Left 4 Dead & Team Fortress 2 Updates Released

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Valve has released updates for Left 4 Dead (http://store.steampowered.com/news/2620/) and Team Fortress 2 (http://store.steampowered.com/news/2621/). The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted.

Click on the headline to read the full list of changes for both titles.

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Left 4 Dead:

Client

Removed an infinite ammo exploit for molotovs
The team swapping issue in Versus has been fixed

Add-on Campaign Support

Players download third party campaigns as single .VPK file

Players can manage and select add-on maps and campaigns via game UI

Added matchmaking support and download/update prompt for add-on campaigns

Custom campaign support in Leader boards

If not already registered, left4dead.exe registers .VPK extension to allow automatic install of add-ons

Servers and the steam API have been extended to allow servers to send up a list of keys for matchmaking up to 1200 bytes in size

Left 4 Dead Authoring Tools

Fixed missing fgd error

Added vpk.exe command line tool for extracting, creating, and appending .VPK files

Removed info_versus (not used)

Added info_gamemode which fires outputs for Coop, Versus or Survival depending on what game mode the map is loaded in

Updated tutorial_standards example map, repackaged as 'Dead Line' campaign example add-on

Sample content now includes source files for official maps


Team Fortress 2:

Linux Dedicated Server

Improved connection logic to help servers that aren't automatically reconnecting to Steam, and added extra logging to track it

Added extra data gathering to help us understand and improve Linux performance

Team Fortress 2

Changed cl_flipviewmodels so it can no longer be set while connected to a server

Fixed problem with Loadout Menu "Back" button not preserving the currently equipped weapon

Fixed a case where an observer could set the observed player's view models

Fixed the Heavy's punches not matching mouse button presses when the view models are flipped

Fixed Bonk! ammo count exploit after using a regeneration locker

Fixed Dead Ringer damage reduction exploit involving Spy taunting

Reverted Force-A-Nature and airblast knockback on disguised Spies, so that they can once again be knocked back


Missed notes from previous update

The Ambassador no longer penetrates buildings

Removed the movement speed penalty on The Razorback

[TheBot]

Yaaaaay. Now lets get to work!

[Chimpbot]

They got rid of the Razorback's movement penalty? Consider it infinitely more useful, now. It ranks much, much closer to the jar of piss.

[Amzin]

The Ambassador seems overnerfed to me now, but I didn't use it much in the first place. If I'm not stabbing people with my knife, I'm playing a sniper :P