionality is unchanged

• Added a new command "kickall" which kicks all connected clients except for replay, HLTV, and the listenserver host if applicable
• Updated Steam binaries; fixes Linux crash on shutdown or restart

• Fixed a problem with items not displaying the correct styles
• Added a new command "player_ready_toggle" for players to ready-up in MvM mode
  • Can be bound to any key in the Keyboard tab of the Options dialog
• Fixed the Metal Regen upgrade displaying a percentage instead of an incremental value
• Fixed a few MvM sounds not being precached properly
• Added Taskbar Window Flash and Drum Roll sound on successful match making for Windows users
  • Sound will play even if the game is minimized
• Added difficulty text "Normal" and "Advanced" to the MvM scoreboard when playing official Valve missions
• Fixed UI Bugs related to the MvM splash screens (Wave Loss and Victory)
• Fixed a UI Bug that would display previous MvM loot on the victory screen for subsequent MvM games
• Server browser will now show MvM mission name in the "map" column. (E.g. "mvm_mannworks_advanced")
• Community requests
  • Fixed a crash when spawning the tank in non-MvM games. Added SetHealth, SetMaxHealth, AddHealth, and RemoveHealth inputs to the tank entity
  • The tf_bot_add command can now create a bot with a custom name and can create a bot that isn't managed by the value of tf_bot_quota by adding the custom name and "noquota" arguments respectively

• Fixed matchmaking sending players to out-of-date servers
• Fixed the server browser showing an incorrect player count in MvM games
• Fixed a crash that could occur on map change if another player was being healed by the dispenser or payload cart
• Fixed a rare server crash when firing hitscan weapons
• Fixed MvM intro video not playing on some Macs
• Fixed the sound precache string table being nearly full in non-MvM games
  • This was causing the "error writing string table baseline" and "failed reading message net_SetConVar" errors

• Fixed matchmaking sending players to out-of-date servers
  
• Fixed the server browser showing an incorrect player count in MvM games
  
• Fixed a crash that could occur on map change if another player was being healed by the dispenser or payload cart
  
• Fixed a rare server crash when firing hitscan weapons
  
• Fixed MvM intro video not playing on some Macs
  
• Fixed the sound precache string table being nearly full in non-MvM games
  • This was causing the "error writing string table baseline" and "failed reading message net_SetConVar" errors

• Fixed a bug where rejected players could leave a "ghost" player that takes up a slot on the server browser

• Fixed tf_mm_strict to work as documented

• Updated client rate value to default to 30000 to improve network performance for most players
  • Rate was previously set by Steam’s Internet connection speed setting
• Updated client rate value to be stored in the config.cfg file

• Fixed a crash caused by a string table overflow
• Fixed a client crash related to the freeze panel
• Fixed a client crash related to ragdolls
• Fixed a client crash related to the Mann vs. Machine upgrade panel
• Fixed a client crash related to Mann vs. Machine stats
• Fixed a crash related to server plug-ins spawning a Mann vs. Machine Tank before the game is ready
• Updated the dedicated server to exit when attempting to start a Mann vs. Machine map with less than 32 maxplayers
• Fixed mp_timelimit causing Mann vs. Machine mode to not reset properly when the defenders lose
• Fixed the Mann vs. Machine wave loss/victory dialog buttons not being clickable sometimes
• Fixed the Mann vs. Machine victory dialog getting stuck on the screen
• Fixed the Mann vs. Machine wave summary dialog showing up at the beginning of the first wave
• Fixed seeing incorrect upgrades in the Mann vs. Machine upgrade panel
• Updated upgrade icons to remove numbers
• Fixed Sentry Busters picking disposable buildings as valid targets
• Fixed an instance of the Sentry Buster sound looping endlessly
• Updated the backpack image for Archimedes to fix an alpha channel problem
• Updated the colors for The Battery Bandolier
• Fixed the disconnect reason not being localized properly for Mann vs. Machine mode
• Fixed player glow colors not based on player health in some community mods outside of Mann vs. Machine mode
• Removed console spew related to missing movement warnings
• Updated the matchmaking ConVar tf_mm_strict
  • A value of 2 will hide the server from the server browser but will still allow direct connections
• Updated Mvm_Mannworks
  • Adjusted clipping on left side drop down where bots may become stuck
  • Fixed lighting seam near base
  • Fixed vphysics prop error in console
  • Minor clipping pass on areas players may become hung up on

I finally managed to dodge the queues and get some mano-a-machino time in with Mann Vs Machine, the new game mode for Team Fortress 2. Valve have remixed their combative cartoon shooter so the warring Red and Blu teams are fighting together against a robotic horde. It’s hard. So very, very hard. (more…)

• Coop Gamemode
• Large numbers of enemies against a team of 5
• Special enemies designed specifically to kill players
• Giant enemies in addition to the special enemies
• Robots that charge sentries that are too effective
• Stackable, persistent bonuses for the enemy team
• Tanks

This is going to be interesting.

• Brought in line with shared engine changes

• Added Mann vs. Machine
• Added Archimedes
• Added The Soldier's Stogie
• Added The Robro 3000
• Updated The Helmet Without a Home to be paintable
• Fixed some clipping issues with The Salty Dog
• Removed player penetration from The Pomson 6000 and boosted the damage to compensate