MAJOR TF2 update for 10/29/14 (10/30/14 UTC, 6th Annual Scream Fortress Update) - Games

Via [url=https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds]HLDS[/url]: [quote=Valve]Scream Fortress VI has arrived! Help Merasmus with his carnival! Comic and additional information available on the website ([url]http://www.teamfortress.com/screamfortress6[/url]) Scream Fortress VI runs until November 12, 2014 Added new Halloween map Carnival of Carnage Merasmus will spread misfortune with server wide curses Added a Strongmann Test-Your-Strength machine which is in no way an eldritch portal to Bumper Car Madness! Added bumper car minigames. Win by completely ghostifying the other team or by completing the objective Alt-fire to speed boost your bumper car Cast spells while driving The collision force a bumper car receives increases as the car takes damage Force is displayed in the bumper car HUD as a percentage Ghosts can come back to life by touching a friendly bumper car 50 new Halloween-themed community cosmetics 6 new achievements During Scream Fortress VI: A Halloween Gift Cauldron is granted to all players who play during the event Added Halloween crates to the Mann Co. Store. These crates do not require a key to open All Unusual hats and taunts that are unboxed during the event will receive Halloween-themed Unusual effects Previous Scream Fortress content is available in the Mann Co. Store General : Reduced the number of Fireball spells granted to 2 Updated the tf_spells_enabled ConVar Removed the Teleport spell from the general spell list when spells are enabled outside of Helltower Added rare spells to the general spell list, except Skeletons and Monoculus Turning a player into a ghost now grants the attacker a kill credit Players can now fly around as a ghost by holding the jump key TargetID system Now creates a floating health indicator over the target Reduced size of nameplate Added tf_hud_target_id_alpha ConVar to control the transparency Fixed player voice transmissions not transmitting the last second of recording Fixed a dedicated server crash when the autoexec.cfg contains a bind command Fixed Unicode font performance and rendering issues for Mac clients Fixed an exploit that allowed players to remove the ghost condition Hammer : Added a field to the Tools->Options->3DView tab that multiplies the length of the rendered light_spot cone preview[/quote] Rumor has it: - [url=http://www.reddit.com/r/tf2/comments/2kq9da/major_tf2_update_for_102914_103014_utc_6th_annual/clnohzv]pikatf2 of reddit provides a screenshot of the bumper car UX and other findings from the schema[/url]: [t]http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/44235138858970577/35707FD5326FCFED7A4F8AEEBF5948CF3B557BF4/[/t] - The new map name is [B]sd_doomsday_event[/B] - There appears to be more Windows Server 2008 (R2) crashing issues per HLDS - if you operate a server under the 2008 environment, please relay any reports of crashing - Item schema update: [url]https://github.com/SteamDatabase/SteamTracking/compare/67462f9c24a3...c873211596f3[/url] - Have a field day with this one folks! Use [url=https://tf2b.com/updates/tf2]TF2B[/url] or similar - Size is ~450 MB - metered users should be on alert

Mr. Mundy's Wild Ride is in hoo boy

Yeah, it's 450 MB. I'm pumped.

The items that got in were nice but, they left way too many good ones out. Disappointing on the items. [IMG]http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Sad/sad-008.gif[/IMG] Still got the event to try out at least!

Hows the bumper car thing? Is it actually fun or is it cheese?

[t]http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/541882897680145878/A95C2D488ACD322EAE0892E75BB9BEF8751EAB54/[/t] Neato item, you can get strange and haunted from the caldron you get.

kinda dissapointed we didn't get as many sets as i expected. i though this was the year of less random floating pets/skull hats and more sets with cosmetic bonuses.

There are not nearly enough of the amazing animal transformation sets in the game

Did they really choose doomsday without doing a change to minis? Dis gunna be fun.

The equip region on the Beep Man is a bit fucky. :v: [t]http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/541882897680200221/A88EDEA09DD13C4CB252BD51EAA0DDFF6BF3E51F/[/t]

[t]http://a.pomf.se/ejrkko.png[/t] One of the new unusual effects you can get.

it begins...

[img]http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/30724339978007626/0CBEBFC38E83F8F8AA1A13914032A44E86F2E5C1/[/img] Bumper cars work!

Hm, you can't use the medic wings with the quick-fix. Oh well.

[quote]Fixed player voice transmissions not transmitting the last second of recording[/quote] [t]http://31.media.tumblr.com/5ef2c118bb3e7ca9f273682f942905b9/tumblr_mskrbrYBk81r33r0fo1_400.gif[/t]

[IMG_thumb]http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/49864638392408533/2009528F5166D7F7E39F45CC0EC2A6603E4CC704/[/IMG_thumb] HOLY SHIT. AFTER ALL THESE YEARS. I DID IT. AND IT'S A NEW HALLOWEEN EFFECT. GREEN GHOST MANS THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.

[QUOTE=BoxinShrimp;46363686][IMG_thumb]http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/49864638392408533/2009528F5166D7F7E39F45CC0EC2A6603E4CC704/[/IMG_thumb][/QUOTE] What a coincidence, my favorite effect is .

[t]http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/50990538299238145/0BA068E9DA364317785192CFEB8F78807E7C5DD2/1024x576.resizedimage[/t] :v:

My huds broke

[QUOTE=BoxinShrimp;46363686][IMG_thumb]http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/49864638392408533/2009528F5166D7F7E39F45CC0EC2A6603E4CC704/[/IMG_thumb] HOLY SHIT. AFTER ALL THESE YEARS. I DID IT. AND IT'S A NEW HALLOWEEN EFFECT. GREEN GHOST MANS THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.[/QUOTE] Wow! Invisible Flames effect! I'll trade you my Invisible Plasma Gibus for it.

So wait, you can only get 6 random halloween cosmetic pieces in total? And you can't even trade for the rest?

No keys required? cool.

Valve usually makes every Halloween update better than the last... but [I]this[/I]? How could valve top this?

[t]http://puu.sh/cvEC5/279f148005.jpg[/t] Horseman is sudden death.

[QUOTE=BoxinShrimp;46363686][IMG_thumb]http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/49864638392408533/2009528F5166D7F7E39F45CC0EC2A6603E4CC704/[/IMG_thumb] HOLY SHIT. AFTER ALL THESE YEARS. I DID IT. AND IT'S A NEW HALLOWEEN EFFECT. GREEN GHOST MANS THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.[/QUOTE] Here's the effect: [IMG_thumb]http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/49864638392502466/92B55651EA2861EAC491E4174EC50DBDA584E4AD/1024x576.resizedimage[/IMG_thumb]

Shit, I can't play until later. When I see someone unbox an unusual, I get tempted to buy keys.

[QUOTE=The Pretender;46363753]Shit, I can't play until later. When I see someone unbox an unusual, I get tempted to buy keys.[/QUOTE] So do i. So i just paid 5 dollars, lets see what these pyro crates can do!

Don't do so ,bought 50 euros worth of keys ,nothing ..

Two vampyros for fucks sake. At least one of them was strange & haunted.

Bumper cars is the best thing. So many possibilities.