Team Fortress 2 Update Reworks cp_holyhell and Buffs Zombie Pyro
The 5-minute timer comes with new spell rules on cp_holyhell, while Zombie Pyro's melee damage rises from 45 to 65.
Team Fortress 2’s latest update gives cp_holyhell a faster pace, lowering its round timer to 5 minutes and changing the spell cycle around middle control. Zombie Pyro also hits harder, Sticky Spew slows players, and Zombie Sniper’s spit cooldown drops from 9 seconds to 6.
Spells now enable and respawn permanently on the side of the team that loses middle, and the stalemate state turns them into rare variants with very fast respawns until a point is captured. In tight spaces, Zombie Engineer’s Beacon now tries to place itself at the closest valid location instead of breaking immediately. The official Team Fortress 2 update notice confirms the patch has been released and will apply automatically when players restart the game.
Team Fortress 2 Patch Notes
- Fixed some maps not tracking play time correctly
- Fixed alpha channel for the updated Cozy Camper backpack image
- Updated cp_holyhell
- Fixed BLU side skybox not rendering for users with HDR enabled
- Improved RED side art pass
- Improved middle point art pass
- Spells get enabled and respawn permanently on the side of the team that loses middle. This can go both ways.
- Lowered round timer to 5 minutes
- After 5 minutes of any team capturing middle, instead of a stalemate, every spell gets turned into a rare variant and respawn extremely quickly. After a point gets captured in the stalemate state, the spells return back to normal.
- Lowered respawn wave times
- Gargoyles now only spawn near middle
- Better optimization
- Updated Updated zi_atoll, zi_blazehattan, zi_devastation_final1, zi_murky, zi_sanitarium, and zi_woods
- Fixed player models being invisible in dx8
- Fixed tiling HUD icon for Heal ability
- Fixed bad number display in the “Auto-spawn” text in the spawn picker
- Updated Zombie Engineer’s Beacon
- Instead of instantly breaking, beacons inside of tight spaces will now place themselves in the closest valid location
- Fixed thrown toolboxes appearing offcenter
- Thrown toolboxes now break upon touching all clip brushes if they can’t find a nearby valid location
- Zombie Sniper Spit cooldown changed from 9 seconds to 6 seconds
- Updated Zombie Pyro
- Increased Zombie Pyro’s melee damage from 45 to 65
- Sticky Spew now applies a 20% movement slow
- Standing on puddles of sticky spew applies an additional 20% movement slow
- Sticky spew puddles are now larger
- Spewed Demoman shield movement slow changed from -60% to -70%
- Humans covered in sticky spew are now tinted purple instead of black
- Zombie Pyro’s death explosion now deals 50 damage, applies afterburn, and turns themself and victims to ash
- Fixed Zombie Heavy exploding into rock gibs when not holding a rock
- Fixed the Homewrecker not being able to destroy EMP grenades
- Updated Zombie Demoman charge kill icon
- Changed Zombie melee impact sounds into fists instead of the sloppy wet Unarmed Combat
- Fixed Zombie Spy dealing more damage than intended
- Fixed queue events with some zombie abilities
- Fixed Zombies sometimes moving slowly after casting an ability
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Team Fortress 2
Developed by Valve
One of the most popular online action games of all time, Team Fortress 2 delivers constant free updates—new game modes, maps, equipment and, most importantly, hats. Nine distinct classes provide a broad range of tactical abilities and personalities, and lend themselves to a variety of player skills.
- Genre Shooter
- Platforms PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
- Perspective First person
- Modes Multiplayer, Co-operative
- Release October 10, 2007
- Publisher Valve, Electronic Arts
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