The Team Fortress 2 Unofficial Official Thread

Alan_Au · 2010-05-09T09:42:31.000Z

Gremlinclr:

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

No, that seems about right. 2 tokens + 1 scrap = 14 weapons crafted.

Alan

Anti-Bunny · 2010-05-13T15:19:50.000Z

http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=3692

I don’t play a lot of TF2, but oh god their blog regularly has me laughing. Out loud, even.

Bad_Neighbor · 2010-05-13T17:47:39.000Z

Their mock obsession with hats directly insults all the whining in their forums about how hard it is to get them. I love it. I’m quite pleased with the drop rate myself. Crafting, not so much.

BobJustBob · 2010-05-13T18:12:30.000Z

They recently stealth-updated the crafting recipes. Now a scrap metal takes two items instead of three, so you can craft a random hat with 54 weapons instead of 81. There are also some new recipes to specifically craft some of the new items. Details here.

Telefrog · 2010-06-10T13:43:31.000Z

The Mac version is out now, and the list of updates is pretty intriguing.

http://store.steampowered.com/news/?appids=440

Engine

Made several changes that improve stability for clients running low on addressable memory.

Changed all HTML controls to use Webkit for the rendering engine.

Team Fortress 2

Added Mac support.

Overhauled the main menu, and added help to Loadout, Backpack, and Crafting screens.

Added Training, with support for General gameplay & Soldier class training for now.

Added Offline Practice mode, with support for KOTH maps and Dustbowl.

The “Open Character Loadout” key will now go to your future class if you’ve requested a class change, but haven’t respawned yet.

Community Requests:

Added “mp_forceautoteam”, a server convar that forces all joining players to autoteam.

Added “mp_stalemate_meleeonly”, a server convar that allows melee weapons only during stalemates.

Added “ExtinguishPlayer” input to tf_player for map makers.

Training!? Offline Practice Mode!?

Horrible_Oscar · 2010-06-10T13:55:23.000Z

Free iPod earbud hat for anybody who boots up TF2 on a mac this weekend as well. Hat rage incoming!

BobJustBob · 2010-06-10T13:56:06.000Z

DAMMIT SOMEONE LET ME BORROW A MAC

Anti-Bunny · 2010-06-10T14:09:12.000Z

Oh awesome. Installing now, this will go great with my bill’s hat and cheater’s lament.

BobJustBob · 2010-06-10T14:44:07.000Z

Be sure and check out the Mac Update page for the new movie, new comic, and gems like this:

probably Erik:

Spanning 119 updates of ongoing development, the Team Fortress 2 team has maintained its unswerving commitment to our user base: to put more hats per square inch in our game than any other piece of media in human history. We’ve probably improved gameplay and added a new game mode or map here and there too–most likely by accident, while trying to upload something hat-based.

Telefrog · 2010-06-10T14:46:16.000Z

The new main menu is awesome.

Also, folks are reporting that unlocks are live in the training and offline modes. I wonder how long that will last?

Shellfishguy · 2010-06-10T14:48:02.000Z

Watch the video, did you see the shotty the red engineer has at the end? very interesting!

Funkula · 2010-06-10T15:01:00.000Z

Holy shit, that looks like some of the weapon upgrades from Bioshock.

Telefrog · 2010-06-10T15:05:34.000Z

HAHAHAHAHAHA

The Steam forums are filled with people crying over the new menu and the earbuds.

Some Idiot:

Its disgusting. I’m 100% that it was made for the noob MAC players. It looks like if I was playing on a MAC. I DON’T WANT IT! ffs

I’ve also tried the training. It SUCKS. It showed me how I can change the weapon when playing a class. I felt like an idiot.

Can I get the own menu back?

Another Idiot:

Valve Has Screwed Over PC Gamers With Mac-Exclusive Earbuds
So Mac gamers get an exclusive pair of free earbuds, while PC gamers get left in the dust. Way to show your appreciation to your loyal PC gamers Valve that stuck with you on day 1.

JZigish · 2010-06-10T15:08:16.000Z

Can we talk more about how awesome that comic is?

         "And the bullets biodegrade once  they hit flesh, leaving nothing behind but a blog post"

scharmers · 2010-06-10T15:55:51.000Z

gun show: admit one

That would be an AWESOME tattoo

(If I had anything approaching “guns”)

Cal · 2010-06-10T16:16:20.000Z

My phone can’t access steam, are they REAL earbuds or ingame ones? if so i need some cheap ipod earbuds?!

If ingame, whats the fuss about!?

Anti-Bunny · 2010-06-10T16:22:52.000Z

Cal:

If ingame, whats the fuss about!?

You don’t play TF2 much, do you?

People are still whining about being cheated out of the halo.

BobJustBob · 2010-06-10T16:29:28.000Z

Anti-Bunny:

You don’t play TF2 much, do you?

Cheaters are still whining about not deserving the halo.

Fixed!

Cal · 2010-06-10T16:33:22.000Z

Anti-Bunny:

You don’t play TF2 much, do you?

People are still whining about being cheated out of the halo.

Well i have over 400 hours logged on Steam :P Although i only play with friends on private servers. Never saw the hat obsession.

Guessing its an ingame hat then, damn ad on my phone looked like a read set of earphones :s

pilonv1 · 2010-06-10T16:44:45.000Z

http://www.teamfortress.com/macupdate/earbuds/

America’s #1 war-themed hat simulator

Amazing.