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~~'''~~2.1.~~4''' was a minor update for Team Fortress~~ 2 ~~Classic, released on~~ April 13, 2024~~. It also featured some weapon rebalances, general gameplay changes, map updates, and bug fixes. The patch notes were released on the~~ [https://tf2classic.com/?id=6767 official blog].

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~~This update came out after [[2.1.3]]. It is the most recent update to the game.~~

[[File:2.1.4 April patch photos.png|700px|right]]

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== Changes ==

=== Important ~~Changes~~ ===

=== Important changes ===

'''<u>We have once again enabled the Medi Gun sound collage feature</u> introduced with version [[2.1.0]], and all related crashes have been addressed.'''

'''<u>We have once again enabled the Medi Gun sound collage feature</u> introduced with version 2.1.0, and all related crashes have been addressed.'''

'''<u>Fixed a longstanding exploit</u> that allowed any player to change a server's map to a random one. (Sappho)'''

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'''<u>Implemented a few sanity checks during startup to ensure the game was properly installed</u>; to disable this behavior, use the -nodircheck launch option.'''

=== Weapon ~~Changes~~ ===

=== Weapon changes ===

* Updated the [[Nail Gun]]:

Updated the [[Nail Gun]]:

** Increased fire rate by ~12.5% (to 0.1s, from 0.115s)

*Increased fire rate by ~12.5% (to 0.1s, from 0.115s)

** Updated first person model to animate the ammo belt (Raptor Dan)

*Updated first person model to animate the ammo belt (Raptor Dan)

* Updated the [[Mine Layer]]:

Updated the [[Mine Layer]]:

** Reload animation is now slightly lowered to improve visibility (Raptor Dan)

*Reload animation is now slightly lowered to improve visibility (Raptor Dan)

* Updated the [[Anti-Aircraft Cannon]]:

Updated the [[Anti-Aircraft Cannon]]:

** Updated the model and textures (SamDum)

*Updated the model and textures (SamDum)

* Updated the [[Sandvich]]:

Updated the [[Sandvich]]:

** [[Heavy]] now carries a lunchbox with him when equipped (SamDum)

*[[Heavy]] now carries a lunchbox with him when equipped (SamDum)

** Fixed [[crit]] particles not showing on the throwable

*Fixed [[crit]] particles not showing on the throwable

** Throwable no longer detonates friendly [[Mine Layer]] mines

*Throwable no longer detonates friendly [[Mine Layer]] mines

* Updated [[Chekhov's Punch]]:

Updated [[Chekhov's Punch]]:

** Sounds for gaining or losing [[crit]]s are now audible to all players

*Sounds for gaining or losing [[crit]]s are now audible to all players

** [[Crit]] glows are now only visible on the [[weapon]]'s own model if [[crit]]s are full

*[[Crit]] glows are now only visible on the [[weapon]]'s own model if [[crit]]s are full

* Updated [[Jump Pads]]:

Updated [[Jump Pads]]:

** [[Jump Pads]] are now fully client predicted and consistent on any ping (Wonderland_War)

*[[Jump Pads]] are now fully client predicted and consistent on any ping (Wonderland_War)

** Can now be built in [[Medieval Mode]]

*Can now be built in [[Medieval Mode]]

* Updated the [[Fishwhacker]]:

Updated the [[Fishwhacker]]:

** Updated first person animations (Ventrici)

*Updated first person animations (Ventrici)

** Ragdolls now take extra knockback from [[Fishwhacker]] kills

*Ragdolls now take extra knockback from [[Fishwhacker]] kills

* Updated [[L'Escampette]]:

Updated [[L'Escampette]]:

** Reduced [[cloak]] penalty when damaged while [[cloak]]ed to -10% (from -15%)

*Reduced [[cloak]] penalty when damaged while [[cloak]]ed to -10% (from -15%)

** Reduced [[cloak]] capacity penalty to -40% (from -50%)

*Reduced [[cloak]] capacity penalty to -40% (from -50%)

~~=== Map Changes: ===~~

~~Updated [[koth_frigid]] (Wheat):~~

*Added a new dropdown route that leads from the rooftop to the side flank

*Added reflections to various surfaces that didn't have them before

*Added parallax corrected cubemaps to most of the map

*Increased detail on several brush-based decorations

*Vents now drop down into the hallway below instead of leading to mid

~~Updated [[pl_jinn]] (14bit, abp):~~

*Reworked the track's path and surrounding geometry near the final point

*Reduced the number of crouch-jumps required to navigate final

*Reduced Red's spawn time at final to 9 seconds (down from 10)

