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Team Fortress 2 patch adds new way to earn unlockables

May 29, 4:45 PMLA Gaming News ExaminerErik Johnson
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Valve has released an update for their FPS Team Fortress 2, now available on Steam.

The patch adds Sniper and Spy milestone achievements as a way for players to get the new unlockables; along with other fixes, tweaks and improvements to different facets of the game.

The full notes:

Team Fortress 2

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

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