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{{Quotation|'''Handy Pardner''' publicity blurb|Built by Engineers for Engineers.}}
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The '''Handy Pardner''' is a [[Steam Workshop|community-contributed]], experimental [[PDA]] for the [[Engineer]] that was being play-tested by [[Valve]]. It is a PDA used to build the [[Mini-Dispenser]], which itself is an experimental building that has not yet made it into the game. It appears to be a gray blocky device with a computer screen and three buttons, displaying a team-colored [[w:command-line interface|command-line interface]] filled with various commands and random text.
  
The '''Handy Pardner''' is an experimental PDA for the [[Engineer]] that was being play-tested by Valve. It is the PDA you use to build the [[Mini-Dispenser]], which itself is an experimental building that has not yet made it into the game.
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The backpack icons, model, and textures for the Handy Pardner were accidentally leaked in the [[Jungle Inferno Update]]. Based on the patch diff for the update, it appears that when Valve migrated some weapons and cosmetics over to the {{code|tf\models\workshop}} directory from their original directories ({{code|tf\models\player\items}}, {{code|tf\models\weapons\c_models}}), they accidentally migrated some "staging build" (in-dev) [[Workshop]] content they were testing at the time (if not for the past two years) and pushed it in the update.
 
 
The backpack icons, model and textures for the Handy Pardner were accidentally leaked in the [[Jungle Inferno Update]]. Based on the patch diff for the update, it appears that when Valve migrated some weapons and cosmetics over to the {{code|tf\models\workshop}} directory from their original directories ({{code|tf\models\player\items}}, {{code|tf\models\weapons\c_models}}), they accidentally migrated some staging build (in-dev) Workshop content they were testing at the time (if not for the past two years) and pushed it in the update.
 
  
 
The Handy Pardner was [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=19233 contributed] to the Steam Workshop.
 
The Handy Pardner was [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=19233 contributed] to the Steam Workshop.
  
 
== Update history ==
 
== Update history ==
{{Update history|'''{{Patch name|10|20|2017}}''' ([[Jungle Inferno Update]] Patch 1)
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'''{{Patch name|10|20|2017}}''' ([[Jungle Inferno Update]] Patch 1)
 
* {{Undocumented}} Files for the Handy Pardner were added to the game.
 
* {{Undocumented}} Files for the Handy Pardner were added to the game.
  
 
'''Unknown'''
 
'''Unknown'''
 
* {{Undocumented}} Files for the Handy Pardner were removed from the game.
 
* {{Undocumented}} Files for the Handy Pardner were removed from the game.
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== Trivia ==
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* In the text on the screen, the {{code|.mco}} file type is in real life associated with [[w:Windows Live Messenger|Windows Live Messenger]], used mainly for [[w:Adobe Flash|Flash-like]] animations.
  
 
== Gallery ==
 
== Gallery ==
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File:Backpack Handy Pardner.png|Backpack icon
 
File:Backpack Handy Pardner.png|Backpack icon
 
File:HandyPardner BLU.png|BLU skin
 
File:HandyPardner BLU.png|BLU skin
File:HandyPardner 1st person RED.png|First person view (RED)
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File:HandyPardner 1st person RED.png|First person view ([[RED]])
File:HandyPardner 1st person BLU.png|First person view (BLU)
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File:HandyPardner 1st person BLU.png|First person view ([[BLU]])
 
File:HandyPardner 1st person GS RED.png|First person view (RED, [[Gunslinger]] equipped)
 
File:HandyPardner 1st person GS RED.png|First person view (RED, [[Gunslinger]] equipped)
 
File:HandyPardner 1st person GS BLU.png|First person view (BLU, Gunslinger equipped)
 
File:HandyPardner 1st person GS BLU.png|First person view (BLU, Gunslinger equipped)
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
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== See also ==
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* [[Demoman PDA]]
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* [[Dynamite Sapper]]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 22:42, 6 September 2023

Built by Engineers for Engineers.
Handy Pardner publicity blurb

The Handy Pardner is a community-contributed, experimental PDA for the Engineer that was being play-tested by Valve. It is a PDA used to build the Mini-Dispenser, which itself is an experimental building that has not yet made it into the game. It appears to be a gray blocky device with a computer screen and three buttons, displaying a team-colored command-line interface filled with various commands and random text.

The backpack icons, model, and textures for the Handy Pardner were accidentally leaked in the Jungle Inferno Update. Based on the patch diff for the update, it appears that when Valve migrated some weapons and cosmetics over to the tf\models\workshop directory from their original directories (tf\models\player\items, tf\models\weapons\c_models), they accidentally migrated some "staging build" (in-dev) Workshop content they were testing at the time (if not for the past two years) and pushed it in the update.

The Handy Pardner was contributed to the Steam Workshop.

Update history

October 20, 2017 Patch (Jungle Inferno Update Patch 1)

  • [Undocumented] Files for the Handy Pardner were added to the game.

Unknown

  • [Undocumented] Files for the Handy Pardner were removed from the game.

Trivia

Gallery

See also