Weird Effect

[Stormcaller3801]

I was spectating a game on Server 7 and I heard a weird noise- like a weed whacker or something. So I started flipping around to different views to try and figure out what it was. I finally got a look: a Pyro with the basic flamethrower was airblasting, but not like usual. Instead it was this rapid-fire thing that looked like he was blowing smoke. It was a conical effect, but looked (and sounded) like it was firing hundreds of times per second. I followed the team to B, and when he used normal flame it worked as expected. He died, I went to dinner.

Any idea what that was?

[Purplecat]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00KGcwnvnp0

Like that? You can do it through scripting, but it's purely a visual bug. The airblast don't have any effect.

[Stormcaller3801]

Yeah, that. Only no fire.

[Ayeaka]

Actually, Ailure, it does..

It generates a large amount of lag. A common form of griefing involves getting multiple pyros to do this nonstop...