^^it's not necesarily badlands. The update was crashing servers on all maps. There was also something buggy in the stat tracking. One guy said he beat his highest sentry kills by 20--as a medic.

2/15/2008 9:28:50 AM

New medic unlockables announced:

Quote :

"The Blutsaugher For players that earn one third of the 36 new medic achievements, they will be given a new syringe gun. Called "The Blutsaugher," this new weapon no longer has the ability to score critical hits against an opponent. Instead it will draw health from enemies each time a syringe hits. Especially useful as a weapon to retreat away from the fight while staying alive. The Critzcrieg Once a medic has earned two thirds of the achievements, they will be granted "The Critzcrieg." This new medigun uses its ubercharge not for invulnerability, but to give its recipient 100% chance to fire critical ordinance. Medics and the player they are charging need to be careful though, because as much fun as it is to fire critical rockets as fast as you can, the other team will see what you're up to and try to put a quick stop to your plan. The Ubersaw For the determined medic that has earned all 36 of the new achievements, they will find themselves the proud owner of "The Ubersaw," which will take damage done in melee attacks and convert it directly to ubercharge. Four hits with this new weapon will fully charge whatever medigun the medic has equpped. "

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/52236

4/16/2008 5:54:45 PM

i so want to play this, but no one is on xbox and my computer sux.

4/16/2008 6:40:37 PM

^^nice

4/16/2008 6:44:12 PM

Quote :

"but to give its recipient 100% chance to fire critical ordinance."

4/16/2008 8:11:24 PM

haha and then the medic gets killed by an opposing crit rocket.

I wonder if you can uber invul and uber crit the same person with 2 medics. That would be op as fuck

4/16/2008 9:59:46 PM

wow, about half the achievements are ridiculous though

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/52249

4/16/2008 10:29:07 PM

Quote :

"Deploy an uber-charge on a teammate less than a second before they're hit by a critical explosive."

You gotta be really lucky to get that.

4/16/2008 10:38:48 PM

Dunno if anyone still plays, but add me por favor.

http://steamcommunity.com/id/RedGuard

4/16/2008 10:57:37 PM

New update supposedly out Tuesday with the medic achievements and Goldrush (new Payload style gameplay).

4/28/2008 10:38:30 PM

I should play this more often, I haven't played in a while due to tons of console releases.

4/29/2008 9:03:58 AM

Source Engine

* Improved particle performance on multi-core machines
* Added FOV slider to Options | Video | Advanced for all games (moved there from TF2’s multiplayer options)
* Fixed surround sound initialization problems with new speaker modes defined in Vista


Team Fortress 2

* Added Goldrush
* Added Character Info and Loadout to the main menu
* Added 39 Medic achievements
* Added unique Medic items:
o The Blutsaugher, The Kritzkrieg, and The Ubersaw
* Added new attack animations to most melee weapons
* Added new speech for the Heavy and Demoman
* Added Stopwatch mode to Tournament mode
o Automatically used on Attack/Defense maps
* Teleporter effect no longer shows up on invisible or disguised Spies
* Spies disguised as their own team can now capture control points
* Increased force taken by pipebombs by bullets and explosions
* Target ID hud is now colored red or blue to match the spectator target
* Tournament mode no longer ends matches early if the time limit is nearly up when a new round starts
* Fixed exploit where clients could start benchmark mode on servers
* Fixed drowning exploit that allowed players to regenerate health
* Fixed reload exploit that allowed plays to fire instantly after switching weapons
* Fixed flamethrower bug where a player flush against a wall couldn't be lit on fire from the front
* Fixed invulnerability overlay not drawing if the invuln player was previously on fire
* Fixed "times used" entry in teleporters maxing out at 32
* Fixed rare client crash on level change during control point capturing
* Minor fix to stat gathering to prevent players using sv_cheats to easily garner achievements
* For mapmakers:
o Mapmakers can now directly place the tf_gamerules entity into their map. Fixes Hammer thinking the inputs to it are broken
o Mapmakers can now place Engineer buildings directly into a map, with an option for them to be invulnerable
o Added "AddRedTeamScore" and "AddBlueTeamScore" inputs to tf_gamerules
o Added "SetRequiredObserverTarget" input to tf_gamerules. Force spectators to use the specified viewpoint
* Granary
o Added setup time logic, and gates to the middle
o Fixed an overlay alignment bug on one of blue's gate signs
o Minor lighting fixes in red/blue spawns
* 2Fort
o Added medium ammo and health to basement hallways
o Added small ammo and health to top of spiral
o Fixed a clip brush exploit outside blue sniper deck
o Fixed number "2" overlay on front of red base not being assigned to the brush face

