Team Fortress 2 Update Released

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:Scream Fortress XVIII has arrived!Featuring 5 new community maps: HolyHell, Scarypass, Trainsawlaser, Medi-Evil, and Scaredy-CatAdded the Haunted Hoard CaseContains 23 new community-created cosmetic items that make up the Haunted Hoard CollectionHas a chance to give a taunt Unusualifier as a bonus itemAdded 5 new community-contributed taunts to the Mann Co. StoreTaunt: Hippocratic HypocriteTaunt: Showrunner's SpiritTaunt: Barrel RollTaunt: One-Eyed Punt!Taunt: Sear You LaterAdded 21 new community-created Unusual effects11 new effects for Unusual hats10 new effects for Unusual tauntsAll players who launch the game will receive a Soul Gargoyle if they don't already have oneGrants access to Merasmissions and Halloween item transmutationsTracks Merasmissions completed and souls collectedAll Halloween Contracts have been reset, allowing them to be completed againAdded new Contracts for this year's featured community mapsCompleting a Halloween Contract will give players a classic Halloween item and the chance for a Haunted Hoard CaseContinue last year's event by collecting the souls of dead players for your Soul Gargoyle by killing enemies, doing map objectives, or collecting the Soul Gargoyles that spawn in the mapsAll cosmetic and taunt Cases will grant Halloween 2026 Unusual effects instead of their normal Unusual effects during the event. This does not include Crates.Join Halloween matches by using the Special Events category in CasualScream Fortress XVIII runs through November 7th, 2026GeneralFixed ÜberCharge response rules not playing for Halloween items (community fix from robbilookatme)Fixed missing lighting parameters for the Scottish Resistance materials (community fix from Lindon)Fixed client crash related to missing HUDAutoAim element (community fix from flower)Fixed TFBot crash related to moving control points (community fix from BetaM)Fixed joining a new lobby while being revived locking up the camera (community fix from Vlad)Fixed misplaced muzzle attachment for The AWPer Hand (community fix from dilbertron2)Fixed the Pomson's kill icon bleeding into the Wrap Assassin's (community fix from Grampa Swood)Fixed Spy disguising as a player without primary weapon (community fix from leemustache)Fixed invalid Soul Gargoyle locations on Helltower (community fix from Kimmy)Fixed bad computer_wall02b material (community fix from DiskIntegrity)Added convars to control ready countdown (community fix from nemmy)Fixed a bug where HUD item meters weren't always being cleared/loaded properlyFixed cosmetics attached to ragdolls not cloaking with the ragdolls when killed with a weapon like Your Eternal RewardFixed crit boost material effect not working on several weaponsAdded OnDropTeam1 and OnDropTeam2 outputs for item_teamflagFixed Summer 2024 Cosmetic Key and Summer 2024 Cosmetic Key backpack imagesUpdated style strings for the Chief Executor, Vested Investor's Vest, and Standing OfferUpdated The Hundekopf to fix a problem with the paint maskUpdated the Chief ExecutorAdded style names Fixed style preview window orientation Added missing hat bodygroup to the third style Added style names for the Standing Offer and Vested Investors VestUpdated the Handsome RangerUpdated UVs to prevent mipmapping with the paint regionIncreased the size of the cigarette in the "Off Duty" styleUpdated the Long ShotUpdated the textures to reduce the strength of the normal map & ambient occlusionUpdated the backpack icon to reflect these changeUpdated the Night RidersUpdated the textures to reduce the strength of the normal map & ambient occlusionUpdated the backpack icon to reflect these changeUpdated The Lo-Fi Longwave logo to add a second style with the updated logoUpdated/Added some tournament medalsUpdated the Standing OfferFixed clipping issuesFixed a wrongly assigned UVFixed paint texture issuesUpdated the Vested Investor's Vest to fix some clippling issuesUpdated Le Morne Uniforme to fix some LOD issuesUpdated backpack images for Le Sapeur and Le Morne UniformeUpdated Beaten and BruisedOptimized model exports, reducing file sizeFixed location and rotation of the Style and Paint previewImproved head bandage geometryReduced clipping with other cosmeticsReduced normal map compression artifacts on Pyro and Engineer's cracked lensesUpdated textures, improving blue team texture variationFixed Nightmare style selfillum not displaying as intendedUpdated backpack imageUpdated Hard HearingOptimized model exports, reducing file sizeFixed location and rotation of the Style and Paint previewReduced clipping with other cosmeticsFixed a gap above the brim on some classesUpdated textures to better match class colorsAdjusted phong values slightlySniper now takes off his hat when melee taunting on the "Hearing Issue" styleUpdated koth_sawmill_event to fix missing materials in the underworldUpdated ct

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