An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:



Happy Smissmas 2024!

• All players who play TF2 during the event will receive a Stuffed Stocking as a gift! Stockings contain goodies for good little Mercenaries.
• Featuring 6 new community maps: Overcast, Fortezza, Penguin Peak, Patagonia, Cutter, and Maul
• Added the Winter 2024 Cosmetic Case
  • Contains 23 new community-contributed items
  • The Festivizer can be found as a bonus drop when opening the case
• Added 3 new community-contributed taunts to the Mann Co. Store
  • Taunt: Fore-Head Slice
  • Taunt: Peace!
  • Taunt: Curtain Call
• Added 18 new community-created Unusual effects
  • 9 new effects for Unusual hats
  • 9 new effects for Unusual taunts
• All cosmetic and taunt cases will grant Smissmas 2024 Unusual effects instead of their normal Unusual effects during the event. This does not include crates.
• Mann Co. Store winter sale!
• Smissmas runs through January 7th, 2025

General

• Fixed a client crash when previewing imported items in the Workshop dialog
• Fixed showing an error model when equipping the Scottish Resistance
• Fixed The Executioner not hiding the Scout's dog tags
• Updated the Mountebank's Masque to fix a problem with the materials
• Updated/Added some tournament medals
• Updated vsh_distillery, vsh_nucleus, vsh_outburst, vsh_skirmish, and vsh_tinyrock
  • General
    • Added the gamemode intro movie (made by Lacry, thanks)
    • Improved the delivery of VSH-related voice lines for Soldier, Engineer and Sniper
    • Updated some VSH-related voice lines for Saxton, Soldier, Engineer and Sniper (thanks The Rat Man)
    • Added Hale's kill icons
    • Visual improvements to Hale's Ability HUD (thanks Funicular)
    • Added a visual cue signaling an upcoming Saxton Punch!
    • Minor visual improvements to Saxton Hale and his particle effects
    • Fixed the boss bar sometimes starting invisible
    • Fixed a rare crash caused by seeing blood decals on Hale while playing on low graphics quality settings
    • Fixed a rare bug when Hale's Ability HUD textures become missing
  • Balance Changes - Saxton Hale
    • Added Brave Jump Fatigue. Each consecutive jump will be less powerful, requiring a short break to restore to full strength
      • Weightdown ability is disabled during Jump Fatigue
    • Increased Hale's health by ~100HP per opponent
    • Adjusted Hale's health formula against 24+ opponents - Hale now gains 2000HP for every opponent past 23 (thanks Megascatterbomb)
    • Hale's resistance to knockback reduced from 75% to 35%
    • Head Stomp damage now scales with Hale's downward speed, dealing between 64 and 193 damage (previously dealt flat 195 damage)
  • Balance Changes - Mercenaries
    • Explosives and fire now deal 50% more damage against Hale
    • The 40% minigun damage penalty now applies to full crits only
    • Broken Demoman shields now retain the charge ability
    • Demoman shields now absorb only 50% of the incoming damage upon breaking (a would-be-lethal blow will leave the Demo at 1HP)
    • Greatly decreased sticky trap damage reduction
    • Removed Scottish Resistance's 20% damage penalty
    • Baby Face's Blaster now loses 20% of its boost upon Wall Climbing
• Updated vsh_tinyrock (additional changes)
  • Improved performance
  • Fixed odd clipping at one of the spawns
• Updated vsh_distillery (additional changes)
  • Improved performance
• Updated vsh_nucleus (additional changes)
  • Fixed setup time ending five seconds too early
  • Improved detailing in some areas
  • Improved clipping on staircases
  • Increased control point capture time to 15 seconds
  • Removed collision on some lights
  • Changed damage model and damage amount of the toxic waste pit and puddles
• Updated vsh_skirmish (additional changes)
  • Fixed setup time ending five seconds too early
  • Fixed an issue where Engineers could build in the crocodile pit
  • Fixed not being able to wall climb certain trees in the main arena
  • Fixed some lighting issues on stalactites and other props
  • Parts of Hale's intro sequence no longer play while waiting for players
  • Improved optimization and detailing in some areas
  • Improved clipping on spiral stairs (Thanks Aar!)
  • Updated security system
• Updated cp_brew
  • The shortcut from RED spawn to the "A" point now has a nobuild trigger
  • Added floor indicator for the health kit in the "A" point wooden shack
  • Adjusted "A" point wooden shack to allow more breathing room
  • Fixed getting stuck on the "A" gate's frame
  • Fixed teletrap near "A" point ditch route
  • Fixed being able to place buildings inside an out-of-bounds room outside "A" point
  • Fixed some stuck spots near "B" point
  • Fixed being able to shoot through a crack in the BLU forward spawn
  • Fixed floating props in the diner
  • Fixed one way door not forcing itself closed
  • Cleaned up some collisions and clipping across the map
  • Improved lighting on all of the archways
• Updated koth_krampus
  • Fixed missing trees in skybox
  • Improved look of waterfall texture near full health-kit
  • Fixed minor visual errors
  • Minor NPC clipping changes
  • Fed krampus some oats
• Updated pl_emerge
  • Switched on the cart light
  • Fixed RED players being able to sit on the edge of an exit of BLU's starting spawn
  • Fixed some doors showing incorrect textures
  • Fixed the final capture point displaying an incorrect string
  • Fixed the map occasionally playing incorrect ambient sounds
  • Minor visual and performance tweaks
• Updated cp_carrier
  • The Carrier now has full crits rather than mini-crits
  • The Carrier now uses the robot voice lines
  • Improved hearability of the Carrier's voice lines and footsteps
  • Fixed visual bugs with the boss bar
  • Fixed the Carrier sometimes becoming invisible while taunting
  • Fixed animation glitches when a Demoman Carrier holds a Stickybomb Launcher
  • Fixed occasional phasing through the elevator platform at BLU spawn
  • Decreased size of the frog