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Team Fortress 2 — Team Fortress 2 Update Released

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

Added
  • All players receive a Stuffed Stocking gift containing goodies during the event
  • Added 6 new community maps: Nutcracker, Sidewinder, Abbey, Winter Ridge, Matterhorn, and Gavle
  • Added Winter 2025 Cosmetic Case with 23 new community-contributed items
  • Added Festivizer as bonus drop when opening the Winter 2025 case
  • Added 3 new community-contributed taunts: The Critical Fail, Dead Mann's Drink, and Chairholder
  • Added 20 new community-created Unusual effects (11 for hats, 9 for taunts)
  • Added weapons to the Festivizer list
  • Added 'No Bullets' style for The Gift Bringer
Changed
  • All cosmetic and taunt cases grant Smissmas 2025 Unusual effects instead of normal Unusual effects during the event
  • Updated cp_cowerhouse map
  • Updated ctf_doublecross_event map
  • Updated cp_gravelpit_snowy with screenshake effect for laser gun finale
  • Updated Sizzling Aroma and Toxic Aroma Unusual effects to fix DirectX80 compatibility
  • Updated Backbiter's Billycock backpack icon to reflect RED team version
  • Updated El Gigante's Gunbelt to fix LOD problems
  • Updated Seamann's Stubble to fix material issues
Fixed
  • Fixed The Accursed Apparition hiding Scout's headphones
  • Fixed Ullapool Caber explosions not counting as melee kills and ignoring damage/radius attributes
  • Fixed Minigun not spinning or spinning very slowly outside of first-person
  • Fixed broken view model after switching from Medi Gun while healing someone

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:

Happy Smissmas 2025!

  • All players who play TF2 during the event will receive a Stuffed Stocking as a gift! Stockings contain goodies for good little Mercenaries.

  • Featuring 6 new community maps: Nutcracker, Sidewinder, Abbey, Winter Ridge, Matterhorn, and Gavle (pronounced yeah-vleh)

  • Added the Winter 2025 Cosmetic Case

  • Contains 23 new community-contributed items

  • The Festivizer can be found as a bonus drop when opening the case

  • Added 3 new community-contributed taunts to the Mann Co. Store

  • Taunt: The Critical Fail

  • Taunt: Dead Mann's Drink

  • Taunt: Chairholder

  • Added 20 new community-created Unusual effects

  • 11 new effects for Unusual hats

  • 9 new effects for Unusual taunts

  • Added lots of weapons to the list that can be Festivized (community-created changes!)

  • Added community-created Smissmas material for the beach ball

  • All cosmetic and taunt cases will grant Smissmas 2025 Unusual effects instead of their normal Unusual effects during the event. This does not include crates.

  • Mann Co. Store winter sale!

  • Smissmas runs through January 7th, 2026

General

  • Added 'No Bullets' style for The Gift Bringer

  • Fixed The Accursed Apparition hiding the Scout's headphones

  • Updated the Sizzling Aroma and Toxic Aroma Unusual effects to fix problems with DirectX80

  • Updated the Backbiter's Billycock backpack icon to reflect RED team version

  • Updated the El Gigante's Gunbelt to fix a problem with the LODs

  • Updated the Seamann's Stubble to fix an issue with the materials

  • Updated/Added some tournament medals

  • Updated cp_cowerhouse

  • Updated some custom props with further optimizations

  • Added playerclip "ladder" to both trucks' rear bed to make climbing more consistent/predictable

  • Updated ctf_doublecross_event

  • Fixed out of bounds bug (Thanks Dr.TwentyTwo!)

