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}}The '''Disguise Kit''', formally the "Spytron 3000 Disguise Kit", is the stock PDA for the [[Spy]]. It does not show up on his loadout screen. It appears to be a metallic hinged cigarette case, but actually contains an electronic disguising mechanism with a blank screen, and one team-colored button with two glowing yellow buttons. The buttons glow yellow regardless of which team the user is on. Regardless, it still contains six unusually shiny filtered cigarettes, a seventh of which the Spy constantly smokes. The cigarette paper appears white on RED and YLW, and black on BLU and GRN.


The Disguise Kit allows the Spy to disguise as any player, from any class, from any team. These include RED and BLU on normal maps, and additionally GRN and YLW on [[Four-Team|four-team]] maps. When playing on four-team maps, he can also disguise as the unnamed 'gray' team, which shows enemy players the Spy's disguise as the current team they are on. After activating the Disguise Kit, it takes 2 seconds before it is applied, during which the Spy is covered in smoke particles. These particles will follow him while he is cloaking, having the same opacity as his body. When changing disguises while disguised, it will take 0.5 seconds to apply, and no smoke particles will be visible to the enemy. The Spy cannot disguise while taunting, and taunting while disguised will remove his disguise. Pressing the attack button will bring out the Spy's last weapon.


The '''Disguise Kit''', known as the '''Spytron 3000''' is a default weapon for the [[Spy]]. It holds six cigarettes and appears to be a normal case, but includes hidden technology.
While disguised, the Spy will appear to enemies as a random player using that class on the chosen team, with that player's current loadout and health, being forced to use the speed of the disguised class. He will wear a paper mask, visible to friendly players, with the face of the class he is disguised as. If nobody is on that class, a random name from that server is used instead. Pressing the "last disguise" button while disguised will change the disguise's equipped weapon to the slot the Spy is using. If the Spy reloads his weapon, the disguise will reload its weapon as well. Voice commands from the Spy will appear as that class's equivalent voice command to the enemy. If the user attacks with a weapon (except the [[Sapper]]) or selects the friendly Spy disguise, their current disguise will instantly disappear.


The Disguise Kit allows you to disguise as any [[Classes|class]] (default key: 1-9) from [[RED]] or [[BLU]] (default key: ' or -) on normal maps, or all four [[Teams|teams]] (RED, BLU, [[Teams|GRN]] and [[YLW]]) on [[Four-Team|four-team]] maps. On these maps, you can also disguise as 'grey' team, which allows enemy players to see you disguised as the current team they are on.
If the user presses the shift key, the Spy can walk at his normal speed, which is known as the "Spywalk". He will walk at normal speed all the time if the "Use Spywalk by default" [[setting]] (<code>tf2c_spywalk_inverted</code>) is enabled. He is not able to walk through enemy players or [[buildings]], and will still take damage from them (without taking knockback or visibly being hurt) as normal. However, if the Spy will be afflicted with [[Fishwhacker|bleed]] and [[afterburn]] as normal, which is a dead giveaway that he is an enemy in disguise. When the Spy dies, he will lose his disguise.


Disguising as a class takes two seconds, in these seconds smoke particles surround the Spy and are visible to other players. If you are changing disguises, these particles are only visible by teammates. Attacking whilst disguising will immediately cancel it. Upon disguising successfully, or attacking in a disguise will show an outline of a spy on the screen. The HUD will then display information about your current disguise; class, health, weapon and name. Reloading your weapon while disguised shows enemy teams reloading the weapon on your disguise. Pressing the last disguise button (default key: b) changes this disguised weapon to one relative to the slot they have active.
[[Sentry Gun|Sentry Guns]] cannot detect the Spy while he is disguised as their team, and he will be able to use enemy [[Dispenser|Dispensers]], [[Teleporter|Teleporters]], the [[Payload]], and walk on objectives without capturing them. If the Spy becomes undisguised in front of a Sentry, it will track the Spy even when he re-disguises, which stops once he is out of the Sentry's range, hides out of its sight, or is ignored in favor of a closer target.


