TF2 Classified 3.0.9 Update Released

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

General Changes

• Added a custom 2D skybox renderer:

  • Fixed sky faces being visibly culled on high FOVs (#3)

  • Fixed issues with loading skies that don't provide materials for all faces

  • Added a fallback texture for when a face is missing

  • Engine renderer can be toggled using r_skybox_use_new_renderer 0

• Added support for adjusting each player's voice volume independently in the Mute Players menu

• Fixed players being able to mute themselves

• Fixed "An Experienced World Traveler" achievement not tracking progress on Steam

• Added an option to toggle classic shading

  • Turning off classic shading will restore live TF2 shading for players, buildings, and weapons

• Added ConVarEx, a new material proxy

• Disabled texture streaming by default (#613)

  • It can instead be re-enabled by passing in the -texture_stream command-line parameter

• Re-added voice pitch adjustments for tranquilized and hastened players (#701)

  • Configurable with tf2c_voice_pitch_tranq and tf2c_voice_pitch_vip_haste ConVars respectively

• Fixed reflected darts not tranquilizing players (#350)

• Fixed muffled ambience not playing when tranquilized

• Re-added audio cue for when the Shock Therapy is fully charged

• Fixed Rejuvenator's Übercharge not awarding Übercharges score

• Fixed a crash related to custom projectile trail effects

• Fixed an issue where switching to a disguise's weapon that has an extra_wearables attribute would cause an edict to leak

• Fixed on-hit attributes working strangely with disguised Spies in Multi-Team modes (#855)

• Fixed materials using the no_decal surface property showing concrete decals

• Linux binaries are now built using Steam Runtime 3 "sniper"

  • This fixes startup issues on older Linux distributions

• Updated localization files

UI Changes

• Updated the main menu:

  • Reworked links panel and added a donation button

  • Opening external links will now conditionally use the Steam overlay or your system's default browser, depending on fullscreen mode

  • Removed hardcoded game version in favor of %gameversion%

• Fixed building kills with the Shock Therapy displaying the wrong kill icon

• Added missing SVG kill icons for the Shock Therapy and Admiralty Anchor

• Fixed various SVG kill icons not being used (#547)

• Removed requirement for color class on SVG kill icons

• Fixed gradients on SVG kill icons ignoring colors (#873)

• Improved detection of style tags on SVGs

Particle Changes

• Fixed Medi Gun marker setting causing Medi Gun beams to disappear (#725)

  • Medi Gun markers will be changed in a future patch

Material Changes

• Updated player, building, and weapon materials to support classic shading toggle

• Updated building gib materials to use Patch shader

• Updated pickup truck textures

These changes are live now. If you'd like, you can support ongoing development of TF2 Classified by:

• Reporting bugs

• Submitting translations

• Donating to the project

• Becoming a developer