  • Fixed a few minor visual glitches

  • Updated cp_gravelpit_snowy

  • Added a screenshake effect to the laser gun finale

  • Adjusted holiday events to reduce edict count

  • Fixed model panels not encoding pose parameter values (community fix from copperpixel)

  • Fixed Halloween spell projectiles not adjusting to flipped view models (community fix from copperpixel)

  • Network player's handedness preference to spectators (community fix from copperpixel)

  • Fixed Ullapool Caber explosions not counting as melee kills and ignoring damage/radius attributes (community fix from Bitl)

  • Fixed disposable sentries playing denial sound for useful wrench hits (community fix from AJMickey)

  • Fixed Armageddon Pyro taunt not properly cleaning up all particle systems (community fix from Churkinator)

  • Fixed logo spinner from breaking after prolonged rotation (community fix from Horiuchi)

  • Fixed Minigun not spinning, or spinning very slowly, outside of first-person (community fix from wget)

  • Fixed broken view model after switching from the Medi Gun while healing someone (community fix from Vlad)

  • Allow server admins to change powerup mode convars without forcing cheats to be enabled (community fix from Pieter Bijl)

  • Replaced bitwise or operator in CHealthAmmoKit (community fix from CosminPerRam)

  • Fixed MoveableSubPanel showing in Sentry targetID panel while dead (community fix from Horiuchi)

  • Fixed tracer rounds from rifles not being affected by cl_flipviewmodels (community fix from birchish)

  • Fixed Pyrovision nullifying other voice pitch attributes (community fix from LizardOfOz)

  • Fixed being able to throw the Gas Passer through walls (community fix from Bakugo)

  • Fixed IncrementAmmo removing ammo if m_iClip1 was already at Max capacity (community fix from kingofings)

  • Added TF-specific search path tags to TF mod gameinfo (community fix from Thomas Kain)

  • Fixed view punch not being interpolated (community fix from ficool2)

  • Fixed disguise_on_backstab not functioning for stab targets that become ghosts (community fix from FlaminSarge)

  • Fixed chat input using chat_party instead of chat_say_party (community fix from gaelcoral)

  • Fixed overlapping footstep sound when in the third person view (community fix from TheNotoriousFrogposter)

  • Ensure no buffer overflows when sscanf to char buffer (community fix from Dmitry Tsarevich)

  • Fixed players sometimes getting stuck in team unassigned when joining a server (community fix from Bakugo)

  • Fixed sentry gun not performing rocket fire animation when Wrangler controlled (community fix from Horiuchi)

  • Allow impulse 101 on The Ullapool Caber (community fix from alvei)

  • Fixed disguise kit resetting multiple times in high ping situations (community fix from nosoop)

  • Fixed Detonator jumps not being considered self-dmg jumps (community fix from mastercoms)

  • Fixed Detonator making world-detonation sound when attempting to fire underwater (community fix from FlaminSarge)

  • Removed knockback-attribute-specific animation overrides for CTFScattergun (community fix from FlaminSarge)

  • Fixed net_graph not rounding interp to nearest tick (community fix from treacherousfiend)

  • Fixed broken class select animation for The Soda Popper (community fix from Piogre)

  • Fixed $envmap parameter using the wrong mask for The Solemn Vow (community fix from Churkinator)

  • Fixed barbell prop not using phong (community fix from Churkinator)

  • Fixed the Kill-a-Watt and Terror-Watt Unusual effects sometimes stretching (community fix from Ronald_D_D)

  • Fixed Disco Beat Down Unusual effect growing in size when viewed from large distances (community fix from Ron Friedman)

  • Fixed MatchMakingTooltip label using the wrong alignment setting (community fix from Squid-Eevee)

  • Fixed training mode HIT! material alpha channel (community fix from DiskIntegrity)

  • Fixed Bear Necessities not using its normal map (community fix from Churkinator)

  • Fixed prediction errors with modified player gravity (community fix from ficool2)

  • Fixed render box of tf_flame_manager using wrong vectors (community fix from by Hamn)

  • Updated the Energy Orb Unusual effect (community fix from Cipherlock)

  • Fixed particles being orphaned

  • Fixed Medi Gun view model using the third-person particles

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