The Team Fortress 2 Unofficial Official Thread

ZekeDMS · 2010-04-21T03:31:02.000Z

They are working on it, at least. But you have to admit, it’s a pretty big project.

Delta · 2010-04-21T03:49:01.000Z

It’s a massive project. But they did say April!

ZekeDMS · 2010-04-21T03:51:35.000Z

Did it say April 2010?

Delta · 2010-04-21T03:55:33.000Z

Ah-ha… I see what they did there. Very sneaky, Valve, very sneaky.

That said, they are planning a simultaneous release for Portal 2, and that’s later this year, so we can safely infer they meant this April.

Nonetheless…

Anti-Bunny · 2010-04-21T13:07:42.000Z

Delta:

But they did say April!

http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve_Time

It works okay in Crossover Games. You could probably just grab the trial and use that until the proper port is out.

Bad_Neighbor · 2010-05-05T21:29:56.000Z

I heard someone in game say something about a video being hidden on teamfortress.com after today’s update. I checked youtube and came across this.

JetLagger · 2010-05-05T22:40:10.000Z

Bad Neighbor:

I heard someone in game say something about a video being hidden on teamfortress.com after today’s update. I checked youtube and came across this.

A real Engineer update, well it’s about time!!!

-Tim

ZekeDMS · 2010-05-05T22:58:23.000Z

It’s nice to hear it’s coming along, it must have been one of the absolute hardest ones to figure out. Engineers are a class with a really delicate balance and maps have been built around them I’d even say. I can only imagine what a challenge and how many things they’ve playtested.

Anti-Bunny · 2010-05-06T00:35:42.000Z

So he’s getting… some kind of bionic arm?

BobJustBob · 2010-05-06T06:24:53.000Z

Bad Neighbor:

I heard someone in game say something about a video being hidden on teamfortress.com after today’s update. I checked youtube and came across this.

Well, it’s not that hidden. It’s the link at the very bottom of the page.

Bad_Neighbor · 2010-05-06T06:40:25.000Z

So they added the link to the previous blog post. Sneaky, Valve. Sneaky.

Horrible_Oscar · 2010-05-06T08:18:36.000Z

There certainly is hidden stuff, though. Nullus dramatis, mate!

BobJustBob · 2010-05-06T08:29:36.000Z

That’s from way back when they introduced bots though.

Horrible_Oscar · 2010-05-06T08:34:18.000Z

Is it? Nuts. Can I still point out the robotic heavy head in the video’s foreground to pretend that there’s a connection?

roBurky · 2010-05-06T10:53:51.000Z

Welder and hammer are clearly going to be two unlockable replacements for the wrench. Which suggests some change to repairing/upgrading.

Robot bits in the background - hinting that the engineer will be able to upgrade his teammates instead of his buildings?

ZekeDMS · 2010-05-06T10:55:39.000Z

“It’s YOUR turn” could well be referring to the player/teammates. Implication being he’s creating…well, something to attach to them. Armor, maybe? Aim assistance? Some kind of class-specific buff?

Also, mobile sentry guns (aka, robots), perhaps? That would be rather incredible if you could put a sentry gun on a patrol route. Learn its timing and sneak by it of course, but the ability to cover more space would be a great trade-off.

MarinusWA · 2010-05-06T11:24:44.000Z

I’m hoping for a camera that spawns flying rotor turrets, like in Bioshock.

marxeil · 2010-05-06T12:24:41.000Z

Heh, I got the primeval warrior badge. I didn’t remember being on the beta or anything. All I remember is that Steam would not start for almost a month at about that time.

Bad_Neighbor · 2010-05-08T22:54:47.000Z

So according to the wiki, 1 slot token + 1 class token + scrap metal = 1 class weapon for said slot. I have a demo man token and a melee token and plenty of scrap, yet it says that no matching blueprints were found. I want the Eyelander, damnit!

Gremlinclr · 2010-05-09T05:40:56.000Z

Maybe you need a reclaimed metal for that. I’m just guessing though. A scrap seems a little low quantity wise for Valve.