Major Update Speculation V35 - A Distinctive Lack of Communication - Games

[QUOTE=Lord Exor;51571858]They rigged the vote so he would lose because they hate him. From the looks of things, it seems as if they aren't particularly fond of us either.[/QUOTE] oh my fucking god, how are you people [I]still[/I] hung up over this dumb shit

[QUOTE=TWKUK;51572701]oh my fucking god, how are you people [I]still[/I] hung up over this dumb shit[/QUOTE] You're talking to a heavy main, ofc Exor will put on the tinfoil hat and tell everyone that it's a conspiracy against Heavy and that it was all rigged and unfair. Hell, if there was a class vs Engineer war and Engi would lose it I would be saying the exact same shit

[QUOTE=TWKUK;51572701]oh my fucking god, how are you people [I]still[/I] hung up over this dumb shit[/QUOTE] I thought he was making a joke about trump calling the election rigged.

this is MUS, dude. trying to figure out which bits of cynical whining are sarcastic is the ultimate needle-in-a-haystack situation.

[QUOTE=ComodoreBluth;51572374]Given that Geel said he was told by the TF2 team they were working on their next major update for the end of the year I'm guessing they just weren't able to finish it in time and decided not to ship it.[/QUOTE] They had all fucking year to put out two updates and couldn't even get the most recent one ready.

[QUOTE=ComodoreBluth;51572374]Given that Geel said he was told by the TF2 team they were working on their next major update for the end of the year I'm guessing they just weren't able to finish it in time and decided not to ship it.[/QUOTE] My issue with this is they decided silence would be better than "Heyo. Still working on big stuff. It's gonna come late, smissmas will be small. All the best, -valve" But no, instead we're left with the logical expectation that smissmas will be large like it has been every year since 2010, only to be dissapointed one more time by the dev fuckups one last time this year

[QUOTE=Punchy;51573119]My issue with this is they decided silence would be better than "Heyo. Still working on big stuff. It's gonna come late, smissmas will be small. All the best, -valve" But no, instead we're left with the logical expectation that smissmas will be large like it has been every year since 2010, only to be dissapointed one more time by the dev fuckups one last time this year[/QUOTE] If valve just put a short paragraph at the end of the smissmass post saying "hey we know this is small but we have something big (pyro update nudge nudge wink wink) for january/february to make up for it" everyone would be defending valve. Seriously, valve. It's not 1998 any more, you HAVE to fucking communicate with your community.

Not sure if this would be the right thread for this; but if you find any problems with the Snowmann please let me know via PM so I can fix the hat accordingly. I already plan on improving the LODs.

[QUOTE=Rageguy;51573131]Not sure if this would be the right thread for this; but if you find any problems with the Snowmann please let me know via PM so I can fix the hat accordingly. I already plan on improving the LODs.[/QUOTE] It's a very nice hat and I appreciate you submitting it. It's probably one of the best hats in the christmas crates.

[QUOTE=Sheer Visor;51573139]It's a very nice hat and I appreciate you submitting it. It's probably one of the best hats in the christmas crates.[/QUOTE] Thank you very much!

I'd like to say "at least next year will be better", being that tf2 turns 10 next year, but who I am kidding? They seem pretty complacent with 0 communication and minimal effort updates. Lets hope they at least remember to turn on birthday mode in 2017.

[QUOTE=A_Guardian;51573269]I'd like to say "at least next year will be better", being that tf2 turns 10 next year, but who I am kidding? They seem pretty complacent with 0 communication and minimal effort updates. Lets hope they at least remember to turn on birthday mode in 2017.[/QUOTE] Maybe they'll reuse the Steve Guttenberg joke as well

[QUOTE=Snowshoe;51569705]festive backpack icons - bugged map votes - [URL="https://puu.sh/sY1l4/e8e270b37c.jpg"]bugged (it was stuck like this)[/URL] map vote thumbnails - bugged rolling matches - bugged with no new players CELT codec - bugged voluntary autobalance - bugged i would say about 80-90% of this update's new additions were broken. and there were still no new maps, weapons, or rebalances. no gameplay. worst smissmas? worst smissmas.[/QUOTE] i'm that much of a saltmine to get mad at the fact that everyone agrees with this when it's a more consolidated version of my disagree/dumb-spammed post whats the deal also merr kringle pyro update for christmas day

[QUOTE=Power Glove;51573367]i'm that much of a saltmine to get mad at the fact that everyone agrees with this when it's a more consolidated version of my disagree/dumb-spammed post whats the deal[/QUOTE] protip: stop caring about virtual ratings on a forum

[QUOTE=averygoodname;51573376]protip: stop caring about virtual ratings on a forum[/QUOTE] no

[QUOTE=ComodoreBluth;51572374]Given that Geel said he was told by the TF2 team they were working on their next major update for the end of the year I'm guessing they just weren't able to finish it in time and decided not to ship it.[/QUOTE] next thing for geel to sponsor: tf2 itself

Is Steam down for anyone else? Can someone explain what is happening, please?

If 2017 is as bad as 2016 I'd be amazed if tf2 doesn't start losing players and fading into obscurity

A very minor thing, but - you guys noticed how they managed to turn the backpack icons for all Cases (Gun Mettle, Tough Break, Mayflower...) incredibly low-res? Same shit's been the case with the icons for Decorated weapons - those are also in a tiny resolution and pixelated as hell, compared to all other cosmetics, weapons and crates. I just don't get it - do they think it's gonna save up time when loading whole pages of items if they make a few of the the icons low-res? Or is it just random stuff being broken by unrelated changes?

