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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:

• Updated the Brain Cane to fix problems with the texture and phong value
• Updated The Battle Music
  • Added missing Hat style
  • Fixed the models due to clipping on Heavy's ears and misalignment on Engineer
  • Improved and strengthen the Noise Cancellation
  • Updated the materials to fix it not being shiny
  • Updated the backpack icon to reflect the materials change
• Updated cp_gravelpit_snowy
  • Fixed potential incompatibility with external VScript files (thanks Le Codex!)
  • Re-implemented cubemap reflections in ice cave
  • Fixed perch spots
• Updated vsh_distillery, vsh_maul, vsh_nucleus, vsh_outburst, vsh_skirmish, and vsh_tinyrock
  • Restored Hale's resistance to knockback back to 75%
  • Reduced bonus flame damage against Hale from 50% to 25%
  • Hale can now do 1 extra Brave Jump before the Jump Fatigue kicks in (thanks Wendy)
  • Weighdown is no longer blocked by the Jump Fatigue (thanks Wendy)
  • Removed area-of-effect of Hale's normal punches (thanks Wendy)
  • Demoman shields now absorb 70% of Saxton Punch! damage (compared to normal 50%) to make the following launch into the stratosphere survivable
  • Fixed Hale taking mini-crits from Direct Hit and Reserve Shooter while underwater (thanks Bradasparky)
  • Fixed airborne mini-crits of Direct Hit and Reserve Shooter applying against the wielder (thanks Bradasparky)
  • Fixed Hale being able to stomp while underwater (thanks Bradasparky)
  • Fixed Sweeping Charge not working against underwater opponents
  • Fixed the bug that prevented Quick-Fix from mirroring a patient's wall climbing (thanks Bradasparky)
  • Fixed Hale's faulty ground detection (thanks Bradasparky)
  • Fixed Baby Face's Blaster's loss of boost not applying correctly (thanks Whurr and MilkMaster72)
  • Fixed the voice lines refusing to play sometimes
• Updated pl_patagonia
  • Stage 1
    • Fixed the cart going under the elevator in extremely rare occasions (Thanks Shocked)
    • Fixed sometimes hearing outside soundscapes inside blue spawn
    • Fixed being able to build in a very high rooftop after point A
    • Fixed being able to build in blue spawn
    • Cart elevator is no longer the glitchiest thing in the universe
    • Fixed cart not rolling back after completing the elevator descent sequence
    • Now, if the cart is rolling into the elevator in overtime, the round timer will be set to 5 seconds left, to avoid unfair loses for blue. Timer will resume once the cart reaches the bottom (Thanks I. C. Wiener).
  • Stage 2
    • Removed rollback from the train container ramp in last point (Thanks b4nny)
    • Gave blue more high ground for last point
    • Added an additional dropdown for blue for last point
    • Fixed being able to be teleported into red spawn as blue after capping point A
    • Removed long hill rollback before point C
    • Fixed bots getting stuck on the closed train doors after cap B
    • Fixed being able to leave stickies inside blue last spawn
    • Fixed being able to get stuck in the point C shortcut door for red. If you get trapped, it will kill you.
    • Fixed a pop-in issue relating to areaportals below point B
    • Fixed being able to enter the last blue spawn as red
    • Birdie (Thanks Explocivo808)
  • Stage 3
    • Added a fenced section for the long wood cover wall in last point (Thanks b4nny)
    • Mirrored the window sniper spot in last point choke
    • Fixed being able to build behind a displacement rock wall in last point
    • Removed troll teleport spot in last point ending ramp
  • All Stages
    • Slightly lowered sun brightness and slightly raised skylight brightness
    • Improved skybox transitions
    • The cart no longer tries to defy the law of physics
    • Ninjaneers have more freedom to be ninjas
    • The bots have learned how to play the map
    • Gave the cart another coronación de gloria