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Team Fortress 2 update backstabs Heavy, brings fixes

June 8, 6:39 PMLA Gaming News ExaminerErik Johnson
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Valve has released an update for it's FPS Team Fortress 2 now available on Steam.

The patch adds a backstab custom death animation for the Heavy along with a host of other fixes and improvements to the game.

From the notes:

Team Fortress 2

  • Added a "Discard" button to the item pickup panel.
  • Added a backstab custom death animation to the Heavy.
  • Changed default for tf_arena_use_queue to 1. This was the original behavior prior to the last update.
  • Changed the Dead Ringer so it can be activated while carrying the flag.
  • Increased the Force-A-Nature's damage by 10%.
  • Fixed not being able to reflect arrows with the Flamethrower.
  • Fixed The Huntsman drawing a muzzle flash under lagged conditions.
  • Fixed the background color of the Spy disguise panel not always matching his disguise team.
  • Fixed idle players being kicked when the server has tf_arena_use_queue set to 0.
  • Fixed Spies not being able to sap a building if an enemy player was colliding with the building.
  • Fixed getting a real target ID on an enemy Spy that's disguised as one of your teammates if you are disguised as an enemy.
  • Fixed the Ambassador not shooting enemy sticky bombs.
  • Fixed Spies being able to automatically cloak after uncloaking at the moment of a weapon switch.
  • Fixed Jarate instantly exploding when thrown in some places, like the final area of Badwater.
  • Fixed spectators not having their items removed when they enter spectator mode.
  • Fixed Sniper "civilian" exploit where players could crash the server.
  • Fixed a couple of cases where viable backstabs would fail.
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