[QUOTE=Stric_Matic;51573647]A very minor thing, but - you guys noticed how they managed to turn the backpack icons for all Cases (Gun Mettle, Tough Break, Mayflower...) incredibly low-res? Same shit's been the case with the icons for Decorated weapons - those are also in a tiny resolution and pixelated as hell, compared to all other cosmetics, weapons and crates. I just don't get it - do they think it's gonna save up time when loading whole pages of items if they make a few of the the icons low-res? Or is it just random stuff being broken by unrelated changes?[/QUOTE] It's because decorated items don't use static icons. They're generated from the weapon model itself when you browse your backpack. If you have a killstreak sheen on one, you'll sometimes see the sheen get captured in mid motion. And yeah, it's annoying that AA doesn't seem to affect these. They always look a little pixelated. :( Same when you're examining a decorated weapon in the backpack, too, now that I think about it. They're always a little pixelated, plus the texture seems to be set to lower-than-actual quality.

[QUOTE=Stric_Matic;51573647]A very minor thing, but - you guys noticed how they managed to turn the backpack icons for all Cases (Gun Mettle, Tough Break, Mayflower...) incredibly low-res? Same shit's been the case with the icons for Decorated weapons - those are also in a tiny resolution and pixelated as hell, compared to all other cosmetics, weapons and crates. I just don't get it - do they think it's gonna save up time when loading whole pages of items if they make a few of the the icons low-res? Or is it just random stuff being broken by unrelated changes?[/QUOTE] I think they just broke everything. [thumb]http://i.imgur.com/b5vEwMz.png[/thumb] This a factory new version.

[QUOTE=Jhejh poT;51573572]Is Steam down for anyone else? Can someone explain what is happening, please?[/QUOTE] Steam has been completely down for the past 2 hours or so: [t]http://i.imgur.com/pSTCzdg.png[/t] The same skids that took responsibility last time are taking it this time. Nobody knows what's up. Either a MAJOR DDoS or some big network-wide server update.

apparently you can get dominated by both teams because of the new autobalance system [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/TvyNqUh.jpg[/IMG]

[QUOTE=Le Tomi;51573945]apparently you can get dominated by both teams because of the new autobalance system [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/TvyNqUh.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] Technically medics could do that for years if they kept healing spies who stabbed their teammates. They get credited for an assist till it becomes a domination. Surprised it doesn't reset it like it did before hand when you switch teams though, but oh well. I'd still prefer to disable them completely ( as an option mind you ) as they're just visual clutter to me and distracting over all.

[QUOTE=quake84;51573733]Steam has been completely down for the past 2 hours or so: [t]http://i.imgur.com/pSTCzdg.png[/t] The same skids that took responsibility last time are taking it this time. Nobody knows what's up. Either a MAJOR DDoS or some big network-wide server update.[/QUOTE] [t]http://i.imgur.com/owSG5e5.png[/t] [QUOTE=Le Tomi;51573945]apparently you can get dominated by both teams because of the new autobalance system[/QUOTE] Without counting, you can shoot a rocket and quickly swap to spectator on pubs server, and kill your teammates :v:

Servers are back (but are still pretty laggy) Edit : Store is still unavaliable

[QUOTE=Benoist3012;51574017][t]https://photos-3.dropbox.com/t/2/AAB4LFKURCEDBI8uWqHLpSo5wbl7c0M8cR_lTBPB4U0suA/12/575320465/png/32x32/1/_/1/2/steam.png/ELK-488EGLADIAIoAg/tkszp9hlKe_7Atr52Rya-MgKm41if_KX_lKflfgc_ek?size=2048x1536&size_mode=3[/t] Without counting, you can shoot a rocket and quickly swap to spectator on pubs server, and kill your teammates :v:[/QUOTE] 1. The image you embedded 403s (did you use a share link or an internal account-specific one)? 2. Wasn't that fixed ages ago? O_O

[QUOTE=quake84;51574165]1. The image you embedded 403s (did you use a share link or an internal account-specific one)? 2. Wasn't that fixed ages ago? O_O[/QUOTE] 1) Fixed 2) Yeah but valve reintroduced it, they changed how the team swap code works. (It caused many plugins and mods to break as well, try to go on a server with AFKManager, let it put you in spec, you will stay a live and able to kill both team, and see them through walls aswell (spec outlines).)

[QUOTE=Benoist3012;51574223]1) Fixed 2) Yeah but valve reintroduced it, they changed how the team swap code works. (It caused many plugins and mods to break as well, try to go on a server with AFKManager, let it put you in spec, you will stay a live and able to kill both team, and see them through walls aswell (spec outlines).)[/QUOTE] And all you need to do is add ForcePlayerSuicide prior to ChangeClientTeam, and then appropriately respawn them if they were alive prior to the teamchange. Valve breaks everything on all occassions they get, happily this time the fix is simple.

[QUOTE=quake84;51574269]And all you need to do is add ForcePlayerSuicide prior to ChangeClientTeam, and then appropriately respawn them if they were alive prior to the teamchange. Valve breaks everything on all occassions they get, happily this time the fix is simple.[/QUOTE] Fixed on my mod already, but that bug can be done on any servers with the afk thing.