Taunting with this weapon active but not disguised results in one of two taunts; the community named Spycrab and a cigarette flick.
== Properties ==
Looking up and taunting will always guarantee the Spycrab taunt to play, otherwise there is approximately a one-tenth chance. This is currently the only weapon that has more than one taunt.
{{Weapon properties
| taunt = {{tooltip|Cigarette flick|85% chance}}<br>{{tooltip|Spycrab|15% chance, or when looking 60 degrees upwards.}}
| status-effects-column = true
| effect = Disguise
| effect-duration = Indefinite
| function-times-column = true
| activation-time = {{tooltip|2 s|When undisguised}}<br>{{tooltip|0.5 s|While disguised}}
|}}
 
== Trivia ==
* When taunting, the Spy has an 85% chance of flicking a cigarette onto the ground, with a 15% chance of performing a "spycrab" taunt where he imitates a crab and clicks the Disguise Kit above him. When looking upwards at an angle of 60 degrees or more, he will always perform the taunt. This makes the Disguise Kit the only weapon in the game with two taunts.

Revision as of 06:04, 21 June 2023

Disguise Kit
Backpack Disguise Kit.png
Basic Information
Used by Spy
Slot PDA
Loadout Stats

Disguise Kit

Disguise Kit

The Disguise Kit, formally the "Spytron 3000 Disguise Kit", is the stock PDA for the Spy. It does not show up on his loadout screen. It appears to be a metallic hinged cigarette case, but actually contains an electronic disguising mechanism with a blank screen, and one team-colored button with two glowing yellow buttons. The buttons glow yellow regardless of which team the user is on. Regardless, it still contains six unusually shiny filtered cigarettes, a seventh of which the Spy constantly smokes. The cigarette paper appears white on RED and YLW, and black on BLU and GRN.

The Disguise Kit allows the Spy to disguise as any player, from any class, from any team. These include RED and BLU on normal maps, and additionally GRN and YLW on four-team maps. When playing on four-team maps, he can also disguise as the unnamed 'gray' team, which shows enemy players the Spy's disguise as the current team they are on. After activating the Disguise Kit, it takes 2 seconds before it is applied, during which the Spy is covered in smoke particles. These particles will follow him while he is cloaking, having the same opacity as his body. When changing disguises while disguised, it will take 0.5 seconds to apply, and no smoke particles will be visible to the enemy. The Spy cannot disguise while taunting, and taunting while disguised will remove his disguise. Pressing the attack button will bring out the Spy's last weapon.

While disguised, the Spy will appear to enemies as a random player using that class on the chosen team, with that player's current loadout and health, being forced to use the speed of the disguised class. He will wear a paper mask, visible to friendly players, with the face of the class he is disguised as. If nobody is on that class, a random name from that server is used instead. Pressing the "last disguise" button while disguised will change the disguise's equipped weapon to the slot the Spy is using. If the Spy reloads his weapon, the disguise will reload its weapon as well. Voice commands from the Spy will appear as that class's equivalent voice command to the enemy. If the user attacks with a weapon (except the Sapper) or selects the friendly Spy disguise, their current disguise will instantly disappear.

If the user presses the shift key, the Spy can walk at his normal speed, which is known as the "Spywalk". He will walk at normal speed all the time if the "Use Spywalk by default" setting (tf2c_spywalk_inverted) is enabled. He is not able to walk through enemy players or buildings, and will still take damage from them (without taking knockback or visibly being hurt) as normal. However, if the Spy will be afflicted with bleed and afterburn as normal, which is a dead giveaway that he is an enemy in disguise. When the Spy dies, he will lose his disguise.

Sentry Guns cannot detect the Spy while he is disguised as their team, and he will be able to use enemy Dispensers, Teleporters, the Payload, and walk on objectives without capturing them. If the Spy becomes undisguised in front of a Sentry, it will track the Spy even when he re-disguises, which stops once he is out of the Sentry's range, hides out of its sight, or is ignored in favor of a closer target.

Properties

Properties
Taunt Cigarette flick
Spycrab
Status Effects
Effect Disguise
Effect duration Indefinite
Function Times
Activation time 2 s
0.5 s
All values are approximate.

Trivia

  • When taunting, the Spy has an 85% chance of flicking a cigarette onto the ground, with a 15% chance of performing a "spycrab" taunt where he imitates a crab and clicks the Disguise Kit above him. When looking upwards at an angle of 60 degrees or more, he will always perform the taunt. This makes the Disguise Kit the only weapon in the game with two taunts.