November 2, 2016 Patch

Source: Team Fortress 2 Update Released

Patch notes

Team Fortress 2

• Added the GA'lloween 2016 community event medals
• Fixed sv_shutdown not working for community dedicated servers
  • All servers now enter hibernation state when they are empty and have no remaining work, which informs commands such as sv_shutdown
  • Added tf_allow_server_hibernation (default: 1) to allow disabling hibernation state
  • This should generally only be necessary if running server plugins that are not compatible with hibernation
  • Added sv_shutdown_cancel to cancel a pending shutdown
• Updated the truce period during Halloween boss fights
  • Players are no longer affected by the truce when in their spawn room, allowing them to fight their way out if necessary
  • Sappers can no longer be used while a truce is active
• Updated the Tiny spellbook spell
  • Fixed a case where players could get outside the world
  • Fixed not switching Heavies to their melee weapon
• Updated player destruction mode so the "Team Leader" does not heal teammates while in the Underworld
• Fixed Halloween contract reward items not being craftable
• Fixed Strange Human Cannonballs and Strange Battery Canteens not tracking stats
• Fixed Casual search criteria being saved automatically while connecting to a server
• Fixed a case where players could suicide on a pumpkin bomb to gain progress on certain Merasmissions
• Updated the equip region for the Spine-Chilling Skull
• Updated pl_fifthcurve_event (Brimstone)
  • Fixed exploit where players could get under the map near BLU starting area
  • Fixed exploit where players could get out of the map near graveyard
  • Fixed exploit where players could enter RED base as BLU
  • Fixed some skeletons running into lava when there are no enemies in Hell
  • Fixed medieval tiny spell & other Merasmus voice spells lasting too long for some players
  • Fixed big ghost getting stuck when map ends
  • Fixed a spot where players could get stuck if entering it under Tiny spell
  • Fixed another case of non-solid pumpkin
  • Tuned respawn time for RED team at last area
• Updated cp_sunshine_event (Sinshine)
  • Fixed multiple visible nodraws and other texture bugs
  • Fixed nonsolid pumpkin in lobby
  • Fixed trigger bounds in RED spawn
  • Various lighting changes

Undocumented changes

• Updated Strange Kritz or Treat Canteens primary counter from counting kills on Carnival of Carnage to Canteens used.

Notes

Files changed

Note: The changelog below is generated from a diff of two revisions of the game. This data may be incomplete or inconsistent.

Revision changes

Modified: platform/config/network_config.json

Modified: tf/resource/tf_english.txt

Modified: tf/scripts/items/items_game.txt

Modified: tf/scripts/items/items_game.txt.sig

Modified: tf/steam.inf

Modified: tf/tf2_misc_dir.vpk/resource/clientscheme.res

Modified: bin/AdminServer.dll

Modified: bin/FileSystemOpenDialog.dll

Modified: bin/FileSystem_Stdio.dll

Modified: bin/GameUI.dll

Modified: bin/MakeScenesImage.exe

Modified: bin/MaterialSystem.dll

Modified: bin/ServerBrowser.dll

Modified: bin/SoundEmitterSystem.dll

Modified: bin/StudioRender.dll

Modified: bin/bsppack.dll

Modified: bin/bspzip.exe

Modified: bin/bugreporter.dll

Modified: bin/bugreporter_filequeue.dll

Modified: bin/bugreporter_public.dll

Modified: bin/captioncompiler.exe

Modified: bin/datacache.dll

Modified: bin/dmxconvert.exe

Modified: bin/dmxedit.exe

Modified: bin/elementviewer.exe

Modified: bin/engine.dll

Modified: bin/glview.exe

Modified: bin/hammer.exe

Modified: bin/hammer_dll.dll

Modified: bin/haptics.dll

Modified: bin/height2normal.exe

Modified: bin/height2ssbump.exe

Modified: bin/hlfaceposer.exe

Modified: bin/hlmv.exe

Modified: bin/inputsystem.dll

Modified: bin/itemtest.com

Modified: bin/launcher.dll

Modified: bin/mdllib.dll

Modified: bin/mksheet.exe

Modified: bin/motionmapper.exe

Modified: bin/mysql_wrapper.dll

Modified: bin/normal2ssbump.exe

Modified: bin/pfm2tgas.exe

Modified: bin/phonemeextractors/phonemeextractor.dll

Modified: bin/phonemeextractors/phonemeextractor_ims.dll

Modified: bin/qc_eyes.exe

Modified: bin/replay.dll

Modified: bin/scenefilecache.dll

Modified: bin/serverplugin_empty.dll

Modified: bin/shaderapidx9.dll

Modified: bin/shaderapiempty.dll

Modified: bin/shadercompile.exe

Modified: bin/shadercompile_dll.dll

Modified: bin/soundsystem.dll

Modified: bin/sourcevr.dll

Modified: bin/splitskybox.exe

Modified: bin/stdshader_dbg.dll

Modified: bin/stdshader_dx6.dll

Modified: bin/stdshader_dx7.dll

Modified: bin/stdshader_dx8.dll

Modified: bin/stdshader_dx9.dll

Modified: bin/studiomdl.exe

Modified: bin/texturecompile_dll.dll

Modified: bin/tier0.dll

Modified: bin/tools/commedit.dll

Modified: bin/tools/pet.dll

Modified: bin/tools/vmt.dll

Modified: bin/unicode.dll

Modified: bin/unitlib.dll

Modified: bin/vaudio_miles.dll

Modified: bin/vaudio_speex.dll

Modified: bin/vbsp.exe

Modified: bin/vbspinfo.exe

Modified: bin/vgui2.dll

Modified: bin/vguimatsurface.dll

Modified: bin/video_bink.dll

Modified: bin/video_quicktime.dll

Modified: bin/video_services.dll

Modified: bin/vphysics.dll

Modified: bin/vpk.exe

Modified: bin/vrad.exe

Modified: bin/vrad_dll.dll

Modified: bin/vstdlib.dll

Modified: bin/vtex.exe

Modified: bin/vtex_dll.dll

Modified: bin/vtf2tga.exe

Modified: bin/vvis.exe

Modified: bin/vvis_dll.dll

Modified: tf/bin/client.dll

Modified: tf/bin/server.dll

Modified: tf/maps/cp_sunshine_event.bsp

Modified: tf/maps/pl_fifthcurve_event.bsp