Updates of the Week (ongoing discussion)

[commish]

I've noticed though that there is no body left right after you go cloak with the dr anymore since the last update, anyone else notice??

P.S Post 400 on this thread!

[Versus]

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

Engine


If the installation is an HLTV relay we allow clients to connect as HLTV clients even if tv_enable is set to false. A recent exploit fix made it such that we ignore the flag indicating that the client is an HLTV client if tv_enable is false, but it is possible that relays won't have this ConVar set


Additions / Changes

Backpack improvement

Added support for 100 slots in the backpack

Backpack can now be sorted by type

Multi-selection in the backpack is now done by holding down the Ctrl key

Alt-fire on the Sandvich now drops sandviches

A single sandvich can be dropped at a time. Dropping the sandvich removes it from the Heavy

A Heavy can regain his sandvich by collecting a healthkit while already being at full health

Eating a sandvich using the taunt method now heals a Heavy to full health

Dropped sandviches heal 50% of the collector's health

Medic regen changes

Base regen amount increased from 1/sec to 3/sec

Regen amount increase since time of last damage decreased from 3x to 2x

End result of above: Old healing scaled from 1/sec to 3/sec based on time since being damaged (maxed out at 10 seconds). New healing scales from 3/sec to 6/sec

Blutsauger

Replaced "No critical hits" negative attribute with "-2 health drained per second on wearer"

Health drain stacks on top of the above Medic regen changes, lowering the base regen by 2h/sec

Added "mp_windifference" server ConVar (default to 0)

When set to X, matches will be considered won if a team gets X points ahead of the other team

Added a "Remember the active weapon between lives" option to the Multiplayer->Advanced options dialog

Added "Disable weather effects" option to the Multiplayer->Advanced options dialog

Added "Show non-standard items on spectated player" option to the Multiplayer->Advanced options dialog

If set (default), it'll show non-standard items being carried by the player you're spectating

Tournament mode changes

New item whitelist allowing tournaments to control what items can be used by players

Added "item_whitelist_example.txt"

Added "item_show_whitelistable_definitions" command to get a list of whitelistable items

Added Tournament mode Spectator HUD

Added "Use advanced spectator HUD in tournament mode" option to the Multiplayer->Advanced options dialog

Shows all the members of your team (or both if you're a spectator) at the top of the screen, along with class/health/respawn time/charge level

Spectator indices are now shown on the team members, and hitting the corresponding weapon selection key (slot1-slot12 commands) will spectate them

Changed idle player check to include spectators & players who haven't chosen a team


Bug Fixes

Fixed explosive radius detection using an axially aligned box instead of a sphere

Compensated by increasing the radius of grenades, pipes, and rockets to 50% of what they lost at the corners of the OBB

Grenades/Pipes radius change: 132->159

Rocket radius change: 121->146

End result of above: Explosives have had their radius reduced at some angles, and increased at others. Radius is now consistent, angles are now irrelevant

Fixed Sniper using the reference pose if he has the Huntsman deployed when his team loses

Fixed Spies speaking their response rules lines after killing a player as the class they were disguised as

Fixed Medics getting MedicCallerPanels in their HUD for cloaked enemy Spies disguised as their team

Fixed the Huntsman not firing crit arrows when the Sniper is being CritBoosted

Fixed being able to fire the Huntsman under water if you jump into the water with the arrow charged

Added check to prevent clients using the "firstperson" command to get out of thirdperson view while they're phasing, taunting or control stunned

Fixed Halo glow effect not being hidden for cloak/disguised enemy Spies

Fixed wearables not destroying their attached particles when they're removed

Fixed several player & viewmodel simulation issues that occurred when the game was paused

Fixed a DX8-based exploit that allowed modified particle effects to work under sv_pure 2


Community Requests

Added the entindex() of the object being built to the "player_builtobject" game event

Added flag to allow CTF map authors to turn off the Overtime mode when timers expire

Added IgnitePlayer input to TFPlayer

[copulatingduck]

so blut sucks now

[Scary Womanizing Pig Mask]

so blut sucks now

It was fun while it lasted What's even the point of it now?

