Team Fortress 2 Update April 29, 2008 GOLDRUSH

Core · 30 Apr 2008

Team Fortress 2 Update April 29, 2008 GOLDRUSH

Team Fortress 2: Gold Rush Update Available Now
April 29, 2008, 5:59 pm - Alden Kroll

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The Team Fortress 2: Gold Rush Update is now available, free to owners of Team Fortress 2 via Steam. The Gold Rush Update introduces the new Gold Rush map and Payload gameplay style, the first set of unlockable weapons, and a new set of achievements for the Medic.

In other TF2 news, a worldwide Team Fortress 2 Free Weekend will begin Friday at noon PDT, and will include access to the new content released today in the TF2: Gold Rush Update. Using the functionality made available through Steam and Steamworks, all of the files needed to join the Free Weekend are available for pre-loading now.

The Free Weekend is open to players around the world, and there is no obligation to purchase to participate; all that is needed is a Steam account to join.

To start pre-loading everything you need to play on Friday and learn more about Team Fortress 2, please visit http://www.steamgames.com/goldrush
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Team Fortress 2 Update Released
April 29, 2008, 5:58 pm - Jason Ruymen

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Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Source Engine

Improved particle performance on multi-core machines

Added FOV slider to Options | Video | Advanced for all games (moved there from TF2’s multiplayer options)

Fixed surround sound initialization problems with new speaker modes defined in Vista

Team Fortress 2

Added Goldrush

Added Character Info and Loadout to the main menu

Added 39 Medic achievements

Added unique Medic items:

The Blutsaugher, The Kritzkrieg, and The Ubersaw

Added new attack animations to most melee weapons

Added new speech for the Heavy and Demoman

Added Stopwatch mode to Tournament mode

Automatically used on Attack/Defense maps

Teleporter effect no longer shows up on invisible or disguised Spies

Spies disguised as their own team can now capture control points

Increased force taken by pipebombs by bullets and explosions

Target ID hud is now colored red or blue to match the spectator target

Tournament mode no longer ends matches early if the time limit is nearly up when a new round starts

Fixed exploit where clients could start benchmark mode on servers

Fixed drowning exploit that allowed players to regenerate health

Fixed reload exploit that allowed plays to fire instantly after switching weapons

Fixed flamethrower bug where a player flush against a wall couldn't be lit on fire from the front

Fixed invulnerability overlay not drawing if the invuln player was previously on fire

Fixed "times used" entry in teleporters maxing out at 32

Fixed rare client crash on level change during control point capturing

Minor fix to stat gathering to prevent players using sv_cheats to easily garner achievements

For mapmakers:

Mapmakers can now directly place the tf_gamerules entity into their map. Fixes Hammer thinking the inputs to it are broken

Mapmakers can now place Engineer buildings directly into a map, with an option for them to be invulnerable

Added "AddRedTeamScore" and "AddBlueTeamScore" inputs to tf_gamerules

Added "SetRequiredObserverTarget" input to tf_gamerules. Force spectators to use the specified viewpoint

Granary

Added setup time logic, and gates to the middle

Fixed an overlay alignment bug on one of blue's gate signs

Minor lighting fixes in red/blue spawns

2Fort

Added medium ammo and health to basement hallways

Added small ammo and health to top of spiral

Fixed a clip brush exploit outside blue sniper deck

Fixed number "2" overlay on front of red base not being assigned to the brush face

Portal

Fixed a rare crash related to bone setup
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FastJohn · 30 Apr 2008

Re: Team Fortress 2 Update April 29, 2008 GOLDRUSH

Teleporter effect no longer shows up on invisible or disguised Spies

good for spy newbies!

I never go on a teleport as a spy. if i do, i wait til the effect is gone(B4)

Spies disguised as their own team can now capture control points

what? so that means on the same team are gonna be complaining to their spies?

Bun · 30 Apr 2008

Re: Team Fortress 2 Update April 29, 2008 GOLDRUSH

FastJohn said:

Spies disguised as their own team can now capture control points

what? so that means on the same team are gonna be complaining to their spies?
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You're a Blu spy, disguised as a Blu heavy. You can now cap with that disguise. So hard to understand?

captain-pot-noodle · 30 Apr 2008

Re: Team Fortress 2 Update April 29, 2008 GOLDRUSH

I can't see why a blue spy would want to disguise as a blue heavy in the first place :-s

Core · 30 Apr 2008

Re: Team Fortress 2 Update April 29, 2008 GOLDRUSH

Maybe just to fool the other team and divert their attention on who to kill first

captain-pot-noodle · 30 Apr 2008

Re: Team Fortress 2 Update April 29, 2008 GOLDRUSH

Btw i looked this morning at goldrush, why is it pl_Goldrush? what does "pl" stand-for I thought that it was going to be es_ for escape?

|Prepares to Put the dunce hat on again!|

Z3Ronl · 30 Apr 2008

Re: Team Fortress 2 Update April 29, 2008 GOLDRUSH

think it stand for payload actually, not sure tho.

Core · 30 Apr 2008

Re: Team Fortress 2 Update April 29, 2008 GOLDRUSH

es = escort
pl = payload

Core · 30 Apr 2008

Re: Team Fortress 2 Update April 29, 2008 GOLDRUSH

http://www.steampowered.com/goldrush/

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