*Added dynamic team-colored lights to the [[Payload]] checkpoints (as seen on [[Lakeside]])

*Added parallax-corrected cubemaps

*Fixed the finale kill trigger not disabling properly

*Miscellaneous ammo and health pack adjustments

*Miscellaneous lighting and visual fixes

*Miscellaneous clipping adjustments

*Reduced map file size

~~Updated [[cp_powerhouse]] (newgreenshoot):~~

*Sun angle has been rotated to match the skybox

*Team-colored lights have been added to the control points, reflecting the point's owner

*Cubemaps across the map are now parallax-corrected

*The river now uses a new, custom water material, using our new shader

*Volumetrics have been added to a few windows across the map

*Skylight is now emulated more accurately using light_directional

*Reflectivity has been increased, making many interiors slightly brighter and more colorful

*Many props using the wrong team skin have been adjusted

*The lightmap scale across the map has been adjusted, making it less detailed in distant/inaccessible areas and far more detailed in gameplay spaces

*Most lights have been reconfigured to add greater contrast and visual interest to area

*The turbines are now static props, rather than dynamic props. This makes them more realistically lit, but they're currently lacking their internal animation. We'll improve this in the future.

*Many stairs are now blockbulleted for better explosion handling

*Disabled collision on hanging lamps across the map

*The tonemap has been adjusted to make sunlit concrete materials no longer blinding

*Imprisoned cow

*Reduced map file size

~~Updated [[vip_badwater]] (newgreenshoot):~~

*Fixed broken-looking shadows on players and dynamic props

*Tweaked lighting around the map to rely more on environmental/bounce lighting instead of artificial lights

~~Updated [[dom_hydro]] (newgreenshoot):~~

*Updated [[water]] material to be more similar to [[tc_hydro]]

*Brightened up many areas around the map to aid in player visibility

*Synchronized the parallax_obb brushes with [[tc_hydro]], for nicer vent reflections

~~Updated [[ctf_2fort]] (newgreenshoot):~~

*Slightly adjusted lighting around the map, and fixed some previous lighting errors

*Updated the basement floors for each team to be properly reflective (after the cubemaps on them were previously broken)

*Added parallax correction for spawnroom floors across the map

~~Updated [[pl_frontier_final]] (newgreenshoot):~~

*Fixed various displacement seams

*Adjusted some displacements outside of BLU's first spawn to look more natural

*Some boulders are no longer hovering above the ground

*Many, many lighting fixes

*The runoff puddle outside of BLU's spawn now uses the same modern water material as [[tc_hydro]]

*Restored cubemaps, and added parallax correction for the floors in RED's final spawn

~~Updated [[pl_upward]] from f10 to f12 (refresh.tf/Hamn):~~

*Added back occluders from stock [[Upward]]

*Added more hints, areaportals and occluders for optimization

*Redone skybox brushes for optimization

*Changed the doors in dropdown to never be opened after closing

*Changed the doors in dropdown from silent to making a sound when closing

*Fixed detail brushes flickering on 1st point

*Fixed some lighting issues

*Fixed some props and brushes being solid

*Fixed water brushes in skybox with various cubemaps

*Fixed unoptimized visleaves next to the hill

*Fixed floating barrel near 2nd

*Improved clip alignment under balcony on 3rd

*Added blockbullets in front of window and dropdown-elbow

*Added resupply sign on last RED last spawn

*Reduced t-junctions and edict usage

~~Updated [[dom_oilcanyon]] (Waugh101):~~

*Detail has been increased on and around cliff faces across the map

*Detail has been increased in the skybox terrain and foliage

*Various skybox details have been tweaked to appear slightly more true-to-life

*Capture Point C's building has been modified to appear more visually interesting

*Multiple BLU buildings have been changed to better fit BLU's design language

*Various structures have been subtly tweaked to increase consistency between them

*Minor optimization improvements

~~=== Mapping Changes: ===~~

~~tf2c_ctf_4team_no_repeats 1 is now enabled by default (Trotim)~~

*Each team can only capture each enemy team's flag only once. Neutral flags are unaffected.

