Walkabout

Walkabout
Basic Information
Used by:	Sniper
Slot:	Primary

“

Standin' around like a bloody idiot! Click to listen — The Sniper on traditional sniping

”

The Walkabout is a scrapped unlockable primary weapon for the Sniper.

The Walkabout's positive attribute is not decreasing the Sniper's move speed upon zoom. The negative attributes are reduced damage, no critical hits on headshot, and no charge for increased damage.^{[citation needed]}

The Walkabout would have been available to Snipers after attaining a certain number of achievements. It was, however, replaced by the Huntsman because the development team thought it made the Sniper function too similarly to players wielding sniper rifles in the Template:W series of games.^{[citation needed]}

Unused content

Text relating to the Walkabout can be found in tf_english.txt

The Walkabout's name:

"TF_Unique_Achievement_SniperRifle" "Walkabout" // ADD THE

Some unique attributes likely related to the Walkabout:

"Attrib_ZoomSpeedMod_Disabled" "No move speed penalty from zoom"

"Attrib_SniperCharge_Per_Sec" "+%s1% charge rate"

"Attrib_SniperNoHeadshots" "No headshots"

"Attrib_SniperZoom_Penalty" "%s1% zoom reduction"

"Attrib_SniperNoCharge" "No zoom or damage charge"

Trivia

• The name of the weapon is derived from a rite of passage, of the same name, in Australia's Aboriginal culture.
• The Walkabout's no headshots and increased charge rate attributes were later recycled for the Sydney Sleeper.
• There is a weapon called the Walkabout with similar attributes in the Advanced Weaponiser.