Team Fortress 2: Gold Rush news & patch notes

An update to Team Fortress 2: Gold Rush has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2: Gold Rush. The changes include:

• Flame hitboxes now match visuals more closely when strafing (especially at high latency)

• Temporarily extended particle range to match flame hitboxes (1/3 longer than before)

  • Flamethrower will be improved further in future updates

• Enabled mp_holiday_nogifts ConVar by default

• Fixed scoreboard not registering input in spectator mode

• Fixed scoreboard not always showing the skull icon next to spies feigning death

• Fixed MOTD scrollbar width

• Fixed VGUI crash caused by gamelogo

NOTE: This patch was going to include more but after the aforementioned VGUI crash was fixed it became a priority to ship it immediately. It also should be clarified that the flamethrower changes here are technical and do not really affect its balance. It is still incomplete, work on restoring its familiar mechanics is underway

An update to Team Fortress 2: Gold Rush has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2: Gold Rush. The changes include:

Ullapool Caber changes (December 2010 iteration)

* Total explosion hit damage is now 185 with maximum ramp up (base explosion damage now 100, melee hit damage now 35)

* Removed 0.75 self-damage modifier

Minigun changes (April 2010 iteration)

* Minigun spin-up/down time reduced by 25%

* Minigun firing movement speed increased to just under half-normal (from 80 to 110).

* Slight reduction (improvement) of the minigun's spread

Added Natascha spin-up time attribute (from December 2010)

Equalizer changes (April 2010 iteration)

* Added move speed attribute

* Changed damage multiplier to 1.74 (from 1.65)

Dead Ringer changes (January 2010 iteration, but with its original no ammo refill attribute from May 2009)

* Damage resistance is now 90%

* Backstabs now ignore damage resistance

* No ammo refill

Scoreboard changes

* Updated scoreboard to match 2010-era iteration

* Overhauled mouse input, enabled upon right click

* Adjusted scroll bar width

* Added option to use class icons (enabled by default)

* Added domination medal icons

* Added map name and gametype label Miscellaneous changes

* Added "Advanced Options" button to main menu

* Added viewmodel skin to the Homewrecker

* Improved Your Eternal Reward viewmodel hand posing

* Improved lighting on Backburner attachment

* Adjusted Huntsman ammo counter to avoid overlapping its charge meter

* Fixed map timer resetting upon team scrambles

* Fixed Spy's left arm being visible when holding the Ambassador at high viewmodel FOV

* Fixed bad Z-sorting on class selection screen

* Removed holiday lights from ropes

Changes from previous patch (November 25)

* Achievement file is now saved every time an achievement is unlocked

* This change prevents achievement progress being lost in the event of a crash or force exit.

* Spectators can now be votekicked

* Added crash workaround for players who use preloader mods in their Team Fortress 2 installation

An update to Team Fortress 2: Gold Rush has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2: Gold Rush. The changes include:

• Moved Wrangler achievement to Engineer Milestone 2

• Fixed client crash caused by a malformed spray

• Fixed crash when attempting to switch weapons while dead

• Optimized shell casing models

• Updated ctf_2fort navigation mesh

• Enabled achievements in Offline Practice

• Fixed Direct Hit missing taunt

• Fixed Windows dedicated servers failing to connect to the game coordinator (item server)