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== Update history == | == Update history == | ||
| − | '''{{Patch name|10|29|2009}}''' ([[Haunted Hallowe'en Special]]) | + | {{Update history|'''{{Patch name|10|29|2009}}''' ([[Haunted Hallowe'en Special]]) |
* Added a [[Haunted Hallowe'en Special|Halloween edition]] called [[Harvest Event]] | * Added a [[Haunted Hallowe'en Special|Halloween edition]] called [[Harvest Event]] | ||
** Contains a variety of Halloween related features: New hats, achievements, exploding pumpkins, ghosts, and more! | ** Contains a variety of Halloween related features: New hats, achievements, exploding pumpkins, ghosts, and more! | ||
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* Added 20 new community-created [[Unusual effects]] | * Added 20 new community-created [[Unusual effects]] | ||
* All players who launch the game will receive a [[Soul Gargoyle]] if they don't already have one | * All players who launch the game will receive a [[Soul Gargoyle]] if they don't already have one | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* <code>tf_forced_holiday 2</code> should be enabled via server.cfg or before changing to a Halloween event map. Enabling Halloween mode whilst the map is running may cause the server to crash from a non-preloaded model. | * <code>tf_forced_holiday 2</code> should be enabled via server.cfg or before changing to a Halloween event map. Enabling Halloween mode whilst the map is running may cause the server to crash from a non-preloaded model. | ||
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Halloween mode is a server mode which enables Full Moon and enables spawning of the Horseless Headless Horsemann, MONOCULUS, and Merasmus. Halloween mode is automatically enabled during yearly Halloween events taking place for roughly 2 weeks at the end of October. It can manually be enabled on servers by using the setting tf_forced_holiday 2 in the server.cfg file.
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Changes
- Players are allowed to equip Full Moon/Halloween restricted items.
- When a player taunts, they may do the Thriller taunt at random.
Update history
October 29, 2009 Patch (Haunted Hallowe'en Special)
- Added a Halloween edition called Harvest Event
- Contains a variety of Halloween related features: New hats, achievements, exploding pumpkins, ghosts, and more!
October 27, 2010 Patch (Scream Fortress Update)
- Mann Manor is haunted by the Horseless Headless Horsemann.
- Random gift drop in Mann Manor.
- 4 new Halloween achievements.
- Added new Halloween hats. (Halloween Masks, Saxton Hale Mask, Ghastlier Gibus, Voodoo Juju, Spine-Chilling Skull, Horrific Headsplitter, Horseless Headless Horsemann's Head, Cadaver's Cranium)
October 27, 2011 Patch (Very Scary Halloween Special)
- Viaduct has been haunted and is now... Eyeaduct!
- One full multi-piece costume set has been added for each class
- Random gifts containing costume pieces drop in Eyeaduct on registered servers
- 2 new Halloween 2011 achievements
- Any unusual hats uncrated during the event will be Halloween-themed
- New Halloween-themed items are available in the Mann Co. store, but only for a limited time!
October 26, 2012 Patch (Spectral Halloween Special)
- Mann vs. Machine
- Added the map Mvm_coaltown_event (Ghost Town) with a special Halloween mission.
October 29, 2013 Patch (Scream Fortress 2013)
- On Hightower Help settle the score in one of the longest running feuds in Mann history on the new hellish map Helltower!
- Added Enchantment: Eternaween
- Granting Spellbook Magazine to all players who launch TF2 during Scream Fortress
- Added Spooky Crate and Spooky Key to drop list and Mann co. Store respectively
- Added over 100 Halloween tagged items from the TF2 Steam workshop
- Added class Transmogrifier's to covert Scream Fortress 2013 items of one type to another
- Haunted Quality Items can now be listed on the Steam Market place
October 29, 2014 Patch (Scream Fortress VI)
- Help Merasmus with his carnival on the new map Carnival of Carnage
- 50 new Halloween-themed cosmetics from the Steam workshop
- Added 6 new achievements
- All Unusual hats and taunts that are unboxed during the event will receive Halloween-themed Unusual effects
- Added Halloween crates to the Mann Co. Store. These crates do not require a key to open
- Added a new comic to the Team Fortress 2 website
October 28, 2015 Patch (Scream Fortress VII)
- Featured 4 community maps: Gorge Event, Sinshine, Moonshine Event, and Hellstone
- Added the Gargoyle Case
- Added two new community-made taunts to the Mann Co. Store: Soldier's Requiem and Zoomin' Broom
- All players who launch the game during this event received a Gargoyle
October 21, 2016 Patch (Scream Fortress VIII)
- Featured 3 new community maps: Brimstone, Pit of Death, and Maple Ridge Event
- Added the Creepy Crawly Case
- Added a taunt Unusualifier
- Added two new taunts to the Mann Co. Store, The Victory Lap, and Second Rate Sorcery
- Added 8 new community-created Unusual effects
October 26, 2017 Patch (Scream Fortress IX)
- Free Halloween contracts and rewards added to the ConTracker
October 19, 2018 Patch (Scream Fortress X)
- Featured 5 new community maps: Cauldron, Gravestone, Monster Bash, Slasher, and Cursed Cove
- Added the Violet Vermin Case and Scream Fortress X War Paint Case
- Added two new official taunts to the Mann Co. Store: Panzer Pants, and The Scooty Scoot
- Added 17 new community-created Unusual effects
- Added 5 new Contracts to the ConTracker
- All players who launch the game will receive a Soul Gargoyle if they don't already have one
October 10, 2019 Patch (Scream Fortress XI)
- Featured 2 new community maps: Laughter and Precipice
- Added the Spooky Spoils Case
- Added 20 new community-created Unusual effects
- All players who launch the game will receive a Soul Gargoyle if they don't already have one
Notes
tf_forced_holiday 2should be enabled via server.cfg or before changing to a Halloween event map. Enabling Halloween mode whilst the map is running may cause the server to crash from a non-preloaded model.tf_forced_holiday 2can also be used to enable spawning of the Horseless Headless Horsemann and MONOCULUS in any map withent_create.
Gallery
Halloween Pumpkin
A pumpkin bomb
Small Health Pickup
Medium Health Pickup
Large Health Pickup
