NEWS TF2 Mecha Update - December 20, 2012

[Shotgun Jesus]

This update broke SourceMod and the new Medic 'The Vaccinator' gun was causing servers to crash. A new SourceMod snapshot was released during the early morning and is being applied to the servers. Hopefully that fixes our server's issues.

Team Fortress 2

• Australian Christmas has begun!
  • Added community-contributed winter event items
  • Added three new community weapons
    • The Vaccinator
    • The Loose Cannon
    • The Rescue Ranger
  • Added Naughty and Nice winter keys to the Mann Co. Store
• Mann Vs. Machine
  • Added a new tour of duty with unique loot:
    • Operation Mecha Engine, with 3 new advanced skill missions
    • New map mvm_bigrock
    • New Engineer Botkiller items
  • Added new Engineer robot
• Added new Strange Filter items to the Mann Co. Store to support community map makers
• Added new checkout dialogs and taunt-activated effect to raise awareness for Community Map Stamps
• Added +context_action command (defaults to X for controllers). This will use the action slot if your Canteen contains a charge and will taunt otherwise3
• Added +attack3 command (defaults to middle-mouse button)
• Added Adult Swim items to the Mann Co. Store
• Fixed an exploit that allowed players to be permanently invulnerable
• Fixed the Pyro’s airblast not working correctly when facing downhill
• Made Force-A-Nature pushback more consistent
• Updated pl_barnblitz
  • Fixed various map exploits
• Updated sd_doomsday
  • Fixed various map exploits
• Updated the localization files

 

[Shotgun Jesus]

Had to add a plugin that bans The Vaccinator -- piece of junk still crashing servers when used. RIP.

 

[zackychuu]

Had to add a plugin that bans The Vaccinator -- piece of junk still crashing servers when used. RIP.

Can we use that to ban the Pan weapon as well.
Saves me kicking people who use it as an annoyance.

 

[Shotgun Jesus]

Heh, not this one. This plugin was made specifically to kill Vaccinator.

 

[zackychuu]

That sucks...
Is there some way to block that annoying pan sound? ;_;

 

[jakksilves]

Heh, not this one. This plugin was made specifically to kill Vaccinator.

That seems to have been a quickly made plugin, what exactly causes the crash to occur?

 

[Shotgun Jesus]

Who knows, but gun is cancer.

 

[Discodude]

I've seen it used lately without the crashing serves (yesterday)...and I don't know why but (for me at least) the servers were extremely choppy at the time.

 

[Starman4xz]

It crashed when you healed an ally with the Vaccinator, then changed the resist type. It did not do it all the time. It was kinda by chance if you did it, 50%.
Latest SM snapshot should have taken care of it by now.

 

[Shotgun Jesus]

The Toronto servers continue to be messed up. Even with SourceMod disabled they continue to crash. All our other Trade servers are working properly, though.

 

[Brades]

Doing a fresh install of tf2 trades on Toronto now.

 

[zackychuu]

Doing a fresh install of tf2 trades on Toronto now.

While you're in there.
Last night RTD was not working on Chicago servers.
Also, ever since the new /bp plugin, London has still been using the old plugin.
Also, I think that something is derped between London and Source Bans.

I haven't fully checked Dallas and NY to see if they are the same yet, but it's possible that they are.

 

[Discodude]

Doing a fresh install of tf2 trades on Toronto now.

It seems all the plug-ins are broken on the Toronto servers

 

[Shotgun Jesus]

Since when? Just today?

 

[Discodude]

Since when? Just today?

It seems since around the time the update was released.

 

[Shotgun Jesus]

They've been down for a week and no one said anything?

 

[zackychuu]

Didn't you do a fresh install?
I assumed you knew so didn't mention anything.

 

[Shotgun Jesus]

I didn't. Brades did the install. Maybe he didn't add any plugins...

 

[Shotgun Jesus]

SourceMod is running and there are some plugins in there. In the server is it like there's no SM at all?

 

[Brades]