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Steam News14 July 202628d ago

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

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

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Full Team Fortress 2 update

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What changed

4 fixes1 addition2 changes0 removals
  • UI and audio
  • Gameplay
  • Fixes
  • Performance
fixedFixed missing sound for Taunt: Circuit Breaker
changedUpdated the Floral Growth Unusual effect to fix orientation/position problems
fixedUpdated the Bald Spotter Adjusted vertex normals and diffuse on head Adjusted normals and specular on head mirror Reduced mesh size slightly toward the front and back of the head Fixed some facial flexes Reduced texture size of lens
fixedUpdated the Surgical Shroud Fixed vertex normal issue on coat Adjusted Phongfresnelranges on mirror to improve envmap effect Reduced texture size of mirror
addedUpdated/Added some tournament medals
changedUpdated koth_dusker to globally improve lighting in outdoor areas for better team recognition

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:

  • Fixed missing sound for Taunt: Circuit Breaker

  • Renamed "Northern Nights" Summer 2026 Unusual effect to "Polar Prism"

  • Updated the Floral Growth Unusual effect to fix orientation/position problems

  • Updated the Bald Spotter

    • Adjusted vertex normals and diffuse on head

    • Adjusted normals and specular on head mirror

    • Reduced mesh size slightly toward the front and back of the head

    • Fixed some facial flexes

    • Reduced texture size of lens

  • Updated the Surgical Shroud

    • Fixed vertex normal issue on coat

    • Adjusted Phongfresnelranges on mirror to improve envmap effect

    • Reduced texture size of mirror

  • Updated/Added some tournament medals

  • Updated koth_dusker to globally improve lighting in outdoor areas for better team recognition

  • Updated cp_premuda

    • Fixed conflicting files leading to crashes

    • Fixed several spawn room errors

    • Adjusted respawn-times to make capping easier

    • Adjusted sound timings and volume

    • Brightened up dark spaces and tunnels

    • Smaller changes all around the map to improve game flow

    • Miscellaneous visual and clipping bugs fixed

Source

Steam News / 14 July 2026

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