Valve’s Cult Shooter Received „Modern Update.” Team Fortress 2 Fans Can Expect Big Performance Boost
The iconic Team Fortress 2 received an update that improves performance and enhances targeting in the game.
Valve hasn't made Team Fortress 2 a priority for a long time, but from time to time it still gives fans of the game a nice surprise by releasing new updates. The latest one introduces something that players have been waiting for for a long time.
- The patch finally added support for 64-bit Windows and Linux systems, both for the client (i.e. the game) and servers.
- Previously for 17 years, Team Fortress 2 operated exclusively as a 32-bit system, which meant that the game couldn't fully utilize the capabilities of modern PCs. Adding a 64-bit version improves performance for most users.
- The frame rate limit has also been increased from 300 to 400.
- Furthermore, the patch by default enables raw input for the mouse. This allows the game to use mouse signals directly, bypassing Windows system settings, which has a positive impact on aiming.
- A bug that caused some antiviruses to recognize the game's .exe file as dangerous has also been fixed.
- The issue with some Unicode characters, which caused the game to freeze on the Linux system, has also been repaired.
- The last recent change involves removing a bug that causes other players' clients to freeze after uploading incorrect custom stickers.
Let's remind that Team Fortress 2 was released in 2007. At first, it was a paid game, but now it's offered as a free-to-play model. Today, the game is being developed exclusively for PC.
Despite Valve neglecting this title, it still enjoys great popularity on Steam. Yesterday, at the hottest moment of the day, 73,017 players were playing TF2 at the same time. The update released in July last year turned out to be so popular that it set a new overall activity record of 253,997 people playing simultaneously.
