Team Fortress 2 Update Released

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

Happy Smissmas 2024!

• All players who play TF2 during the event will receive a Stuffed Stocking as a gift! Stockings contain goodies for good little Mercenaries.
• Featuring 6 new community maps: Overcast, Fortezza, Penguin Peak, Patagonia, Cutter, and Maul
• Added the Winter 2024 Cosmetic Case
  • Contains 23 new community-contributed items
  • The Festivizer can be found as a bonus drop when opening the case
• Added 3 new community-contributed taunts to the Mann Co. Store
  • Taunt: Fore-Head Slice
  • Taunt: Peace!
  • Taunt: Curtain Call
• Added 18 new community-created Unusual effects
  • 9 new effects for Unusual hats
  • 9 new effects for Unusual taunts
• All cosmetic and taunt cases will grant Smissmas 2024 Unusual effects instead of their normal Unusual effects during the event. This does not include crates.
• Mann Co. Store winter sale!
• Smissmas runs through January 7th, 2025

• General
  • Fixed a client crash when previewing imported items in the Workshop dialog
  • Fixed showing an error model when equipping the Scottish Resistance
  • Fixed The Executioner not hiding the Scout's dog tags
  • Updated the Mountebank's Masque to fix a problem with the materials
  • Updated/Added some tournament medals
  • Updated vsh_distillery, vsh_nucleus, vsh_outburst, vsh_skirmish, and vsh_tinyrock
    • General
      • Added the gamemode intro movie (made by Lacry, thanks)
      • Improved the delivery of VSH-related voice lines for Soldier, Engineer and Sniper
      • Updated some VSH-related voice lines for Saxton, Soldier, Engineer and Sniper (thanks The Rat Man)
      • Added Hale's kill icons
      • Visual improvements to Hale's Ability HUD (thanks Funicular)
      • Added a visual cue signaling an upcoming Saxton Punch!
      • Minor visual improvements to Saxton Hale and his particle effects
      • Fixed the boss bar sometimes starting invisible
      • Fixed a rare crash caused by seeing blood decals on Hale while playing on low graphics quality settings
      • Fixed a rare bug when Hale's Ability HUD textures become missing
    • Balance Changes - Saxton Hale
      • Added Brave Jump Fatigue. Each consecutive jump will be less powerful, requiring a short break to restore to full strength
        • Weightdown ability is disabled during Jump Fatigue
      • Increased Hale's health by ~100HP per opponent
      • Adjusted Hale's health formula against 24+ opponents - Hale now gains 2000HP for every opponent past 23 (thanks Megascatterbomb)
      • Hale's resistance to knockback reduced from 75% to 35%
      • Head Stomp damage now scales with Hale's downward speed, dealing between 64 and 193 damage (previously dealt flat 195 damage)
    • Balance Changes - Mercenaries
      • Explosives and fire now deal 50% more damage against Hale
      • The 40% minigun damage penalty now applies to full crits only
      • Broken Demoman shields now retain the charge ability
      • Demoman shields now absorb only 50% of the incoming damage upon breaking (a would-be-lethal blow will leave the Demo at 1HP)
      • Greatly decreased sticky trap damage reduction
      • Removed Scottish Resistance's 20% damage penalty
      • Baby Face's Blaster now loses 20% of its boost upon Wall Climbing
  • Updated vsh_tinyrock (additional changes)
    • Improved performance
    • Fixed odd clipping at one of the spawns
  • Updated vsh_distillery (additional changes)
    • Improved performance
  • Updated vsh_nucleus (additional changes)
    • Fixed setup time ending five seconds too early
    • Improved detailing in some areas
    • Improved clipping on staircases
    • Increased control point capture time to 15 seconds
    • Removed collision on some lights
    • Changed damage model and damage amount of the toxic waste pit and puddles
  • Updated vsh_skirmish (additional changes)
    • Fixed setup time ending five seconds too early
    • Fixed an issue where Engineers could build in the crocodile pit
    • Fixed not being able to wall climb certain trees in the main arena
    • Fixed some lighting issues on stalactites and other props
    • Parts of Hale's intro sequence no longer play while waiting for players
    • Improved optimization and detailing in some areas
    • Improved clipping on spiral stairs (Thanks Aar!)
    • Updated security system
  • Updated cp_brew
    • The shortcut from RED spawn to the "A" point now has a nobuild trigger
    • Added floor indicator for the health kit in the "A" point wooden shack
    • Adjusted "A" point wooden shack to allow more breathing room
    • Fixed getting stuck on the "A" gate's frame
    • Fixed teletrap near "A" point ditch route
    • Fixed being able to place buildings inside an out-of-bounds room outside "A" point
    • Fixed some stuck spots near "B" point
    • Fixed being able to shoot through a crack in the BLU forward spawn
    • Fixed floating props in the diner
    • Fixed one way door not forcing itself closed
    • Cleaned up some collisions and clipping across the map
    • Improved lighting on all of the archways
  • Updated koth_krampus
    • Fixed missing trees in skybox
    • Improved look of waterfall texture near full health-kit
    • Fixed minor visual errors
    • Minor NPC clipping changes
    • Fed krampus some oats
  • Updated pl_emerge
    • Switched on the cart light
    • Fixed RED players being able to sit on the edge of an exit of BLU's starting spawn
    • Fixed some doors showing incorrect textures
    • Fixed the final capture point displaying an incorrect string
    • Fixed the map occasionally playing incorrect ambient sounds
    • Minor visual and performance tweaks
  • Updated cp_carrier
    • The Carrier now has full crits rather than mini-crits
    • The Carrier now uses the robot voice lines
    • Improved hearability of the Carrier's voice lines and footsteps
    • Fixed visual bugs with the boss bar
    • Fixed the Carrier sometimes becoming invisible while taunting
    • Fixed animation glitches when a Demoman Carrier holds a Stickybomb Launcher
    • Fixed occasional phasing through the elevator platform at BLU spawn
    • Decreased size of the frog

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