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The 2.1.5 Patch for Team Fortress 2 Classic has been released. To apply this update to TF2 Classic, use the latest version of our downloader. The major changes include:

Weapon Changes:​

• Updated the Flamethrower:
  • Fixed airblast sound sometimes not emitting properly
• Updated the Flare Gun:
  • Increased deploy speed by 15%
  • Fixed a bug that caused fizzling flares to attempt to move ragdolls across the entire map
• Updated the Stickybomb Launcher:
  • Updated stickybomb break sound
• Updated the Mine Layer:
  • Reduced clip size and max active mines to 4 (from 6)
  • Updated proximity mine break sound
• Updated the Anti-Aircraft Cannon:
  • Increased base damage back to 60 (from 58)
  • Increased damage against buildings to 70 (from 58)
  • Fixed bullets colliding with certain projectiles
• Updated Jump Pads:
  • Increased jump height impulse to 770 (from 750)
  • This addresses some inconsistencies introduced in 2.1.4
  • If both Jump Pads have been built in Medieval Mode, attempting to build another now destroys the Jump Pad that is the farthest away from the player
• Updated the Sniper Rifle:
  • Other players' laser dots now always use server-provided position data instead of interpolated player eye angle data.
  • This fixes unreliable positions when the laser dot's owner is outside of PVS
• Updated the Umbrella:
  • Alt-fire is now properly lag compensated

Map Changes:​

• Updated ctf_2fort:
  • Fixed broken color correction in both teams' intelligence room
• Updated vip_badwater:
  • Construction work opens up a small shortcut
  • Various lighting adjustments around the map
• Updated koth_frigid:
  • Fixed some inconsistent textures on the walls on Mid
• Updated pl_upward:
  • Reverted some detailing changes to the second point made in the last update
  • Reverted reflectivity settings back to their values from 2.1.3
  • Improved lighting around the bridge's supports near the 3rd point
• Updated koth_harvest:
  • Rebased on Improved Harvest by Horiuchi! Their changelog is below:
  • Cleaned up any unintended aspects of Pro Harvest's spawn edits left over
  • Added windows near both spawn exits
  • Doubled the opening/closing speed of spawn doors
  • Added an extra stairway on the left side of each spawn
  • Added back the broken roof from vanilla TF2
  • Made the roof that sticks out the sides of the main building non-solid
  • Drastically improved lighting quality
  • Added a light to the control point, similar to Powerhouse
  • Improved clipping
• Updated navigation meshes for the following maps (Suo):
  • cp_amaranth
  • pl_jinn
  • td_caper
  • vip_badwater
  • vip_harbor
  • vip_trainyard

Mapping Changes:​

• Implemented tf2c_trigger_playermovement_fix:
  • If enabled, respawning will reset any movement restrictions set by trigger_playermovement on the previous life
• Added missing SetTargetEntity input for point_proximity_sensor (14bit)
• Added the ability for point_event_proxy to use !caller (14bit)
• Fixed func_nogrenades, now also works for rocket based projectiles
• Fixed tf_point_weapon_mimic radius override not applying to rocket based projectiles

Miscellaneous Changes:​

• Players who have played fewer than 3 rounds of VIP mode on the attacking team are no longer eligible to be randomly picked as VIP
• Moved Chekhov's Punch crit counter HUD up by a few pixels (Thanks rc4322!)
• Implemented rebuild command for Engineer
• Implemented tf2c_allow_tpose for server owners
• Implemented netprops to allow server owners to override player team skin (m_bForcedSkin, m_nForcedSkin)
• Implemented netprop to allow server owners to force reset a custom player model's animation state (m_bCustomModelResetAnimState)
• Implemented customizable Medi Gun heal sounds for modders via sound_single_shot
• Implemented used_by_teams keyvalue on item schema
• Implemented tf2c_jumppad_speed_hwg_mult and tf2c_jumppad_height_hwg_mult
• Fixed a small error on Engineer's model (SamDum)
• Fixed cubemaps on some older water materials
• Fixed tooltips having invisible borders
• Fixed a potential VGUI crash when loading onto a Control Point map
• Fixed a potential VGUI crash regarding 4team scoreboard
• Fixed a crash with bots on payload race maps
• Fixed a crash when attempting to use build/rebuild/destroy commands and lacking a Builder weapon
• Fixed multiple inconsistencies between Linux and Windows regarding rounding numbers
  • Small ammo packs should now properly grant 40 metal to Engineers regardless of dedicated server type
• Fixed multiple crashes regarding Closed Captions
• Fixed changing VIPs respawning teammates in Sudden Death
• Setting tf2c_dev_mark to 0 now completely disables the player's medal regardless of rank
• Removed query caching as it went completely unused, improving server performance
• Added some item attributes
• Updated Launcher version to 1.7
• Updated English Closed Captions (Thanks SilentFox3!)
• Updated medals
• Updated localization files
  • Updated Brazilian translation (Thanks LuizFilipeRN)
  • Updated French translation (Thanks Surnist)
  • Added Finnish translation (Thanks Misterz, Rarru)