4/29/2008 9:44:01 PM

Really wish they'd update the 360 version.

I'd buy the PC one if my computer could handle it. Is this a hard game to run? My comp handled HL2 adequately (at minimum settings).

[Edited on April 29, 2008 at 10:51 PM. Reason : speling]

4/29/2008 10:51:38 PM

If it handled HL2 it should have no problems with TF2.

There's a free trial this weekend (May 2-4) so you can give it a try.

http://www.steampowered.com/goldrush/

[Edited on April 29, 2008 at 11:17 PM. Reason : .]

4/29/2008 11:16:39 PM

stayed up much later than I should have, but I have 14 of the new achievements down already

4/30/2008 1:01:57 AM

i got a few of them, but every game i played was a huge medic circle jerk so i finally gave up and just played normally. Goldrush is a good map, though.

Anyone played with the new unlockables yet?

4/30/2008 6:56:09 AM

Quote :

"achievement_unlock TF_GET_TURRETKILLS achievement_unlock TF_KILL_NEMESIS achievement_unlock TF_GET_CONSECUTIVEKILLS_NODEATHS achievement_unlock TF_GET_HEALED_BYENEMY achievement_unlock TF_PLAY_GAME_FRIENDSONLY achievement_unlock TF_WIN_MULTIPLEGAMES achievement_unlock TF_GET_MULTIPLEKILLS achievement_unlock TF_WIN_2FORT_NOENEMYCAPS achievement_unlock TF_WIN_WELL_MINIMUMTIME achievement_unlock TF_WIN_HYDRO_NOENEMYCAPS achievement_unlock TF_WIN_DUSTBOWL_NOENEMYCAPS achievement_unlock TF_WIN_GRAVELPIT_NOENEMYCAPS achievement_unlock TF_PLAY_GAME_EVERYCLASS achievement_unlock TF_PLAY_GAME_EVERYMAP achievement_unlock TF_GET_HEALPOINTS achievement_unlock TF_BURN_PLAYERSINMINIMUMTIME achievement_unlock TF_GET_HEADSHOTS ACHIEVED achievement_unlock TF_MEDIC_TOP_SCOREBOARD achievement_unlock TF_MEDIC_HEAL_UNDER_FIRE achievement_unlock TF_MEDIC_SIMUL_CHARGE achievement_unlock TF_MEDIC_SETUP_CHARGE achievement_unlock TF_MEDIC_RAPID_CHARGE achievement_unlock TF_MEDIC_COUNTER_CHARGE achievement_unlock TF_MEDIC_SWITCH_TO_MEDIC achievement_unlock TF_MEDIC_SAVE_TEAMMATE achievement_unlock TF_MEDIC_CHARGE_BLOCKER achievement_unlock TF_MEDIC_ASSIST_MEDIC achievement_unlock TF_MEDIC_SYRINGE_SCOUTS achievement_unlock TF_MEDIC_BONESAW_MEDICS achievement_unlock TF_MEDIC_ASSIST_HEAVY_LONG achievement_unlock TF_MEDIC_ASSIST_SCOUT achievement_unlock TF_MEDIC_ASSIST_PYRO achievement_unlock TF_MEDIC_ASSIST_HEAVY achievement_unlock TF_MEDIC_ASSIST_DEMOMAN achievement_unlock TF_MEDIC_ASSIST_SOLDIER achievement_unlock TF_MEDIC_HEAL_ENGINEER achievement_unlock TF_MEDIC_ASSIST_CAPTURER achievement_unlock TF_MEDIC_HEAL_CALLERS achievement_unlock TF_MEDIC_EXTINGUISH_TEAMMATES achievement_unlock TF_MEDIC_ASSIST_VS_NEMESES achievement_unlock TF_MEDIC_KILL_WHILE_CHARGED achievement_unlock TF_MEDIC_BONESAW_NOMISSES achievement_unlock TF_MEDIC_HEAL_LARGE achievement_unlock TF_MEDIC_HEAL_HUGE achievement_unlock TF_MEDIC_HEAL_GRIND achievement_unlock TF_MEDIC_KILL_HEALED_SPY achievement_unlock TF_MEDIC_SAVE_FALLING_TEAMMATE achievement_unlock TF_MEDIC_CHARGE_JUGGLE achievement_unlock TF_MEDIC_FREEZECAM_RAGDOLL achievement_unlock TF_MEDIC_BONESAW_SPY_CALLERS achievement_unlock TF_MEDIC_CHARGE_FRIENDS achievement_unlock TF_MEDIC_INVITE_JOIN_CHARGE achievement_unlock TF_MEDIC_HEAL_ACHIEVER achievement_unlock TF_MEDIC_ACHIEVE_PROGRESS1 achievement_unlock TF_MEDIC_ACHIEVE_PROGRESS2 achievement_unlock TF_MEDIC_ACHIEVE_PROGRESS3 "

