The Crew Fortress 2 summer time replace that Valve promised again in February has arrived, and as promised, it is a massive one, with all new maps, cosmetics, taunts, and weird results. However do not thank Valve for it—thank the TF2 group members who truly made all these things.
The entire thing was an excellent transfer by Valve: It will get the entire plaudits for yet one more beefy replace to a 16-year-old recreation, but needed to do not one of the work to make it occur. Which is a little bit of an exaggeration, I am positive somebody at Valve needed to collate these things and ensure it did not violate any insurance policies or copyright legal guidelines, and there have been most likely some buttons to push and stuff to click on on and all that. However the precise work of constructing it? Hey, that is someone else’s drawback. It looks like one thing you’d learn in a Mann Co. Catalog.
Anyway, no matter the place all of it got here from, the replace is right here, and it’s an enormous one. It is obtained 14 new community-made maps—Sharkbay, Rotunda, Phoenix, Cashworks, Venice, Reckoner, Sulfur, Hardwood, Pelican Peak, Selbyen, VSH Tiny Rock, VSH Distillery, VSH Skirmish, and VSH Nucleus—together with 25 new community-made beauty objects obtainable within the Summer season 2023 Beauty Case.
There’s additionally a half-dozen new taunts obtainable within the Mann Co. Retailer, and 20 new Uncommon results, eight for taunts and 12 for hats. Summer season 2020 Uncommon results, slightly than the Regular uncommon results (which is sort of an oxymoron, proper?) will probably be granted on all beauty and taunt circumstances during the summer time occasion.
In some way, Valve has additionally discovered quite a lot of different issues to repair and enhance in Crew Fortress 2, and all credit score the place it is due, that is Valve’s doing, not the group’s. I assume this actually is a gaggle effort.
The Crew Fortress 2 Summer season 2023 replace is reside now—the summer time occasion runs till September 15. The complete patch notes are under.
Safety and stability improvementsFixed the Mann vs. Machine improve panel closing after receiving a matchmaking get together inviteFixed an exploit associated to the ConTracker and with the ability to transfer/shoot whereas it is deployedFixed the Unusual Rely Switch Instrument not with the ability to switch stats for Sandvich itemsFixed the Engineer not with the ability to transfer for a brief time frame after doing The Excessive 5 tauntFixed lacking No Headphones fashion for the Common TranslatorFixed Engineer teleporter audio that was referencing the dispenser by mistake in SpanishFixed incorrect alpha channels for the Smissmas 2021/2022 Beauty Case modelsFixed the Winter 2019 Conflict Paint Case not being proven within the Mann Co. StoreUpdated/Added some event medalsUpdated pl_enclosure_final to repair localization issuesUpdated cp_gravelpit_snowyBoosted quantity of snowman explosionsAdded occluders to C to enhance performanceImproved clippingUpdated cp_steelProp collision cleanup and improved participant clippingExplosive splash bug collisions on stairs, props, and so on., across the mapSpawn level points (collision, prop blocking, clipping, and so on.)Repair Pyro door exploit on AFix choke and spam points into Blu & Pink spawnsFix Pixel stroll collision issuesFixing ceiling clipping and caught spots together with exploitsClean up geometry in spawns, the spawn areas and their exitsFix roof readability points, with sticky and rocket jumpingFix uncommon double demise bug when falling into pitFix Cliff caught spots and ledges in E pitRemoved head glitch tele spawn on A-B connectorFix uncommon time beyond regulation cap bugFix Pink workforce getting caught in spawn door to AUpdated cp_mossrockFixed quite a few perch pointsFixed gamers with the ability to get below Blu spawnFixed a location the place a teleporter could possibly be construct out of the mapFixed collision on rock close to remaining level so it’s extra correct to the visualsFixed numerous small visible bugsFixed some small exploitsImproved optimisation