[Versus]

uh it looks like you'll still auto-regen at least as fast with it equipped, just not as fast as medicks using the regular one now

[Scary Womanizing Pig Mask]

wordswordswordswords

Durp. That's a fairly accurate representation of how I see it >.< Anyway someone one could give me a 'New Blughtslauter for Dummies" explanation?

[Badgerman of DOOM]

WHAT DID THEY DO TO MY PRECIOUS BLUTSAUGER.

[Moosendoo]

Well it looks like the Syringe Gun is actually worth using again.  If only they would make it so you could get the +3 on the blutsauger from spies again I think they would be balanced pretty good, but now it almost sounds as if the Syringe gun would be the better choice; I'll have to try them out now though.

[Wrath Of Sandvich]

WHAT DID THEY DO TO MY PRECIOUS BLUTSAUGER.

At least we can drop sandviches now....

[Professor Funbucks]

Blutsauger's Ruined, I'm not playing medic anymore, sorry.
I'm now maining Demoman.

[Mr. Face]

WHAT DID THEY DO TO MY PRECIOUS BLUTSAUGER.

Battle medics are fucked now

Valve you feed on anger

WHY DO YOU DO THIS

[SAVAGE-0]

uhhh.. you guys are missing the main upgrade here... Base regen amount increased from 1/sec to 3/sec... if blut is -2 base regen is still 1 per second while using it... therefor you wont notice a diff... Only thing that changed is you get +2 for using the regular syringe

[commish]

At least I'll be able to go spy halo without being noticed anymore

[Wedge]

Yeah, Blut just got buffed because now it can crit too.  And the normal gun is a viable alt possibly.  So shut it.

[backfire]

uhhh.. you guys are missing the main upgrade here... Base regen amount increased from 1/sec to 3/sec... if blut is -2 base regen is still 1 per second while using it... therefor you wont notice a diff... Only thing that changed is you get +2 for using the regular syringe

Actually, that's probably the best way to go about making the original worth using. I wish they'd word it better though, as right now it makes it seem like you'd actually lose heath using it.

[Scary Womanizing Pig Mask]

[quote author=SAVAGE-0 link=topic=206.msg113614#msg113614 date=1253058122]
uhhh.. you guys are missing the main upgrade here... Base regen amount increased from 1/sec to 3/sec... if blut is -2 base regen is still 1 per second while using it... therefor you wont notice a diff... Only thing that changed is you get +2 for using the regular syringe

Actually, that's probably the best way to go about making the original worth using. I wish they'd word it better though, as right now it makes it seem like you'd actually lose heath using it.
[/quote]

As do I >.< Thanks Savage!

[Fail Medic]

[quote author=SAVAGE-0 link=topic=206.msg113614#msg113614 date=1253058122]
uhhh.. you guys are missing the main upgrade here... Base regen amount increased from 1/sec to 3/sec... if blut is -2 base regen is still 1 per second while using it... therefor you wont notice a diff... Only thing that changed is you get +2 for using the regular syringe

I wish they'd word it better though, as right now it makes it seem like you'd actually lose heath using it.
[/quote]

Well, it's 6 of one and half a dozen of another (/cliche).  

You either say...
the blut has a health drain and LAWL NEW REGEN STILL TRUMPS IT ,
or say blut penalizes health regen and DID WE MENTION THE NEW BASE REGEN?!?!?!?!?   :o :o :o

Since they did both on the same patch, how else could they have said it?

"Blutsauger will now cause critical hits.  However, Medics using the original Syringe gun will get a base regen bonus and thus enjoy better regen than blut users."

I'm hopping on now.  I'm salivating over these tweaks.  And not the last of that awesome chili I've been nursing all week.

[Badgerman of DOOM]

Yeah giving it crits is just about as worthless as making the medigun able to crit.

[Scary Womanizing Pig Mask]

Yeah giving it crits is just about as worthless as making the medigun able to crit.

Not really. Doesn't healing a lot of people boost your crit rate?

[Professor Funbucks]

[quote author=Coordinator Ruby link=topic=206.msg113635#msg113635 date=1253061367]
Yeah giving it crits is just about as worthless as making the medigun able to crit.

Not really. Doesn't healing a lot of people boost your crit rate?
[/quote]
yeah. If a medic heals an injured person for 5 seconds, their melee crit is near 45%