4/30/2008 8:18:30 AM

or just do

Quote :

"achievement_unlock_all"

4/30/2008 8:21:28 AM

Is that a hack for the achievements?

4/30/2008 8:24:41 AM

apparently, this command "achievement_unlock_all" only unlocks the milestones so you can get the new weapons and still earn the regular achievements the hard way

4/30/2008 9:22:06 AM

Its funny because they just patched a hole that let anyone on a server force the server to run a benchmark, which would crash the server. Now they just leave this stuff in there.

I mean achievements are obviously going to be detected and unlocked client side so theres probably no way to keep them from eventually being hacked, but come on. A console command?

4/30/2008 10:54:00 AM

they also fixed an exploit with the latest patch that allowed people to create a server, run cheats to farm the achievements, then turn off cheats and log off to save the stats.

then they left the console command in there. I think they may have left it there on purpose. Unlockables seems against the point of the game to me.

4/30/2008 1:50:32 PM

God dammit... new update removes the console commands. However, if you already ran them you get to keep your achievements. Seeing as how I haven't done that yet, I guess everybody else will have them while I slowly earn them.

EDIT: Nevermind, it seems they have all been wiped, including those that were earned the right way lol

[Edited on April 30, 2008 at 3:46 PM. Reason : .]

4/30/2008 3:44:18 PM

nah, it only wiped the achievements for those who used the console command

4/30/2008 9:14:50 PM

People who didn't use the console commands are saying it wiped all of the new achievements for them.

4/30/2008 9:17:20 PM

i dont know about that... everyone i know kept all their achievements. They didnt use the command, though.

4/30/2008 9:19:57 PM

I used the command and still had all of my achievements, both new and old, including ill gotten ones, after the patch

we'll see if that changes later x.x

4/30/2008 9:53:37 PM

This is absolutely insane and shows what being a soldier is about: http://www.teampandemic.net/movies/25

5/1/2008 3:14:34 AM

I was playing last night and these two medics were just teaming up the entire game. They both had the new saw that builds uber, so one of them would uber the other, and he would manage to get enough hits in to build up his own uber, so as soon as the other's ran out, he would turn around and uber him.

