# Team Fortress 2 Team Fortress 2 Update Released

- Product: Team Fortress 2 (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/team-fortress-2)
- Vendor: Valve
- Date: 2025-12-11
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/440/view/510725595144913034
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/team-fortress-2/releases/2025-12-11-team-fortress-2-update-released

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- **fixed** — Fixed minor z-fighting issue with the Wrap Assassin Festivizer
- **fixed** — Fixed the Taunt: The Critical Fail ending at the incorrect time for the Medic
- **changed** — Updated the Hard Carry Unusual effect to fix detachment issues when using the adjust unusual slider
- **changed** — Updated the Scorching Sensation and Burning Sensation Unusual effects to improve visibility in bright areas
- **changed** — Updated the Team Recognition Unusual effect to fix a problem with the parent-child particle system
- **changed** — Updated the Frostfire, Spectrum Inferno, and Chromatic Blaze Unusual effects to fix issues with the trail and brightness
- **changed** — Updated the Cryogenic Unusual effect to fix obscuring parts of the characters
- **changed** — Updated the Air Head to fix a problem with mipmapping
- **changed** — Updated 2koth_abbey
- **fixed** — Fixed broken cliff displacements
- **changed** — Swapped expensive water for cheap water to improve FPS
- **changed** — Updated plr_matterhorn
- **fixed** — Fixed hole in spawn barrier
- **fixed** — Fixed a desync issue with lifts
- **changed** — Disabled team swap on new round
- **changed** — Clipping improvements

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:

- Fixed minor z-fighting issue with the Wrap Assassin Festivizer

- Fixed the Taunt: The Critical Fail ending at the incorrect time for the Medic

- Updated the Hard Carry Unusual effect to fix detachment issues when using the "adjust unusual" slider

- Updated the Scorching Sensation and Burning Sensation Unusual effects to improve visibility in bright areas

- Updated the Team Recognition Unusual effect to fix a problem with the parent-child particle system

- Updated the Frostfire, Spectrum Inferno, and Chromatic Blaze Unusual effects to fix issues with the trail and brightness

- Updated the Cryogenic Unusual effect to fix obscuring parts of the characters

- Updated the Air Head to fix a problem with mipmapping

- Updated 2koth_abbey

- Fixed broken cliff displacements

- Swapped expensive water for cheap water to improve FPS

- Various fixes and improvements

- Updated plr_matterhorn

- Fixed hole in spawn barrier (thanks Ctena!)

- Fixed a desync issue with lifts (thanks Skin King!)

- Disabled team swap on new round

- Clipping improvements

- Bread optimization