Disguise Kit
| Disguise Kit | |
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| Basic Information | |
| Used by: | Spy |
| Slot: | PDA 1 |
| Availability: | Stock |
| Nameable: | No |
| Craft No.?: | No |
| Medieval: | Yes |
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| Loadout Stats | |
 Disguise Kit |
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| “ | I never really was on your side.
Click to listen
— The Spy
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The Disguise Kit, also known as the Spytron 3000 Disguise Kit, is the default PDA weapon for the Spy. It is an ordinary cigarette case that, in addition to six normal cigarettes, contains hidden Spy tech.
The purpose of this weapon is to allow the player to disguise as any class of either team. When selected, the disguise menu fills most of the screen, making in-game movements difficult. Players can select class disguises individually with the correct keys or switch between teams with a single key. When the minimal Disguise Kit menu has been enabled via the Advanced options menu, the player uses fewer keys to disguise, first selecting the class type (offensive, defensive, or support) and then selecting the individual class with the same three keys. If the player disguises as a friendly Spy, the players current disguise (if he/she has one) will break.
Disguising is carried out over a couple of seconds during which smoke particles will surround the Spy when viewed by another player (These smoke clouds do not appear if the Spy was completely invisible when beginning to disguise). Once finished, a line drawing of the Spy shows up briefly on the player's screen to indicate a successful disguise. The Spy's current disguise class, name, health, and weapon will then appear in the HUD. The status of enemy Medics currently healing the Spy will also be shown. The line drawing also appears when the disguise is broken. Pressing the "last disguise" button allows the player to change their disguised weapon to one from the slot they currently have equipped.
The Disguise Kit is unavailable to players who are equipping the Your Eternal Reward or the Wanga Prick.
Contents
Keys
| Action | Key/Button | Command |
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| Open Disguise Kit | 4 | slot4
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| Cancel/Close Disguise Kit | q | lastinv
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| Last disguise | B | lastdisguise
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| Toggle disguise team | - | disguiseteam
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Function times
| Function times (in seconds) | ||
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| Effect | Disguise | |
| Activation time | 2 s (undisguised) / 0.5 s (disguised) | |
| Values are approximate and determined by community testing. | ||
Demonstration
Related achievements
General
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Scarechievements
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Pyro
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Engineer
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Medic
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Spy
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Update history
- Fixed cloaked/disguised/disguising Spy reporting his achievements to everyone else.
- [Undocumented] Added "Toggle Disguise Team" binding in Options -> Keyboard to toggle the disguise team for the Spy's PDA.
- [Undocumented] Changed PDA menus to accept keys bound to "slot1", "slot2", etc., and "slot10" cancels.
- Improved prediction of Spy's speed changes when disguising.
- When disguising, Spies now always start showing the primary weapon in their disguise, and can then switch it with the last-disguise key.
- Fixed Spies being able to disguise while performing a taunt.
December 17, 2009 Patch (WAR! Update)
- Added alternative Spy disguise menu, which lets you choose disguises using just the 1-3 keys.
- Fixed a server crash caused by disguising Spies.
- [Undocumented] The Disguise Kit now appears in backpack when viewing stock items.
- When disguised as a teammate, the Dead Ringer will drop the body of the player the Spy is disguised as.
- Fixed the Spy getting the afterburn immunity while disguised as Demoman wielding the Chargin' Targe.
- [Undocumented] Modified the Disguise Kit menu. It now has a Spy Mask icon in the upper-left corner and a white line above the class portraits.
June 11, 2014 Patch #2
- Fixed not being able to taunt with the Spy's Disguise Kit.
- Fixed the Spy's disguise menu staying open after changing class.
- Fixed Halloween footstep spells being displayed for disguised Spies.
- Fixed disguised Spies using the incorrect grapple color.
- Fixed the Resist powerup shield using the wrong color for disguised Spies.
- Fixed not seeing the powerup icons for disguised Spies.
- Fixed a client crash related to Spies disguising as players and then switching their disguise weapon.
July 2, 2015 Patch (Gun Mettle Update)
- Changing to a new disguise while already under a disguise takes 0.5 seconds instead of the normal disguise time of 2 seconds
- In the disguise menu, pressing 'reload' will also toggle the disguise team.
Bugs
- Switching classes in spawn while disguised hides some bodygroups of the player's model, such as the Pyro's gas mask and the Heavy's Fists.
- The BLU Spy has white cigarettes inside his Disguise Kit, despite them appearing brown on the player model.
- Lag might sometimes cause the player to undisguise automatically.
- Despite being unable to capture a control point while disguised as an enemy member, if a Spy disguised as an enemy member is standing on the point when it's captured, the Spy will still receive points for the capture.
Trivia
- Crouching and looking up while holding the Disguise Kit allows the user to "take on" the appearance of a Spycrab, a community meme.
- The outline shown when disguising or undisguising uses a special texture magnification effect.
Gallery
RED first-person view.
BLU first-person view.
Disguise Kit dialogue menu.
The Spy outline that displays over your field of view when disguising and undisguising.
