# Team Fortress 2 Team Fortress 2 Update Released

- Product: Team Fortress 2 (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/team-fortress-2)
- Vendor: Valve
- Date: 2025-12-16
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/440/view/510725595144914207
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/team-fortress-2/releases/2025-12-16-team-fortress-2-update-released

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- **added** — Add smoke effect to the Scrooge McCrocket
- **fixed** — Fix prediction error when crouch jumping
- **changed** — Update the Snow Dome Unusual effect to decrease brightness and opacity of the glass and floor textures
- **fixed** — Fix LOD issues on the Festive Fleece
- **fixed** — Fix skinning issues on the Puncher's Polar Puffer
- **fixed** — Fix missing material parameters on The Conscientious Objector
- **fixed** — Fix collision error with projectiles on the dead tree at mid in koth_winter_ridge
- **fixed** — Fix small gaps in doorways outside of spawn in koth_abbey
- **changed** — Add nobuild triggers to tall crates and make it more obvious they cannot be stood on
- **changed** — Update clipping in the river
- **fixed** — Fix Snipers wearing the Razorback being immune to freezing

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:

- Added smoke effect to the Scrooge McCrocket

- Fixed prediction error when crouch jumping (community fix from ficool2)

- Updated the Snow Dome Unusual effect to decrease brightness and opacity of the glass and floor textures

- Updated the Festive Fleece to fix LOD issues

- Updated the Puncher's Polar Puffer to fix some skinning issues

- Updated The Conscientious Objector to fix missing material parameters (community fix from Lindon)

- Updated koth_winter_ridge to fix a collision error with projectiles on the dead tree at mid

- Updated 2koth_abbey

- Fixed small gaps in doorways outside of spawn

- Updated tall crates to add nobuild triggers and make it more obvious they cannot be stood on

- Updated clipping in the river

- Fixed Snipers wearing the Razorback being immune to freezing