~~Included additional developer textures~~

~~Civilian's limousine model is now usable as prop_static~~

~~Added several missing game_text inputs~~

*SetText, SetPosX, SetPosY, SetTextColor, SetTextColor2

~~Add class limit option to info_player_teamspawn (Trotim)~~

*Uses Spawnflags to see which classes are allowed to spawn if the restrict_classes keyvalue is set to 1

~~Implemented force_respawntime_override and force_respawntime_override_timer for health and ammo pickups~~

~~=== Miscellaneous Changes: ===~~

~~Reset stats button on the stats page now has a confirmation dialog~~

~~Implemented support for custom keybindings for [[Engineer]]'s [[PDA]]s~~

~~Implemented LanguagePreference material proxy, for localized materials~~

~~Implemented tf2c_force_thirdperson for server owners~~

~~Implemented mp_bots_must_join_team, mp_humans_must_join_team~~

~~Implemented tf2c_arena_always_start_round~~

~~Implemented bot_mirror~~

~~The minimum for fov_desired is now 20, if sv_cheats is enabled~~

~~Lowered support points rewarded to [[UberCharge]]d [[Medic]]s for blocking [[Sentry]] damage (Trotim)~~

~~Passing no arguments to bot_teleport now iterates upon the player list instead of picking a random bot every time~~

~~Fixed a bug where normal muzzle flash appeared under beta muzzle flash (NitoAndTheFunkyBunch)~~

~~Fixed [[VIP]] being able to avoid respawn by staying in class selection menu~~

~~Fixed cl_load_custom_item_schema loading the wrong path on server~~

~~Fixed a crash regarding the boioing suicide command~~

~~Fixed a crash caused by healing someone while dead~~

~~Fixed a crash in loadout screen if the class model's flex controller is missing~~

~~Fixed a crash with bots being unable to find a fallback area for spawn~~

~~Fixed hidden attributes counting towards the attribute limit in the item tooltip~~

~~Fixed [[Flame Thrower]] [[airblast]] overriding custom visual effects~~

~~Updated the appearance of tf_grenade_show_radius and tf_rocket_show_radius spheres (Azzy)~~

~~Grenades using the set_detonate_mode 2 attribute now use the correct explosion particle~~

~~Removed tf_bot_reevaluate_class_in_spawnroom~~

~~Exposed several hidden console variables and commands~~

~~Added a few item attributes~~

Updated ~~localization files~~

=== Map changes ===

*Added ~~Polish translation~~ (~~zbik~~)

* Updated [[koth_frigid]] (Wheat):

** Added a new dropdown route that leads from the rooftop to the side flank

** Added reflections to various surfaces that didn't have them before

** Added parallax corrected cubemaps to most of the map

** Increased detail on several brush-based decorations

** Vents now drop down into the hallway below instead of leading to mid

* Updated [[pl_jinn]] (14bit, abp):

** Reworked the track's path and surrounding geometry near the final point

** Reduced the number of crouch-jumps required to navigate final

** Reduced Red's spawn time at final to 9 seconds (down from 10)

** Added dynamic team-colored lights to the [[Payload]] checkpoints (as seen on [[Lakeside]])

** Added parallax-corrected cubemaps

** Fixed the finale kill trigger not disabling properly

** Miscellaneous ammo and health pack adjustments

** Miscellaneous lighting and visual fixes

** Miscellaneous clipping adjustments

** Reduced map file size

* Updated [[cp_powerhouse]] (newgreenshoot):

** Sun angle has been rotated to match the skybox

** Team-colored lights have been added to the control points, reflecting the point's owner

** Cubemaps across the map are now parallax-corrected

** The river now uses a new, custom water material, using our new shader

** Volumetrics have been added to a few windows across the map

** Skylight is now emulated more accurately using light_directional

** Reflectivity has been increased, making many interiors slightly brighter and more colorful

** Many props using the wrong team skin have been adjusted

** The lightmap scale across the map has been adjusted, making it less detailed in distant/inaccessible areas and far more detailed in gameplay spaces

** Most lights have been reconfigured to add greater contrast and visual interest to area

** The turbines are now static props, rather than dynamic props. This makes them more realistically lit, but they're currently lacking their internal animation. We'll improve this in the future.

** Many stairs are now blockbulleted for better explosion handling

** Disabled collision on hanging lamps across the map

** The tonemap has been adjusted to make sunlit concrete materials no longer blinding

** Imprisoned cow

** Reduced map file size

* Updated [[vip_badwater]] (newgreenshoot):

** Fixed broken-looking shadows on players and dynamic props

** Tweaked lighting around the map to rely more on environmental/bounce lighting instead of artificial lights

* Updated [[dom_hydro]] (newgreenshoot):

** Updated [[water]] material to be more similar to [[tc_hydro]]

** Brightened up many areas around the map to aid in player visibility

** Synchronized the parallax_obb brushes with [[tc_hydro]], for nicer vent reflections

* Updated [[ctf_2fort]] (newgreenshoot):

** Slightly adjusted lighting around the map, and fixed some previous lighting errors

** Updated the basement floors for each team to be properly reflective (after the cubemaps on them were previously broken)

