Paint Bomb

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The Paint Bomb[1] is an experimental throwable weapon. Not much information is known about the weapon's functionality, however, several icons and other textures indicate that the Paint Bomb would've drenched the victim in paint. A leftover kill icon is still present in the files. Some splash text[2] indicates that on a successful hit, a bit of text similar to the Mantreads's Stomp or the Loose Cannon's Double Donk would appear. The victim of a Paint Bomb would've likely had an icon on their HUD[3] indicating they had been hit by it and are now drenched in paint, similar to the HUD icon for Jarate. The Paint Bomb would likely also do bullet damage.[4] The Paint Bomb would've left colored decals on the world[5], similar to blood splatters.[6]

Several different variants of the Paint Bomb can be found, including a "grenade" version[7], a Balloonicorn version[8], as well as a "gold"[9] and a "color"[9] version of the grenade and Balloonicorn version, likely indicating that the Paint Bomb had different colors. A "Balloon Bag" icon[10] can also be found, with several different deflated water balloons inside it.

References

  1. game/client/tf/tf_fx_impacts.cpp:L174
  2. tf_materialSrc\materialsrc\Effects\balloon_sploosh.psd
  3. tf_materialSrc\materialsrc\Effects\balloon001.tga
  4. game\shared\tf\tf_shareddefs.cpp:L808
  5. 174-223
  6. tf_materialSrc\materialsrc\Decals\paint_splatter001-3.psd
  7. tf_materialSrc\materialsrc\backpack\weapons\c_models\c_balloon_grenade.tga
  8. tf_materialSrc\materialsrc\backpack\weapons\c_models\c_balloon_balloonicorn.tga
  9. a b Identical filepaths to the regular versions, but with "_color" and "_gold" affixed before the filetype.
  10. tf_materialSrc\materialsrc\backpack\weapons\c_models\c_balloon_bag.psd