Valve finally updates Team Fortress 2 to 64-bit

While Valve has given Team Fortress 2 less attention than its other team-based shooter, Counter-Strike 2, it has not been abandoned. The game has received small updates at irregular intervals. The most recent update, however, is more significant than usual since it finally moves Valve's 17-year-old shooter into the 64-bit age.

Valve released a new update to the game yesterday, bringing 64-bit functionality to TF2 for Windows and Linux gamers. The update also addressed another problem related to uploading invalid custom decals, causing other clients to crash.

Valve noted that the change should improve performance for most users, which relates to more than just the transition to 64-bit. As pointed out on the TF2 Wiki (via PCGamesN), the patch includes other undocumented changes that may help speed up the game. The patch increases TF2's maximum FPS from 300 to 400. Moreover, the patch enables raw mouse input by default. On top of that, Valve has added a Vulkan command line option, letting players render the game using the Vulkan API.

The switchover hasn't been entirely smooth sailing, though. A second, quickfire update did have to be issued to fix a false-positive flag in anti-virus software.

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