5/4/2008 11:57:38 AM

broke down and bought the PC version (only $20 now)

please add me too the group:

http://steamcommunity.com/id/ncsuduncan

5/4/2008 8:25:55 PM

i'm debatin buyin tf2 on the steam store site. i've never bought anything on there before. i do like the steam setup though. i got on there and started re-downloaded counter strike and half-life.

5/4/2008 9:18:19 PM

^I'd say buy it on Steam, that way the money goes right to Valve as opposed to having a middle man like Wal-Mart or Best Buy. And I know I would rather Valve have my money.

5/4/2008 10:59:04 PM

I bought it on steam, and I love it. I've actually purchased several games from steam and never had any problem

we need to organize a TWW TF2 night. anyone have a server?

5/4/2008 11:07:21 PM

I like buying games from Steam because I don't have to worry about losing my CDs.

If I ever want to go back and play Half-Life 2 I know I can always just download it wherever I am.

5/4/2008 11:22:02 PM

Meet the Sniper:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyNuriXG3BQ

6/18/2008 9:03:13 AM

Also, big update being released tomorrow for the Pyro class with two community maps.

http://www.steampowered.com/pyro/?pw=presspreview

6/18/2008 10:07:06 AM

Hell yeah.

Quote :

"Flamethrower Update In addition to the three unlockable Pyro weapons, we've made a significant addition to the base Pyro flamethrower. By hitting the alt-fire key, the Pyro is able to produce a blast of compressed air that knocks enemies away, and redirects enemy projectiles. It's a highly versatile tool, allowing Pyros to get away from nearby enemies after igniting them, to kill enemy soldiers with their own rockets, or to separate enemy Medics from their healing targets. In particular, it allows a skilled Pyro to contain an enemy invulnerability push, and even to separate the Medic completely if the surrounding terrain supports it."

And this will no doubt be the first achievement I unlock since it happens to me all the time as a pyro.

Quote :

"Dead Heat Kill an enemy in the same second that he kills you. "

[Edited on June 18, 2008 at 10:48 AM. Reason : ]

6/18/2008 10:45:43 AM

Either that was a teaser or Valve is just fucking with people... the sniper has a TFC civilian bobblehead on his dash.

6/18/2008 11:55:28 PM

this is truly an impressive amount of development for a game that doesn't require monthly payments

I think it's great that the pyro is going to get some much needed love, and the air blast alone is going to make him a really viable class. I can't wait to see what they come up with in the future for the other classes

6/19/2008 12:02:43 AM

[Edited on June 29, 2008 at 9:19 PM. Reason : das]

6/29/2008 9:18:39 PM

ahahahaha

6/29/2008 9:19:40 PM

6/30/2008 1:16:46 AM

"Either that was a teaser or Valve is just fucking with people... the sniper has a TFC civilian bobblehead on his dash."

Not to mention the jars of urine you see gather on the table during the time-lapse clip.

7/1/2008 8:59:44 AM

I'm not making the connection here

7/1/2008 9:10:41 AM

Anyone else think they broke the pyro with the update and new weapons?

7/1/2008 9:23:49 AM

Ah I was just commenting that they have funny details added in the video . . . for example he stays in place for so long he pees into a jar.


Anyway my only beef with the new updates on pyros and medics is that everyone chooses them now. I have yet to see a round that didn't have balance on the medics and pyros

7/1/2008 11:22:08 AM

Pyros are a tad overpowered now, but heavies and soldiers can still handle them pretty easily. I think when every class gets their update, things will even out a bit.

7/1/2008 1:39:37 PM

Heavy is the next class that will get an upgrade.

7/1/2008 10:52:22 PM

http://forum.ebaumsworld.com/showthread.php?t=265628

Lots of lulz pictures

7/23/2008 8:50:58 PM

Oh gawd those are fantastic.

7/24/2008 12:35:45 PM