Talk:Paint Can

Known Bugs

• A Tough Guy's Toque painted with Color No. 216-190-216 is only painted while on Red team. (This may apply to other colours and the Tough Guys Toque, but I've only got a Color No. 216-190-216 one). -RJ 17:35, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

• A Respectless Rubber Glove painted with An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge is not seen painted at death. Cupcakes5634 11:16, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

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Hat previews?

I know it probably require a lot of work, but I think it would be neat if we got up a hat preview. While the list of colors is appreciated, seeing the actual results would be very useful to most TF2 players. Of course, this would lead to a massive amount of images, but there is space for that on the hosting right? --Ailure 04:35, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

 In progressI wasn't around when you made this comment, but I'm already working on that. Hopefully we'll have a good implementation in a few hours. -RJ 13:45, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

Awesome! I look forward to that then! :) It's hard to tell how some colors would wind up looking on the hats, so this should be really useful. --Ailure 19:04, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

I have noticed that some of the colors don't look the same as in game. I saw the tyrants helm with the white paint and it was white, not pink like it shows on the wiki page. Alinay 00:46, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Are you sure? The alpha channel in the Tyrants Helm's texture is slightly transparent, so it should be slightly pink in game. If you're correct then either mine and Pilk's method of painting is incorrect, or the in-game lighting is eliminating the "pink". Can you get a screenshot for us to review. Thanks -RJ 00:58, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Would it be possible to show the default color as well. For things like the Texas Ten Gallon, the default and the White look practically the same, but would be easier to compare if you could see it side by side. Rhonlore 02:58, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

There's the article's image and backpack icon in the articles for comparison. If it wouldn't require re-doing so much work for a non-painted version with the same angle of the painted ones, then I would support your suggestion - but only because of my need for consistency - it's a minor thing.-RJ 03:25, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

It's worth noting that items that change color by team, often will change color with paint. Granted, getting BLU previews would be twice the work for some hats, but... it's worth mentioning. CloudT 10:51, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

I've also noticed that quite a few hats will still have a very faint shade of their original color, despite the paint. Is this a bug or is this intentional? Alphard 05:09, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Painted previews can be found here User:RJackson/Sandbox/Painted_items. I added it to a Related Links section, since it's so highly requested. - GAMEchief 13:50, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

List of paintable items was already linked to in the article. -RJ 13:54, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

Paint can prices

We need to add the price for those. In $, £ and €. - Dkyde 13:43, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

Color No. 216-190-216

216-190-216 refers to the decimal value of it's hexadecimal number, being D8BED8. D8 = 216; BE = 190. Danton 00:53, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

Yes it does. It's the RGB value. You don't need to convert it to hex, although they're essentially the same number. rgb(216, 190, 216). - GAMEchief 13:48, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

List of coloured hats

There's a list of coloured hats with images here: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1455845. They're pretty low-quality, should we use them on the hat pages? --Firestorm 03:15, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

I believe that some of the higher-quality images should be used unless/until better alternatives come around. I recommend ones such as [1] , [2] , and [3] , where the view is clear and the poses are interesting. --Ashsflames 03:24, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

Does using a Paint Can remove the item's Vintage status?

Because look at how awesome this looks: [4]Michael 12:27, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

Nope.-RJ 00:58, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

I can vouch for this. I painted my Vintage Hustler's Hallmark. It's still Vintage. :) - GAMEchief 13:52, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

Undoing Paint

Is it possible to reverse a paint job? Or once painted, can the hat not be reverted to its original color? Ensign Epic 00:41, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

No. You can re-paint it, but not undo it. -RJ 00:52, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

It would be nice if you could remove the paint off the hats. You shouldn't get the paint back, but an option to remove would be cool.Alinay 00:59, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Painted Hatless?

It says that all hats can be painted, but can be hatlesses be painted? They are still headgear afterall. I think it should be noted at least. Mykee92 17:09, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Did you even look at the list?  – Smashman _(talk) 17:10, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, I missed it. I'll be more careful next time. Mykee92 17:19, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Maybe, if we're lucky, they will add paints to the Sniper and Scout hatless, and maybe Engineer, seeing as he has around 1 mm of hair--TheHamz 15:13, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

Pages for the colours?

