Red-Tape Recorder

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Did I throw a 'wrench' into your plans?
The Spy on reverse-engineering

The Red-Tape Recorder is a Sapper for the Spy. It appears as a Template:W with three Chinese characters ("反炮塔") on the front. Translated into English, these characters can be closely translated as "Anti-Turret (Device)" or "Anti-Sentry (Device)".

Instead of damaging buildings, the Red-Tape Recorder forces them to go through a reversal of the building process: any applicable upgrade animations are played in reverse, followed by the building packing itself up into a toolbox. As a result, this destroys the building and leaves the toolbox behind as a weapon pickup. Destroying the Recorder will allow the building to reconstruct but not restore any lost levels.

The Recorder has five different sounds for when it is sapping a building.

This item was awarded in Genuine quality to players who pre-purchased Sleeping Dogs on Steam before August 14, 2012.

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Spy-cicle Reclaimed Metal Red-Tape Recorder
Item icon Spy-cicle.pngx3 + Item icon Reclaimed Metal.png = Item icon Red-Tape Recorder.png

Update history

August 2, 2012 Patch

  • The Red-Tape Recorder was added to the game.

Bugs

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A sentry boosted to the highest health using the glitch.
  • A downgraded building will not have its health reduced to the lower level, and if upgraded afterwards will take on an additional health increase. For example, when a level 3 Sentry is downgraded to level 1, it retains 216 maximum HP, and will gain additional maximum HP when upgraded again.
  • Buildings destroyed by the Red-Tape Recorder will not fire the OnDestroyed logic output, which can adversely affect map logic.
  • Dispensers that get sapped by this weapon will heal as normal instead of being disabled.
  • When a building is destroyed by the Red-Tape Recorder, it doesn't always appear in the killfeed.
  • Occasionally when removing the Red-Tape Recorder from a Mini-Sentry, the mini sentry will revert to a buggy level 2 Mini-Sentry.
  • The Homewrecker can't destroy the Red-Tape Recorder in one hit.
  • When sapping a Mini-Sentry with the Red-Tape Recorder, the toolbox at the end of the animation will be much smaller than a normal toolbox.
  • If a Teleporter is sapped by the Recorder, and the Recorder is removed in-between upgrade animations, the arrows pointing to the other end of the Teleporter will be removed.
  • The Red-Tape Recorder does not glow when crit boosted.
  • The Red-Tape Recorder clips through the Spy's hands when viewing him from the world.

Trivia

  • This weapon's name references the term "red tape", which refers to bureaucracy that hinders or prevents action or decision-making.

Gallery

See also