Fortress Forever 2.3 Released

The team behind the classic remake of Team Fortress, called Fortress Forever has just released version 2.3 of their free HL2 mod. The update takes care of some bugs and balances, but adds some graphical enhancements as well.

User Interface

In the team selection menu, the team numbers (AKA hotkeys) are drawn before the team names

Generic / Misc Stuff

Altered the version checker to allow us to release future FF updates that don't require new client/server code binaries
Reduced conc explosion sound attenuation

Visuals

Made HW tracer frequency different between client (1 in 2 shots for your ac) and server (1 in 8 shots for another player's ac)
Fixed SG muzzle flash not drawing
Added dynamic light to SG muzzle flash

Bug Fixes

Fixed player MaxSpeed function always returning 0 for disconnected players (was specifically an issue in CP maps)
More attemps at fixing a rare, stupid scoreboard-related crash
Fixed crash related to players disconnecting while in a CP zone (base_cp)

Class-specific Changes

Medic:
- Made dropped health packs only heal to 100%
Engineer:
- Made maliciously sabotaged sentries not be spotted by other SGs for 2.5 seconds

Map changes

Its getting hotter in Fortress Forever with a brand new update
Impact
- Made a more informative hud
- Added timed defensive points
- Added a doorway to the back corner of the third floor
- Made secondary gate open 1 minute after the main gate opens
- Locked mp_timelimit once the round times are determined
- Disabled D scouts
Waterpolo
- Optimized objective icon updates
- Made everyone (other than the ball carrier) always see the ball as their objective
- Fixed bug where goalies weren't always respawned when inside the enemy zone
- Moved goal objective locations into the goals
Schtop
- Fixed security getting broken and out of sync
Aardvark
- Security timer shorter
- Fixed shadows
- Bags redone
- Sniper limit 1
Destroy
- Labeled security buttons
- Fixed shadows
- Put in door triggers, so players can now bhop through
Openfire
- Shadows fixed
Dustbowl
- Made door triggers open their doors with OnTrigger instead of OnStartTouch, so they don't close in players' faces
- Increased grenade bag timers from 5 to 15 seconds.
Monkey
- Made bags in resupplies give 200 metal instead of 90
- Fixed door triggers
- Aligned a few textures
Shutdown2
- Made the top respawn room a resupply only
All ID Maps
- Made a more informative hud
All AvD Maps
- Made a more informative hud
- Locked mp_timelimit to 24
- Fixed scoring bugs, so now the winning team always wins with 120 points

Lua changes

Added set_cvar( cvarname, value ) function that only calls SetConvar if the cvar isn't already set to value
Added lowercase c "Broadcast" functions, because uppercase C "BroadCast" functions are lame
base_teamplay: Made resupply bags float by default

You can grab the latest release 2.3 over here.

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