Updating

For 2.0.4, we're using a new update method based on the same utility we use to install the game, rather than using the launcher. The launcher may have sent you to this page to instruct you on how to update your game, or if you're a server owner, you may have come here from the blogpost for more details. Follow the relevant section for your needs below.

Clients

Update automatically

Install the latest version of TF2CDownloader. Older versions do not support updating, so you need to download the latest version before you can update:

• Windows: https://github.com/tf2classic/TF2CDownloader/releases/latest/download/TF2CDownloaderWindows.exe
• Linux: https://github.com/tf2classic/TF2CDownloader/releases/latest/download/TF2CDownloaderLinux

Whenever you run TF2CDownloader, it will ask you where you want to install the game. Unless you chose a different directory from the default when you first installed the game, you should accept the default again. At this point, if it detects an existing installation, it will check it for updates. If you're on 2.0.3 or below, it should tell you there's an update available and ask if you want to update. Once you accept this, it will download and extract the patch and apply it to your game. You can launch as normal afterwards, and check if you're on 2.0.4 by looking at the version number in the top-right of the main menu.

Update manually

If you're unable to use the downloader, you can also manually download and extract the update archive over your game. Download https://wiki.tf2classic.com/downloader/tf2classic-patch-203-204.zip and merge the contained "tf2classic" folder with the one in your sourcemods, overwriting when prompted.

Servers

The same instructions as the Client section generally apply, and either method should work (as long as you point to TF2CDownloader). However, we have new requirements before your server will run.

Servers running Sourcemod will need to upgrade their installations. Install the latest public version of Sourcemod 1.11 from here, then clone the 2.0.4 branch of the https://github.com/tf2classic/SM-TF2Classic-Tools repo, and merge it with your base SM installation.

Though this should be automatic, particularly if you update your installation using TF2CDownloader, you should make sure that the "server_srv.so" file in your tf2classic/bin folder is a symlink to server.so in the same folder. It cannot be a copy of the file.

Within the bin folder of Source SDK Base 2013 Dedicated Server, you must delete the libstdc++.so.6 file. This will force it to use the newer version from your system, which is necessary for TF2 Classic to run.