Team Fortress 2 Update Released

June 8, 2009, - Valve - Product Update

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

• Fixed Day of Defeat: Source server crash when loading dod_jagd.
  

• Added a "Discard" button to the item pickup panel.
  
• Added a backstab custom death animation to the Heavy.
  
• Changed default for tf_arena_use_queue to 1. This was the original behavior prior to the last update.
  
• Changed the Dead Ringer so it can be activated while carrying the flag.
  
• Increased the Force-A-Nature's damage by 10%.
  
• Fixed not being able to reflect arrows with the Flamethrower.
  
• Fixed The Huntsman drawing a muzzle flash under lagged conditions.
  
• Fixed the background color of the Spy disguise panel not always matching his disguise team.
  
• Fixed idle players being kicked when the server has tf_arena_use_queue set to 0.
  
• Fixed Spies not being able to sap a building if an enemy player was colliding with the building.
  
• Fixed getting a real target ID on an enemy Spy that's disguised as one of your teammates if you are disguised as an enemy.
  
• Fixed the Ambassador not shooting enemy sticky bombs.
  
• Fixed Spies being able to automatically cloak after uncloaking at the moment of a weapon switch.
  
• Fixed Jarate instantly exploding when thrown in some places, like the final area of Badwater.
  
• Fixed spectators not having their items removed when they enter spectator mode.
  
• Fixed Sniper "civilian" exploit where players could crash the server.
  
• Fixed a couple of cases where viable backstabs would fail.

- Added Sniper/Spy milestone achievements as an additional way players can get the new unlockables

- Added tf_arena_use_queue server convar. Turn this on to get the old queue behavior. Default is off

- Added tf_arena_round_time to set a timelimit on the round

- Added the userid of the player who built the teleporter to the "player_teleported" event

- Fixed player killed event causing server crash

- Fixed Spies not being telefragged when standing on an enemy teleporter exit with the Dead Ringer enabled

- Fixed attackers seeing the mini-crit particle effect for full crits if the victim has the Jarate effect enabled

- Fixed the Ambassador not doing damage to buildings

- Fixed Spies disguised as their own team not drawing blood effects

- Fixed players killed by flaming arrows not showing the appropriate death icon

I'm not big into zombie type games, but this game looks pretty amazing. At least the cinematic trailer/teaser does....