3.0.1

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3.0.1 was a minor update for Team Fortress 2 Classic. It was released on January 31, 2026. The patch notes were initially released on the steam page. It featured some general changes, and bug fixes.

Changes

Localization

• Implemented Russian localization (Извините, мы забыли!)
  • Restart your Steam client for the option to appear
• Implemented Simplified Chinese closed captions
• Updated the localization files

Server browser

• Temporarily disabled "friends playing" indicators while we are investigating bugs with the Steam API
• Attempted a fix for refresh button sometimes not working properly
• Sorting by player count no longer includes bot count
• Implemented thumbnail precaching

Crash Fixes

• Fixed a crash when rendering healing combat text
• Fixed a crash with tracking on-kill achievements
• Fixed a crash with translucent renderable sprites
• Fixed a potential crash with missing scoreboard medals
• Fixed a potential crash upon cleaning up the control point icon HUD
• Fixed a potential crash when smooth scrolling through the menus
• Fixed crashes regarding Medic callers, grenade trails and the flamethrower particle
• Fixed crashes with disguised spy Target IDs with an invalid disguise target/weapon
• Fixed crashes when initializing stock weapons in the inventory manager

Performance improvements

• Lowered player position precision back to default as we're investigating networking issues
• Removed shadows from grenade projectiles
• Limited max shadows to 32 by default

Miscellaneous

• Fixed 4PLR Sisyphus's server browser thumbnail and mission briefing photos being VIP Trainyard
• Fixed Antialiasing option "None" always being detected as valid, thus not being selectable
• Fixed Spies being able to disguise as inactive teams
• Fixed user sprays being unable to be set via the options menu on Linux
• Fixed Control Points opening too early on some Arena maps