Sobald ihr euch bei Steam einloggt, wird automatisch ein Patch für Team Fortress 2 und für die Steam-Plattform runtergeladen. Folgende Veränderungen werden vorgenommen: 

Team Fortress 2

• Improved compatibility for direct sound
• Deathcam screenshots now move the player id panel to the lower right, and hide other hud elements until the freezecam fades
• Improved autobalance calculation code when determining who to switch
• Improved networking compatibility for some routers
• Fixed a crash during level init related to model loading
• Fixed issues on Dustbowl and Hydro that could occur when a server emptied in the middle of a round
• Fixed a bug in the clientside player avoidance code, and smoothed it a little more
• Further crash fixes related to paged pool memory usage
• Fixed scoreboard team scores label getting cut off
• Engineer buildings now explode when the Engineer dies during sudden death
• Fixed a spy backstab exploit where you could stab a player who was not facing away from you
• Fixed flailing at the low end of the cloak meter when the player gets uncloaked automatically
• Fixed texture detail level setting "Very high" not being preserved
• Improved various error messages, and added links to steampowered support pages
• Fixed scoring problem where destroying a buildable added a phantom point, not attributed to any scoring bucket but still included in total score
• Fixed honeypot server problems
• Fixed a rare crash caused by a medigun losing its owner
• Fixed an exploit that allowed disconnected medics to continue ubercharging their target until they timed out
• TeamMenu now disables the spectate button if mp_allowspectators is zero
• Added a missing "cannot_be_spectator" localization string
• Re-added class count numbers above class buttons for non-zero classes, in addition to the class images
• Removed prefixes (tc_, ctf_, etc.) from map names in various places where they're printed
• Fixed some edge cases where grenades could go through player or buildings
• Fixed rocket/grenade explosions being able to impart damage through thin ceilings
• The Engineer's "build X" commands will now behave properly when bound directly to keys

Steam Client

• Fixed games sometimes getting minimized on the first friends message received or sent via the in-game overlay
• Fixed Server Browser hang on first refresh
• The in-game overlay now saves dialog positions on a per resolution basis
• Improved in-game overlay compatibility with some third party security applications (Tiny Personal Firewall among others)
• The in-game overlay is no longer required for Orange Box games and will respect the setting to disable it
• Fixed input issues with some non-Steam games when used with the in-game overlay (World in Conflict now works)
• Fixed individual voice chats not transitioning their call state correctly to the in-game overlay when launching a game while a voice chat is active
• Improved the look and feel for the games and mini-games lists
• Fixed various layout and color problems in all of the non-default skins
• Fixed a rare crash bug in the Server Browser
• Fix bug preventing non-ASCII characters at leading or trailing end of friends names
• Fixed Voice tab in settings dialog not always controlling correct sound card, if user had more than one sound capture card
• Fixed My Games list icons getting randomized