Threw this out there in the comment section of another item in this collection and throwing it down here.

Valve, I know you typically give community sparkle variations of items and revenue to people who's items you add and I'm just throwing it out there that I don't care about the revenue. You can keep every penny that would be made from these.

I just want to see these added and to get community sparkle variations. This PDA idea with the golden buildings in particular is something I really want and I really think this PDA could be the next golden pan.

I know that there's possibly a new MVM update on the way with that recent post and if ever there were a time to add this it would be now. If people like this idea give it some attention. Spread it around. TF2 is a game I love and have always wanted to leave some sort of mark on it, but the game is pretty old now and there's no telling how many chances I have left to make that happen.

Thought the BB would be just the "head" part.
As, since, that's the only change between it and stock :/
Just like the KK in contrast with the medigun.

I did the brass beast with the idea that it would be a low tier australium, like how the australium smg is considered a low tier.

Then you'd have the higher tier ones like the hitman's heatmaker and the backburner, where it's a primary and the gold is more noticeable.

Meanwhile the PDA here would be basically the golden pan of the bunch, maybe even having the sentry turn everyone it kills into a statue.

Was going to comment on that but didn't want to come on too strong.
But to be fair I think not everything should be australium-fied.
Like the lunch and jar items.
Just looked over the gray gauntlet again for a bit and was confused why the brass beast would be considered as it wouldn't really change the weapon so they might stand to reason people would think that one is redundant.

Alright. My apologies then. I had some idiots on here in the past who would hover over everything I posted and talk down to literally everything, telling me why they think my ideas are stupid and how I should quit. Things like that kind of wear on you. So sorry for any unnecessary hostility.

Ok I just read more of your message and that was not at all the intent! :(
I just remembered someone saying something about the gold makes the buildings more noticible.
I didn't even see it as that big of an insult or even that it could be insulting....

Huh. They still haven't fixed their censor not working on workshop comments.

I should add that your same logic could easily apply to literally every australium in the game. Oh no, Soldier can't hide in a bush because his rocket launcher is shiny! Game ruined! TF2 is fucking killed! Anyways.

I meant buidings as more of a collective sense but ok. :/

A good engineer doesn't put his buildings so out in the open that they need to be hidden in the first place. Because even if it was well hidden, in let's say a bush, it's firing at people would still give it away. Now that Heavy or Soldier at the back of the line can see it and it's easy pickings.

You put it around corners near choke points where it will catch people off guard without being in line of sight of people who are out of it's effective range.

You're creating a rather stupid and unrealistic scenario that isn't going to happen with an Engineer who has brain cells. It's like you're just scraping the bottom of the barrel to try as hard as you can to find something to complain about.

People like you are why this game doesn't get updates anymore. Pessimistic and impossible to please.

Tragic.
But all in all who knows, that "gold" might make buildings less hidden anyway.

So I got most of these working as texture mods now. These are actually formatted like the actual australiums, where all of the textures were separate from the stock textures. Same name, but with _gold at the end. I even went as far as updating the models to include the alternate textures as alternate skin groups.

That said, I had to do some editing to make these work as mods for the everyday person.

For some reason though the view model toolbox no longer wants to read the textures. Did Valve change something about the file structure in an update? This is the last thing I need to get working before I can release this australium skin pack as a public mod.

Sad that this won't ever be added. Even if there wasn't a new tour and they just added these to the Two Cities pool, I just don't see it happening.

They honestly wouldn't even have to pay me. I'd be content with just having them added and getting my community sparkle version.

I'm still very proud of how this particular australium came out. Especially the red dispenser. I always loved how red and gold look together and that dispenser really highlights why.

the golden PDA looks good
the golden Buildings looks weird

Can you relies a skin download for the buildings so that we can pretend that we have it but no-one else can see it?

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I was going to make aussies for everything. It was for a big fake update we were going to make.
It was going to be a massive stockpile of new MVM content. Australiums for every weapon, new robots, new bosses. Flying tanks, a Saxton Hale robot. Lots of shit.

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/workshop/filedetails/?id=1321613782

It's too bad Valve made absolutely no effort to keep the game alive. They left like 15 poor souls to work on it and expected that to cut it. They should have given the game to some other 3rd party like they did Counter Strike. TF2 really didn't have to go out like this.

Now, what other equipment will be golden? Sappers? Disguise Kits? Fists? Sandvich? Banners?

@Judge The shine effect is a string of code that is literally copy and pasted from the other australiums in the game.

Zuko, you should send this workshop item straight to Valve in an email. This is amazing. I'd love to see everything for Gray Gauntlet included one day. Also is there a mod that is out to reskin your PDA client-side?

↓ Facts.

"F2P Engies and others getting even more jealous."

Just get me my shiny PDA!

it is what you call opinions, but he's just sharing his opinion too although he could have put it in a nicer way.

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Then why would you bother to respond?

Well, there's about 2000 people who would disagree with you. That's what we call opinions.

I agree, it is very ugly

This is so ugly

Make sure to look at the alternate screenshot as well. It has greatly reduced australium...ness, and might be more favorable for those who side with the australium skin clashing with team colors.

I think the gold clashes with the standard RED/BLU metal a little much, but imagine WAR PAINTABLE BUILDINGS.

I might as well leave a voting link for this short on each of the aussies, since they do go together.

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1317430417

Remember that you can vote on multiple entires in a single category. Check out some of the other shorts. Watch Agent Gunn by nonamesleft if you haven't already. It's fucking incredible. I'll cook and eat my own knob off of the grill if they don't win best overall. They serioursly deserve it.

it looks fucking ugly

Nope

less australium at the level 2 and 3 sentry the rest is perfect

The ENGINEER UPDATE 2 FEATURING THE GOLDEN PDA WE ONLY HAVE 100 CRAFT CRAFT AND CRAFT FIND THE TIME IF YOU CAN BOIZ

i like it...i like it alot

the pda looks nice but i think the buildings need to be redone

I like shiny things

I'm going to update the loose canon with the suggestions people gave next. I need to fix the pose in the thumbnail anyways. First though, I'm taking a quick break.

Good god, updating those textures took 6 hours. Seriously, to the people who are flaming these aussies and saying that no work goes into them, and that they have no place on the workshop, screw you. I have a very special orifice you can kiss.

SHINY~

like a treasure in a sunken pirate wreck
scrub the deck and make it look

SHINY~

like the sparkle on a wealthy engie's neck
*sapper destroys australium sentry*
just a sec
*kills spaaps*
don't you know

spies are DUMB DUMB DUMB

after anything that glitters
(for beginners)
oh

and here they COME COME COME

to get shot by mah sentry nest
because engie's best

i know right lol

All of your comments are being considered and I'm in the middle of the alternate version right now. I'll be going over the loose cannon afterward.

Man, look at how much more gets done when people are actually constructive and not just silently thumbing everything down or telling me what a disgusting, stupid piece of shit I am.

maybe make the rockets and magazines in the dispenser not gold too?

that would be nice

This has been gone over a lot. I'm planning to make an alternate version where only the barrels are gold.

dispenser and teleporter are perfect, sentry has a bit too much gold

I think theres too much gold on the buildings

Just PDA

the sentry need a little bit of colour team but is ok , because it is a lot of golden , or black like details