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[list]
• 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

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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[list]
• General[list]
• 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[list]
• 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)[/list]

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

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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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