Valve has announced a new patch for Team Fortress 2. It includes tons of game enhancements, some bug fixes and the addition of a new mode called as HighLander mode. Here is the complete list of the stuff that is included in the patch, as listed on Steam:
Engine
- Enabled Steam Cloud support for key bindings and custom spraypaint images
- Added Options->Multiplayer->Advanced option to toggle off/on: default is on
Team Fortress 2
- Added new Highlander mode
- 9 players allowed per team
- Restricts each team to 1 of each class
- Use mp_highlander (0/1) to toggle off/on: default is 0
- Added “bots” to the server’s sv_tags convar if the server is running bots
- Fixed a weapon name localization issue
- Fixed the “tf_teamtalk” server convar not controlling text chat between living/dead teammates
- Updated the map CTF_DoubleCross
- Fixed the map not ending correctly when using mp_timelimit
- Changed to prevent Engineers from building on top of the shack in each base
- Updated the map Arena_WatchTower
- Fixed a case where players could open and get stuck on the starting gates before the round start
- Improved clipping to prevent people from getting out of the map
- Optimized the map for better performance
