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Team Fortress 2 Update Released

June 22, 2021 - TF2 Team

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:

• Added the Summer 2021 Cosmetic Case

  • Contains 18 new community-contributed items

  • Adds 6 new community-created Unusual effects

• Numerous security and stability improvements

• Added a cooldown before a player can create a vote when they join a match already in-progress

  • sv_vote_late_join_time controls the grace period after the match starts before the cooldown is applied: default 90 secs

  • sv_vote_late_join_cooldown controls the length of the cooldown: default 5 min

• Kick votes will end early and automatically pass if the vote target leaves the match during the vote

• Added a ConVar to control players changing their name during a match

  • tf_allow_player_name_change: default is 1

  • Matchmaking servers will set this to 0

• Updated the player list in the vote-kick dialog to show the time each player has been connected to the server

• Removed the disconnect reason from the message when players leave the server

• Updated the Mann vs. Machine "inspect" command to only work for players in your party or in your Friends list

• Moved materials for the community particle effects into the Effects/workshop sub-folder to distinguish them from Valve materials

• Updated/Added some tournament medals

• Updated the localization files

• Updated cp_snakewater_final1

  • Fixed clipping throughout map

  • Fixed explosion splash being caught by objects throughout map

  • Made movement smoother throughout map

  • Reworked some problematic areas like the kitchen

  • Minor visual enhancements throughout the map

• Updated cp_process

  • Fixed incorrect skin for the Red radio tower