July 8, 2010 Patch

This article is specific to the patch released. For information on the update, see Engineer Update.

Official update page: The Engineer Update

Patch notes

Added The Frontier Justice.
Added The Wrangler.
Added The Gunslinger.
Added The Southern Hospitality.
Added 35 Engineer achievements.
Engineers can now pickup & move their buildings.
Added Engineer main menu music.
Added 4 new maps:
- Thunder Mountain, a 3 stage Payload map.
- Hightower, a Payload Race map.
- Upward, a Payload map.
- ColdFront, a community built Capture Point map.
Item tuning:
- The Sandvich now uses a cooldown timer, instead of the health pack recharge mechanic.
- The Gunboats now reduce self-damage by 60% (was 75%)
- The Tribalman's Shiv bleed duration reduced to 6 second (was 8), and its damage penalty increased to 50% (was 35%).
Added better feedback sound for Pyros when their flamethrower is doing damage.
Fixed blood effect on bleeding player.
Added a glow effect to Payload carts.
Added Romanian language support.

Added a second Misc. item slot in the loadout.
Added several new Engineer responses, including domination lines.
Added Medic companionship lines when calling for a Medic while targeting one.
Many kill icons were added.
Scottish Resistance now shows location of stickies placed with glow effect.
'Wrenching' a Sentry Gun now upgrades, repairs and restores ammunition all at once per Wrench hit, prioritizing repairs and upgrading if not in possession of enough metal.
Sentry Guns now have laser sights to accomodate use of the Wrangler.
The Ambassador headshot kill icon is replaced with the Sniper Rifle headshot kill icon.
Introduced a unique switching animation for the Engineer's Shotgun and Frontier Justice. Previously he used the same switching animation for the Pyro, Heavy and Soldier.
The Golden Wrench could no longer be randomly found when crafting.