Just throwing an idea out there, wouldn't it be useful if we had separate pages for the various colours? That way, people who got one colour can see which hat it looks best on. --Tinker 20:01, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Check some of the individual hat pages. A bunch of us have already spent a lot of time doing hat previews. -- Benjamuffin 20:02, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

What I meant was, once we get the hat previews all up, wouldn't it be helpful to group the same-coloured hats on the colour pages as well? Tinker 20:29, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

That is not a bad idea. We'll consider it.  – Smashman _(talk) 21:19, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

I was just thinking about this to. A page for all hats with the same colour is an excellent idea. Boys, we should get cracking! (nanosheep_inc) 04:46, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Color codes?

Is there a reason colors are listed in hex? The engine uses 0-255 or 0-1 RGB values for everything material related... A Boojum Snark 23:03, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

0-255 and 0-1 RGB values? If I look at the files, it uses single 7-number value to define the color with the 0-255 RGB values written as comments ("value" "7511618" // 114 158 66). -- Vi3trice _(talk) 23:15, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

I don't see a problem with using hex. It's probably the most universally recognisable method of communicating colour in computer-related applications (when I first learned about referencing colours on a computer, it was always the hex I dealt with).-RJ 23:25, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, the file has color values in large number format (the decimal form of the hex value). However that's quite an odd method that would be ridiculous to list here, but at the same time nowhere is the color represented in it's hex form, only the 255RGB form is mentioned in the comment. One example of what I meant about 0-255 and 0-1 RGB is here, and pretty much every other place developers may encounter a color it will be one of those two forms, that's why I find it strange to list them in hex here. They're also in a column labeled "color", with a background OF the color, so I don't think any difference in recognition between hex or 255RGB (if it exists) is an issue. A Boojum Snark 01:42, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

addendum: I suppose it's worth noting the pink paint can itself even uses the 255RGB form in it's name. A Boojum Snark 01:53, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Black & White Paint Dropping?

I've gotten a lot of reports that says black and white paint can be found randomly without crates. Can anyone confirm this with a screenshot and update the main page? I keep getting conflicting reports. 01:36, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

People might be confused, because when someone finds it from a crate, it looks similar to a random drop --Firestorm 01:55, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Well I do not know if this is credible, but on http://www.tf2items.com/allitems.php?d=1 it does now show that black and white are findable in the craft system. Also I thought when someone opens a crate, it says "<playername> opened: <item>" ? --Typo001 02:45, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

I believe so... I'll need a screen to be sure though. --Firestorm 02:49, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

I've posted on SPUF to see if anybody has received white or black paint via the drop system. If there's a credible amount of reports then I guess it'll be worth sticking in the article.-RJ 12:35, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

Change from Hats you can Paint to Hats you can't Paint

Why did this change happen, it was easier to go from the Paint page directly to the hat you would like to see painted than to go to the hat page, forget which hats aren't paintable and just going through each one anyway. I understand there are less un-paintable hats, but usability definitely took a hit. Just my 2cents Rhonlore 03:12, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

User:Pilk/Painted items ;) — Wind 04:47, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

That's fantastic Wind. Looks like a change has been made anyway, though I approve of both lists! Rhonlore 20:31, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Painted + Named Hats

Since we can now remove paint and names, do we know which is removed first? I named my batter's helmet, then painted it, and when I clicked the "Remove" button, it asked me if I was sure I wanted to unpaint it. But, that was one hat only, so I'm unsure if it's related to the order you put names/paints on. TheMedik 20:53, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

Interesting question. We'll do some research.  – Smashman _(talk) 21:04, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

Can we change the video to something simplier?

I think having a video with the title "I made Johnny Bravo" encourages other people to add trivia on how similar a painted hat is to pop culture references. I propose we use this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUol8gt5WmM. It's simpler and shorter. ShunyValdez 03:15, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Lack of colour

Is it necessary to point out that there is no red paint? Konoton 01:48, 5 November 2010 (UTC) Konoton 01:48, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

I don't see that line? Moussekateer 01:54, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

There's no blue either, so that the team colours won't confuse people --Firestorm 02:55, 5 November 2010 (UTC)