An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:

Happy Smissmas 2024!

• All players who play TF2 during the event will receive a Stuffed Stocking as a gift! Stockings contain goodies for good little Mercenaries.
• Featuring 6 new community maps: Overcast, Fortezza, Penguin Peak, Patagonia, Cutter, and Maul
• Added the Winter 2024 Cosmetic Case[list]
• Contains 23 new community-contributed items
• The Festivizer can be found as a bonus drop when opening the case

[*]Added 3 new community-contributed taunts to the Mann Co. Store

• Taunt: Fore-Head Slice
• Taunt: Peace!
• Taunt: Curtain Call

[*]Added 18 new community-created Unusual effects

• 9 new effects for Unusual hats
• 9 new effects for Unusual taunts

[*]All cosmetic and taunt cases will grant Smissmas 2024 Unusual effects instead of their normal Unusual effects during the event. This does not include crates.
[*]Mann Co. Store winter sale!
[*]Smissmas runs through January 7th, 2025
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General

• Fixed a client crash when previewing imported items in the Workshop dialog
• Fixed showing an error model when equipping the Scottish Resistance
• Fixed The Executioner not hiding the Scout's dog tags
• Updated the Mountebank's Masque to fix a problem with the materials
• Updated/Added some tournament medals
• Updated vsh_distillery, vsh_nucleus, vsh_outburst, vsh_skirmish, and vsh_tinyrock[list]
• General[list]
• Added the gamemode intro movie (made by Lacry, thanks)
• Improved the delivery of VSH-related voice lines for Soldier, Engineer and Sniper
• Updated some VSH-related voice lines for Saxton, Soldier, Engineer and Sniper (thanks The Rat Man)
• Added Hale's kill icons
• Visual improvements to Hale's Ability HUD (thanks Funicular)
• Added a visual cue signaling an upcoming Saxton Punch!
• Minor visual improvements to Saxton Hale and his particle effects
• Fixed the boss bar sometimes starting invisible
• Fixed a rare crash caused by seeing blood decals on Hale while playing on low graphics quality settings
• Fixed a rare bug when Hale's Ability HUD textures become missing

[*]Balance Changes - Saxton Hale

• Added Brave Jump Fatigue. Each consecutive jump will be less powerful, requiring a short break to restore to full strength[list]
• Weightdown ability is disabled during Jump Fatigue

[*]Increased Hale's health by ~100HP per opponent
[*]Adjusted Hale's health formula against 24+ opponents - Hale now gains 2000HP for every opponent past 23 (thanks Megascatterbomb)
[*]Hale's resistance to knockback reduced from 75% to 35%
[*]Head Stomp damage now scales with Hale's downward speed, dealing between 64 and 193 damage (previously dealt flat 195 damage)[/list]
[*]Balance Changes - Mercenaries

• Explosives and fire now deal 50% more damage against Hale
• The 40% minigun damage penalty now applies to full crits only
• Broken Demoman shields now retain the charge ability
• Demoman shields now absorb only 50% of the incoming damage upon breaking (a would-be-lethal blow will leave the Demo at 1HP)
• Greatly decreased sticky trap damage reduction
• Removed Scottish Resistance's 20% damage penalty
• Baby Face's Blaster now loses 20% of its boost upon Wall Climbing

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[*]Updated vsh_tinyrock (additional changes)

• Improved performance
• Fixed odd clipping at one of the spawns

[*]Updated vsh_distillery (additional changes)

• Improved performance

[*]Updated vsh_nucleus (additional changes)

• Fixed setup time ending five seconds too early
• Improved detailing in some areas
• Improved clipping on staircases
• Increased control point capture time to 15 seconds
• Removed collision on some lights
• Changed damage model and damage amount of the toxic waste pit and puddles

[*]Updated vsh_skirmish (additional changes)

• Fixed setup time ending five seconds too early
• Fixed an issue where Engineers could build in the crocodile pit
• Fixed not being able to wall climb certain trees in the main arena
• Fixed some lighting issues on stalactites and other props
• Parts of Hale's intro sequence no longer play while waiting for players
• Improved optimization and detailing in some areas
• Improved clipping on spiral stairs (Thanks Aar!)
• Updated security system

[*]Updated cp_brew

• The shortcut from RED spawn to the "A" point now has a nobuild trigger
• Added floor indicator for the health kit in the "A" point wooden shack
• Adjusted "A" point wooden shack to allow more breathing room
• Fixed getting stuck on the "A" gate's frame
• Fixed teletrap near "A" point ditch route
• Fixed being able to place buildings inside an out-of-bounds room outside "A" point
• Fixed some stuck spots near "B" point
• Fixed being able to shoot through a crack in the BLU forward spawn
• Fixed floating props in the diner
• Fixed one way door not forcing itself closed
• Cleaned up some collisions and clipping across the map
• Improved lighting on all of the archways

[*]Updated koth_krampus

• Fixed missing trees in skybox
• Improved look of waterfall texture near full health-kit
• Fixed minor visual errors
• Minor NPC clipping changes
• Fed krampus some oats

[*]Updated pl_emerge

• Switched on the cart light
• Fixed RED players being able to sit on the edge of an exit of BLU's starting spawn
• Fixed some doors showing incorrect textures
• Fixed the final capture point displaying an incorrect string
• Fixed the map occasionally playing incorrect ambient sounds
• Minor visual and performance tweaks

[*]Updated cp_carrier

• The Carrier now has full crits rather than mini-crits
• The Carrier now uses the robot voice lines
• Improved hearability of the Carrier's voice lines and footsteps
• Fixed visual bugs with the boss bar
• Fixed the Carrier sometimes becoming invisible while taunting
• Fixed animation glitches when a Demoman Carrier holds a Stickybomb Launcher
• Fixed occasional phasing through the elevator platform at BLU spawn
• Decreased size of the frog

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