Trailer 2

Trailer 2
Video Info
Released:	August 21st, 2006
Run time:	3:28

First revealed at GC 06, Trailer 2 showcased the various abilities of Team Fortress 2's player classes. Showing an early rendition of the game, the trailer contains several differences from the final product.

Video

Changes

Class

• The general texture and lighting of the character models are slightly lower quality.
• The emblems on the classes' arms are solid circles instead of class emblems.
• All characters have the same voice and stock dying noises including the infamous Wilhelm scream. The generic voice was going to be used for the Civilian.

Scout

• Appears to have more upper-body build than the current model does.
• Is shown wielding the Nail Gun which was later replaced with the Scattergun. The Nail Gun was the primary weapon used by the Scout in Team Fortress Classic.
• Has two team-colored stripes near the tops of his socks. And his shoes do not have the white stripes.
• His earpiece is team-colored instead of yellow.
• The swing speed for his Bat is slightly faster.

Soldier

• His coat is a pale grayish team-color.
• His Rocket Launcher has different textures and is visually a single-shot frontloaded RPG much like it is in Team Fortress Classic. The RPG was removed in the final version.

Pyro

• His gloves are fully black and lack yellow tips.
• The tank on his back is fully yellow instead of gray with a yellow top.
• His Flamethrower is not team-colored.

Engineer

• The view model animation for the Wrench looks different.
• His overalls, goggles, and belt buckle look slightly different.
• The animation for deploying his Shotgun is slightly different.
• The Shotgun itself also looks slightly different and holds 7/ 8 rounds instead of 6.
• The level 1 sentry has different textures, sounds, and building animations.
• The level 1 sentry also fires slightly faster, but with a spread and lower accuracy.

Heavy

• Moves slower
• Has a different view model for the Minigun.

Demoman

• His Grenade Launcher is visually a Pipe Bomb Launcher, that launches pipe bombs which are detonated remotely similar to the Sticky Bomb Launcher.
• The grenades look completely different and a lack particle effects.
• The view model for his Grenade Launcher is slightly different.
• Is shown weilding the MIRV Grenade which was replaced by the Sticky Bomb Launcher.

Sniper

• Has darker glasses
• His hat and vest have different shades.
• Charge symbol when his Sniper Rifle is scoped looks different. It's possible that the manual shot-charging mechanism was brought over from the Team Fortress Classic's counterpart.

Spy

• His cloak lacks color transition.
• Cigarettes are white for both BLU and RED, and do not appear to be lit.
• Has a team-colored pocket protector, striped tie and visible buttons.
• Textures on his gloves and mask are different.
• Spy's Butterfly Knife has longer and more articular animations.

2Fort

• The bridge in the center of the map is uncovered, which is now covered.
• The spawns have separate exits and entrances, similar to Team Fortress Classic.
• The entrances to the BLU and RED base have stairs; these were later replaced by ramps.
• The entrances from the sewers have the same staircases as the ones in Team Fortress Classic.
• The truck that appears in the background has a red roof.

Trivia

• From 1:47 to 1:48, a Medic can be seen next to the left entrance to the RED base in a civilian pose.
• A Medic can also be seen behind a box and white jug, next to the sewer entrance, at 1:51.

See also

• Trailer 1