Valve provides 100-player assist to Staff Fortress 2, instantly tells individuals to not use it
On: July 28, 2023
For those who’ve ever thought to your self that Staff Fortress 2 can be excellent if solely you can cram extra gamers onto its maps, you’re going to love right this moment’s new update. It greater than triples the utmost participant depend, from 32 to 100—and likewise, Valve says you in all probability should not do this.
In contrast to the massive content material update that Valve launched (however didn’t make) earlier this month, right this moment’s update is a fixer-upper, as a result of someway persons are nonetheless discovering issues to futz with in a 16-year-old videogame. It is a testomony to Valve’s dedication (though it is not prefer it’s on the market making new video games or something) but it surely additionally displays TF2’s ongoing reputation: The game that launched in 2007 crushed its all-time concurrent participant depend report simply two weeks in the past, thanks partly to the addition of a fats seal, who joined the game within the fan-made map Selbyen, which was included in the summertime update.
Nonetheless, with that a few years beneath its belt, it may be robust to hold issues recent. That, presumably, is what led to the choice to pop the cork on the participant depend: It will be chaotic as hell on the smaller maps little question (though that is not essentially a nasty factor—I would like to strive some 50v50 2fort) but it surely additionally opens the door to experimentation with larger-scale designs that simply would not work (or be any enjoyable) at decrease participant counts.
Notice that letting 100 individuals crash full-force onto your TF2 server is an “at your personal danger” move: Valve mentioned the choice “is unsupported and never beneficial.” That does not imply disaster is inevitable, and even probably, but it surely’s undoubtedly on the desk. Though that mentioned, it appears to be working fairly properly within the gameplay video up high—in the event you name a raging goat rodeo stalemate “working,” that’s. (For the report, I do.)
The brand new Staff Fortress 2 update, which makes quite a few different minor fixes and tweaks (lots of them associated to the Versus Saxton Hale mode, for some cause) is stay now and can be utilized robotically the following time you fireplace up the game. The total patch notes are under.
Added verify to make Mann vs. Machine invaders resistant to pushback whereas leaving their spawn
Added -unrestricted_maxplayers to boost the maxplayer depend to 100 (characteristic is unsupported and never beneficial)
Mounted VSH and different player-destruction gamemodes leaking their HUDs into each other
Mounted Saxton Hale’s weapons displaying up as being carried by an incorrect/invalid participant in VSH
Mounted Saxton Hale’s weapons generally displaying up as invalid in VSH
Mounted a crash that may happen when altering from VSH to a different map
Mounted a crash that may happen associated to MP3s on VSH maps
Mounted a crash that may happen when utilizing altering mannequin element setting or utilizing r_flushlod
Mounted a crash when going between two sv_pure servers with maps packing customized content material
Mounted altering mannequin element setting or utilizing r_flushlod not at all times taking impact
Mounted packed substitute supplies/textures/fashions in a customized map may leak into different maps or rendering as wireframe
Mounted customized particle overrides not being reloaded on servers with out sv_pure
Mounted game mode descriptions for among the summer time map stamps
Mounted embedded workshop map soundscripts not being loaded on shoppers (group repair from ‘Jakub’ (ficool2))
Mounted a crash when utilizing the game_ui entity and gamers discconnecting (group repair from ‘Jakub’ (ficool2))
Mounted teleporter particle results (group repair from ‘Jakub’ (ficool2))
Up to date/Added some match medals
Up to date cp_altitude
Elevated measurement of C seize space
Decreased preliminary spherical timer from 6 to five minutes
Elevated max spherical timer size from 6 to eight minutes
Elevated Blu respawn wave time on A from 3 to 4
Elevated Purple respawn wave time on C from 8 to 9
Decreased Blu respawn wave time on C from 3 to 2
Varied visible fixes and changes
Up to date koth_cascade
Varied participant and projectile collision fixes
Varied visible fixes and changes
Adjusted resupply locker positions
Up to date cp_steel
Mounted lacking glass from bullet blocked home windows
Eliminated some extra ceiling mild collisions
Improved clipping round B -> C constructing
Small security enchancment to Blu flank balcony to B
Some additional block bullets round B flooring
Up to date pl_phoenix
Elevated Purple respawn wave time on D from 8 to 9
Mounted projectile collision bug across the payload elevator observe
Mounted a case where the payload cart may get caught on the base of the elevator
Varied clipping fixes
Varied visible fixes
Up to date vsh_distillery, vsh_tinyrock, vsh_nucleus, vsh_skirmish
The script not forces mp_winlimit and mp_maxrounds to 0
Group servers now can increase the Script by creating a brand new file at scripts/vscripts/vsh_addons/principal.nut
Group servers now can choose the following Hale through SetNextBossByEntity, SetNextBossByEntityIndex and SetNextBossByUserId capabilities
The Diamondback now positive factors 2 assured crits upon backstab
Hale’s assaults now pierce by way of harm absorption of the Wrangler defend
Hale will now obtain an educational notification in the event that they have not carried out a Courageous Leap through the first 30 seconds of a spherical
Mounted bugs associated to Your Everlasting Reward’s on-backstab disguise
Mounted Festive Eyelander not gaining heads on-hit
(Hopefully) Mounted Hale generally showing to carry the Necro Smasher or the Sandvich
(Hopefully) Mounted some gamers being unable to punch as Hale (“A-posing”)
Mounted Hale disappearing when the game tries (and fails) to gib him
Each side dying concurrently now counts as Stalemate
