Team Fortress 2 update incoming
Valve will be updating Team Fortress 2 over the next few days, focusing on the Engineer and Spy.
The Steam update is a new opt-in beta client that adds in a new in-game web browser, letting players browse the internet and check out utterly essential sites like bit-tech.net when they get a few minutes of down time - like when you're waiting to respawn, for example.
To access the new beta client you'll have to first change your account settings to give you access to beta content, which you can do via File>Settings>Account, according to Valve.
The second update is due to land in the next few days and will see Valve making some fairly substantial tweaks to the gameplay of Team Fortress 2, with a lot of attention getting focused on the Spy and Engineer classes.
Among the changes will be the ability for the Spy to recharge his invisibility cloak by collecting ammo, plus an extra upgrade level for the Engineer that will let him take teleporters and dispensers to Level 3. More details on the changes are available on the Team Fortress 2 blog.
According to Valve's Robin Walker however these updates don't constitute an entire class pack, such as those we've previously seen with the Heavy or the Pyro. In fact, the next class to get a pack will be the Scout, though all classes will eventually get an update.
Do you still play Team Fortress 2, or has Left 4 Dead swallowed all your attention? Let us know in the forums.
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Discuss in the forums ReplyThe class stuff is already out.
This would be awesome.
L4D uses 70% of ALL 4 CORES on my Q6600, TF2 uses 100% of one, about 10% of another, and sometimes has a little struggle with the standard 2.4GHz.
But back on topic --> I stopped playing because it got a little bored and I was stressing out heavily after they upped the 'meet the heavy' (I hate it when everyone at once is going for achieves). But I recently started playing again, lol I'm hooked again XD
This update is kind of stupid though as they better waited for 'meet the...' to put up.
Still best game ever, no doubt!
Some people have noted that the update which added more particles to the screen has made the game a bit slower. Every time an enemy is on my face, the game slows down. Even with the minimum settings. I really need to get a new pc.