Texture sizes for TF2 items

EmAr

While wandering through game files, I noticed that Chucklenuts(Scout's squirrel pet) has a 1024*1024 texture. Since the item importer doesn't allow textures larger than 512*512, I wondered whether the budget requirements in the importer are still valid. What do you think/know about this?

Norman3D

I know there was a bug in the importer that allowed you to uploaded textures of any size. As a matter of fact I accidentally uploaded an item with a 1024x1024 texture. I then realized I was exploiting a bug accidentally!
I reported the bug and it has since been fixed.
There are also promotional items that have a 1024x1024 textures.

EmAr

Thanks for the info Norman3D!