** Added parallax correction for spawnroom floors across the map

* Updated [[pl_frontier_final]] (newgreenshoot):

** Fixed various displacement seams

** Adjusted some displacements outside of BLU's first spawn to look more natural

** Some boulders are no longer hovering above the ground

** Many, many lighting fixes

** The runoff puddle outside of BLU's spawn now uses the same modern water material as [[tc_hydro]]

** Restored cubemaps, and added parallax correction for the floors in RED's final spawn

* Updated [[pl_upward]] from f10 to f12 (refresh.tf/Hamn):

** Added back occluders from stock [[Upward]]

** Added more hints, areaportals and occluders for optimization

** Redone skybox brushes for optimization

** Changed the doors in dropdown to never be opened after closing

** Changed the doors in dropdown from silent to making a sound when closing

** Fixed detail brushes flickering on 1st point

** Fixed some lighting issues

** Fixed some props and brushes being solid

** Fixed water brushes in skybox with various cubemaps

** Fixed unoptimized visleaves next to the hill

** Fixed floating barrel near 2nd

** Improved clip alignment under balcony on 3rd

** Added blockbullets in front of window and dropdown-elbow

** Added resupply sign on last RED last spawn

** Reduced t-junctions and edict usage

* Updated [[dom_oilcanyon]] (Waugh101):

** Detail has been increased on and around cliff faces across the map

** Detail has been increased in the skybox terrain and foliage

** Various skybox details have been tweaked to appear slightly more true-to-life

** Capture Point C's building has been modified to appear more visually interesting

** Multiple BLU buildings have been changed to better fit BLU's design language

** Various structures have been subtly tweaked to increase consistency between them

** Minor optimization improvements

~~Updated medals~~

=== Mapping changes ===

* {{code|tf2c_ctf_4team_no_repeats 1}} is now enabled by default (Trotim)

** Each team can only capture each enemy team's flag only once. Neutral flags are unaffected.

* Included additional developer textures

* Civilian's limousine model is now usable as prop_static

* Added several missing game_text inputs

** {{code|SetText}}, {{code|SetPosX}}, {{code|SetPosY}}, {{code|SetTextColor}}, {{code|SetTextColor2}}

* Add class limit option to {{code|info_player_teamspawn}} (Trotim)

** Uses Spawnflags to see which classes are allowed to spawn if the {{code|restrict_classes}} keyvalue is set to 1

* Implemented {{code|force_respawntime_override}} and {{code|force_respawntime_override_timer}} for health and ammo pickups

[[~~Category:Patch Notes~~]]

=== Miscellaneous changes ===

[[~~Category:Minor Updates~~]]

* Reset stats button on the stats page now has a confirmation dialog

[[~~Category:Updates~~]]

* Implemented support for custom keybindings for [[Engineer]]'s [[PDA]]s

* Implemented {{code|LanguagePreference}} material proxy, for localized materials

* Implemented {{code|tf2c_force_thirdperson}} for server owners

* Implemented {{code|mp_bots_must_join_team}}, {{code|mp_humans_must_join_team}}

* Implemented {{code|tf2c_arena_always_start_round}}

* Implemented {{code|bot_mirror}}

* The minimum for {{code|fov_desired}} is now 20, if {{code|sv_cheats}} is enabled

* Lowered support points rewarded to [[UberCharge]]d [[Medic]]s for blocking [[Sentry]] damage (Trotim)

* Passing no arguments to bot_teleport now iterates upon the player list instead of picking a random bot every time

* Fixed a bug where normal muzzle flash appeared under beta muzzle flash (NitoAndTheFunkyBunch)

* Fixed [[VIP]] being able to avoid respawn by staying in class selection menu

* Fixed {{code|cl_load_custom_item_schema}} loading the wrong path on server

* Fixed a crash regarding the boioing suicide command

* Fixed a crash caused by healing someone while dead

* Fixed a crash in loadout screen if the class model's flex controller is missing

* Fixed a crash with bots being unable to find a fallback area for spawn

* Fixed hidden attributes counting towards the attribute limit in the item tooltip

* Fixed [[Flame Thrower]] [[airblast]] overriding custom visual effects

* Updated the appearance of {{code|tf_grenade_show_radius}} and {{code|tf_rocket_show_radius}} spheres (Azzy)

* Grenades using the {{code|set_detonate_mode 2}} attribute now use the correct explosion particle

* Removed {{code|tf_bot_reevaluate_class_in_spawnroom}}

* Exposed several hidden console variables and commands

* Added a few item attributes

* Updated localization files

** Added Polish translation (zbik)

* Updated medals

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