Team Comtress 2 Update - April 17, 2026 Prerelease

• Reworked outline rendering to fix various issues and improve performance
  • Loosely based upon work from PazerOP (thank you!)
  • Fixed all outlines disappearing when a player was ubered or had another forced material override
  • Fixed outline color not correctly inputting into HDR / tonemapping
  • Added support for outlines for only parts of an object visible, or only behind a surface
  • This new system supports more advanced outlines that will be added in the future
• Changed the display rules of some outlines based upon this new system:
  • Spawn/spectator outlines no longer draw an outline when visible
  • Flags no longer draw an outline when visible
  • Sticky Bombs (except for the Scottish Resistance) no longer draw an outline when visible
  • MvM Money no longer draws an outline when visible
  • Payload no longer draws an outline when visible
  • MvM Tank no longer draws an outline when visible
• Fixed headshot tracer showing on disguised spies
• Fixed some subtick desync issues
  • Added subtick support for viewpunch
  • Fixed subtick prediction getting desynced after a prediction error
  • Fixed continuous fire not updating attack frame correctly
  • Added subtick to Scottish Resistance sticky bomb selection
• Fixed Sentry Gun ammo not refilling properly when close to full and shielded
• Fixed stat panel on freezecam not hiding during screenshot
• Fixed bullet tracers not alternating between barrels on Level 2 and 3 Sentry Guns (thanks ficool2!)
• Fixed BLU team being immune to Sentry Gun knockback on non-MvM maps with upgrades like Freaky Fair
• Fixed votes having a slightly random duration (thanks horiuchii!)
• Fixed kick target info on vote HUD panel not working properly (thanks horiuchii!)
• Optimized the load of cosmetics, weapons and other items on players
  • Loosely based on changes from sigsegv and rafradek
• Fixed an issue with some All Class items not being accessed properly
• Optimized how players are accessed and found in various systems
  • Loosely inspired by changes from sigsegv and rafradek
• Limited another type of pain/hurt sound to play every 0.1 rather than spam the sound system too frequently
• Optimized smoke stack effect on the server
  • Based on changes from sigsegv and rafradek